PARP Presents: Medical Cannabis in Pennsylvania: An Overview

Attendees will participate in discovering:

  • An Introduction to Medical Cannabis in PA
  • Medical Cannabis in PA: A Provider-based overview
  • Targeted Cannabinoid Therapy: what makes it unique
  • Medical Cannabis and Employment Law in PA
  • Ethical Dilemmas – Back to Basics: Decision Making
  • Adaptive Sports, Fitness, and Recreation Programs for Individuals with Physical Disabilities: the H.O.P.E. Network

Designed for…Vocational Rehabilitation Professionals, Rehabilitation Nurses, Rehabilitation Students, Nurse Case Managers, Human Resource Professionals, and Allied Professionals

Pending Continuing Education Credits…may earn 6.5 credits (CRC, CDMS, CCM, and ABVE credits have been applied for), including 1.0 CEU for Ethics 

Vendors include: CLASS, Encompass Health, The CMA Group, Presque Isle Rehabilitation Service; ReMed, and others

Conference Committee: Mark Heckman, Roy Patton, Patty Costantini, Carolyn Buick, Heidi Fawber, Rose Marie Antonucci, Michelle Moore, Jim Rossi, and David Zak

Registration Deadline: Monday, April 1, 2019 

Price:  $50 (IARP/PARP members)

            $75 (non-members)

            $0 (no charge) Students

            $10 upcharge to walk-ups

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Agenda


7:30 – 8:00
Registration, Continental Breakfast & Welcome

8:00 – 10:00
Patrick Nightingale, Esquire: An Introduction to Medical Cannabis in PA

Brian Doner, DO, CHWS, FAPWCA, FACHM: Medical Cannabis in PA: A Provider-based Overview

10:00 – 10:15
Break/Vendors/Networking   

10:15 – 10:30   
Questions & Answers with Attorney Nightingale and Dr. Doner  

10:30 – 11:45   
Dr. Michael S. Butler, Pharm-D: Targeted Cannabinoid Therapy and What Makes This System Unique  

11:45 – 12:30
Lunch, Networking, and visiting exhibits

12:30 – 1:30
Jean Ellen Novak, Esquire: Medical Cannabis and Employment Law in PA

1:30 – 2:30
David Zak, M.Ed., CRC, LPC: Ethical Dilemmas – Back to Basics: How do I Make a Decision?

2:30 – 3:30
John Sikora, BS, Executive Director of the H.O.P.E. Network: Adaptive Sports, Fitness, and Recreation Programs for Individuals with Physical Disabilities – What’s Happening!         

3:30 – 3:45
Closing and distribution of CEUs to attendees

Location

Encompass Health Harmarville Rehabilitation Hospital - McLaughlin Room
320 Guys Run Road
Pittsburgh, PA 15238

Event Date(s)

When:  Apr 4, 2019 from 07:30 to 15:45 (ET)
Associated with  Pennsylvania Chapter

Event Contact

Roy Patton
(412-302-4853)
roypatton@parpchapter.com