PTA CEU Summit

General Information

Date: June 1, 2024

Time: 8:00 am - 5:45 pm CDT

Location: Brubeck Arts Center | 2200 College Drive, Mount Carmel, IL 62863

Special Guest: Ellen Hillegass, PT, EdD, CCS, FAACVPR, FAPTA (click HERE for more info about Dr. Hillegass)

• 9.0 CEU FREE FOR WVC PTA Clinical Instructors *Clinical Instructors in 2023 and slot accepted for 2024 are eligible*
• 9.0 CEU units for agencies affiliated with PTA program. Health Professionals and students in the community are welcome to attend for 8.0 CEUs (8:15am-5:45pm CDT) 

Cost: $50 registration fee includes lunch and refreshments

• *Fees waived for Site Center Coordinator of Education (SCCE) and Clinical Instructor (CI) for Wabash Valley college PTA Program

Fee Waived:

ALL  IECC employees and students

ALL WGH Employees

Hanover College PT Faculty

University of Evansville PT Faculty

• Card payments can be made at the Wabash Valley College Business Office in person (located in Main Hall) or by calling 618-263-5012.
• Cash or check payments can be made on day of the event.

(lunch provided by Remedies Café at Wabash General Hospital)

Sponsored by Wabash Valley College Foundation and Wabash General Hospital

This event is CEU *Approved for Illinois and Indiana PT and PTA

About Dr. Ellen Hillegass, PT, EdD, CCS, FAACVPR, FAPTA

Dr. Ellen Hillegass is a physical therapist with APTA board certification in the cardiovascular and pulmonary clinical specialty. She is also a Catherine Worthingham Fellow of the American Physical Therapy Association, the highest honor given by the APTA.  Ellen is the President and CEO of PT Cardiopulmonary Educators, a web based education company providing webinars for continuing education and residency education that also has a core curriculum in Cardiopulmonary for DPT programs .  She is also the founder of a Clinical Residency in Cardiopulmonary through Mercer University in conjunction with Piedmont Hospital. 

Ellen Hillegass was the Chair of the Clinical Practice Guidelines Revision committee on Venous Thromboembolism (VTE) for the APTA that was published in April 2022 and the initial clinical practice guideline on VTE. Dr. Hillegass is also  the current  Chair of the oxygen consensus guidelines Task force for the Academy of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary PT of the  APTA. She is the Editor of Essentials in Cardiopulmonary Physical Therapy, an entry- level text with the fifth edition just published in  2022 as well as the author of a clinical notes book entitled “PT CLINICAL NOTES” (formerly REHAB NOTES).She received her entry level training in Physical Therapy from the University of Pennsylvania, Masters of Medical Science in cardiopulmonary physiology from Emory University, and doctorate in Exercise Physiology from the University of Georgia. Her dissertation involved muscle morphology in the Spinal Cord Injured patient.   

PTA CEU Summit Agenda

Safe and Intensity-Appropriate Effective Exercise Programs for Medically Complex or Older Patients (times in CDT)

Lodging Recommendations

Hotel Recommendations:

1. Super 8 by Wyndham – Mount Carmel, IL approximately 4 minutes to Brubeck
   937 Enterprise Ln, Mt Carmel, IL 62863
   Phone: (618) 262-4800
2. Holiday Inn Express – Princeton, IN approximately 17 minutes to Brubeck
   2828 Dixon St, Princeton, IN 47670
   Phone: (812) 385-4300
3. Hampton Inn – Princeton, In approximately 18 minutes to Brubeck
   107 S Richland Creek Dr, Princeton, IN 47670
   Phone: (812) 385-2400

Suggested Off Campus Restaurants

1. Taco Tierra
   801 N Walnut Street, Mount Carmel, IL 62863
   (0.5 miles from campus)
2. Subway
   729 N Market Street, Mount Carmel, IL 62863
   (0.5 miles from campus)
3. Two Farmers
   623 N Market Street, Mount Carmel, IL 62863
   (0.5 miles from campus)