Local & Global Outreach
The department partners with professional colleagues to increase both our local and global outreach. Below are highlights from our growing effort to expand the benefits of rehabilitation medicine and education. With your support, we can help many others experience better quality of life. We also continue to participate in a local program that benefits patients globally, through our involvement with MEDworld. Our department also participates in community events, such as the Joggin' for your Noggin' with the Brain Injury Association of NC. Community OutreachOur outreach to the community benefits patients at different milestones on the journey to recovery. UNC Rehabilitation E-NewsWe publish an outreach e-newsletter, the Rehabilitation Reader, for the benefit of patients, caregivers, medical specialists and others. Now available only in electronic format, our e-news may be printed or viewed at your convenience from our home page. Look for our latest issue at the top of our home page, and the previous issue on the right (features) column. We post at least one thematic issue and one highlights issue each year on our website. You also may sign up here to receive our e-news at your preferred email address. Community Support GroupsBrain Injury Support GroupThe UNC Brain Injury Support Group's mission is to provide support, education and advocacy for survivors of brain injury as well as for their families, friends and caregivers. This group meets on the third Wednesday of each month. Meeting Place and Time: UNC Wellness Center, Meadowmont, 1:00-2:00 PM Stroke Support GroupThis group, which meets the second Wednesday of each month, hosts speakers to address various topics in stroke recovery for survivors, family, friends, and caregivers. Meeting Place and Time: UNC Wellness Center, Meadowmont, 1:00-2:00 PM
For more information, call Stephanie McAdams at 919.966.9493. Peer MentorsIn addition, our department benefits from Peer Mentors. These volunteers motivate patients during their healing process in the Inpatient Rehabilitation Center. Read their words of wisdom on our extended resources page, our web supplement to our stroke issue of the Rehabilitation Reader. Aphasia Support GroupDo you or a loved one have speech or language problems resulting from a stroke or other brain injury? Join this group, which meets weekly on Mondays from 11:00 AM to 12:15 PM in Conference Room A, 7th Floor (Rehabilitation Center), UNC Memorial Hospital. The group offers conversation and companionship. For more information, contact: Denise Caignon, MS, CCC-SLP, at the UNC Center for Aphasia and Related Disorders: 919.843.3699. Statewide OutreachThe department has two telemedicine programs, which serve as wonderful examples of our statewide outreach. TelAbilityTelAbility provides telemedicine consultation to patients across North Carolina, in their own communities. The program, which uses internet-based video conferencing, enhances communication, care coordination and professional education for parents and care providers of young children with special needs. Joshua Alexander, MD, directs this program. The WATCH Project, an initiative of TelAbility, recently received $45,000 to upgrade two videoconference systems to large screen units, thereby allowing more people to participate and providing a higher quality viewing experience. The funding was provided by Wake County Smart Start upon recognition of the WATCH Project's success in strengthening the early intervention network in Wake County. WATCH Project activities such as video-clinics (which improve care coordination among a child's care team) and professional development sessions (which have improved and enhanced the leadership development and professional competency of early intervention professionals) help to meet Wake County Smart Start's goals to increase identification and connection to early intervention services for children with special needs and increase the knowledge base of early intervention service providers. Congratulations to TelAbility for receiving this unsolicited grant! STAR ProjectThe STAR Project, for which Patricia Gregory, MD, served as the primary investigator (PI), was created with generous support from the Duke Endowment Fund. The STAR Project piloted a stroke telemedicine video-conferencing consult service with a rural community hospital in Robeson County. This part of the state has the highest stroke prevalence, but limited stroke recovery services. Dr. Gregory provided consult recommendations on secondary stroke prevention, stroke rehabilitation and caregiver support during the acute hospital stay, and at 30 and 90 days post-stroke. National Presentations & HonorsOur faculty regularly present at national conferences, and have been recognized with national awards and fellowships. We encourage you to browse our faculty pages as well as news and features columns (on the right) for highlights. International OutreachGlobal Partnership in Medical RehabilitationRead about our Global Partnership in Medical Rehabilitation, including outreach in Peru. International Visiting Scholars ProgramThe department hosts visiting faculty from around the world. In past years we have hosted visiting faculty from Slovenia, Colombia, Brazil, Japan and Korea. If you are interested in this program, please download our application and carefully read our visiting scholar policy. Be Na Lee, MD, PhD Hea Woon Park, MD, PhD Hyun Seok, MD, PhD
Seong-Uk Park, KMD, PhD
More Information For more information about the PM&R International Visiting Scholars Program, email Steven Tomaro. |
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