UNE Graduate Students in Health Professions Learn From Brain Injury Experts

The University of New England has partnered with the Michael T. Goulet Traumatic Brain Injury and Epilepsy Foundation for the 10th annual Interprofessional Educational Collaborative (IPEC) Spring Symposium that will bring together graduate students in all of UNEs health professions to explore neuroscience discoveries and clinical practice. The daylong event will begin at 8 a.m. on Thursday, April 5, 2012 and will be held on the Portland and Biddeford campuses. The event is not open to the public.

Biddeford and Portland, Maine (PRWEB) March 21, 2012

The symposium has been organized around a case study on Michael Goulet who endured a traumatic brain injury as a result of a snowmobile injury on February 15, 2003. He underwent brain surgery, and survived. Recovery included weeks in a coma, months of intensive rehabilitation, and years of further medical care. Subsequent to his recovery Michael developed a seizure disorder, and at the age of 13 he suffered from his first Grand Mal seizure two years post recovery. He had daily episodes of seizure activity from then on, despite continued care and medical treatment. In October 2010, Michael passed away from complications from his last Grand Mal seizure.

Michael Goulets father, Brad Goulet, mother, Lynda LeBlanc and sister, Danielle Goulet will participate in a roundtable discussion in the morning during the symposium. The panel will also include David B. Seder, MD, Director of Neurocritical Care at Maine Medical Center, Dr. Howard M Kunin, DPSY; PSYD New England Rehabilitation Hospital of Portland, and Noel Poirer, RN, of the Intensive Care Unit at Maine Medical Center.

The morning panel will be moderated by UNE Associate Provost for Research and Scholarship Edward Bilsky who will also deliver the keynote address on, Coordinated Brain Care: How Neuroscience Discoveries and International Practices Can Improve Patient and Population Health.

In the afternoon, students will participate in breakout sessions including one by Dora Mills, UNEs vice president of Clinical Affairs on, Whats Public Health Got to Do With It.

Afternoon breakout sessions:

What's Public Health Got To Do With It? (Dora Mills, MD, MPH, FAAP): A review of the public health evidence on the topic of snowmobile injuries and discussion of the risks and benefits of various public policy options. Students will become familiar with a public health approach to this topic and the public policy options available.

Representatives of the community will be available at the symposium to show students what resources that are available in the community: 211 Maine; Brain Injury Information Network; the Maine Department of Education's CITE Program; the Iris Network; State of Maine, Division For the Blind & Visually Impaired; NeuroRestorative; and Goodwill NeuroRehab Services at BaySide. Also, bicycle helmets have been donated to the event by Gorham Bike and Ski, Reynolds Motorsports and EMS.

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