Course on Motor learning and Functional Electrical Stimulation – an evidence-based synergy - International FES Centre®

15^th & 16^th November 2024 at the International FES Centre®, Nottwil and online via Zoom

The objective of the course is to learn the basic theoretical and practical principles of the treatment using functional electrical stimulation in neurorehabilitation targeting motor learning.

Friday, 15^th November 2024
09.00 am to 05.15 pm

Saturday, 16^th November 2024
08.30 am to 12 pm – online participants

08.30 am to 04.15 pm – on-site participants

The detailed program will follow in summer 2024.

• Physicians working within the fields of neurology, orthopedics, rehabilitation and pediatrics
• Physiotherapists, occupational therapists and human movement scientists working in the clinical or private practice settings who are treating patients with diseases affecting the central or peripheral nervous system

The course is carried out in a hybrid form. A limited number of participants can take part in the International FES Centre® in the Swiss Paraplegic Centre Nottwil. The number of online participants via Zoom is unlimited.

If it is not possible to hold the event in Nottwil, the course will be held completely online. The SPC will not cover any travel or hotel costs that may already have been booked.

Credits
SGPMR Credits are requested

Organisation
The course is organized by the International FES Centre®.

On-site participants
CHF 500.00
Students CHF 290.00 / only with certificate (BSc, MSc, PhD)
Participants on site bear the costs of their lunch.

On-site participants will be able to participate in four workshops (45 minutes each) on Saturday afternoon 16^th November 2024 from 1 pm - 4 pm in which the following topics will be addressed:
- Motor learning and transcutaneous spinal cord stimulation
- Motor learning – lower extremity
- Motor learning – upper extremity
- Motor learning – peripheral/lower motoneuron lesions

Online participants
CHF 390.00
Students CHF 290.00 / only with certificate (BSc, MSc, PhD)
For the online participants, the course ends on the 16^th November 2024 at 12 pm.

Registration deadline: 15^th October 2024

Registrations will be accepted in the order they arrive. The course organizers reserve the right to cancel the course if there are insufficient participants.
The SPC will not cover any travel or hotel costs that may already have been booked.

If you are unable to attend the course, please contact the organizer in writing or by e-mail as soon as possible. Cancellation costs and administrative fees will be charged to the customer. In the case of cancellations up to 22 days before the start of the course, participants will be charged CHF 20.00/EUR 20.00 to cover administrative costs. The organizer is entitled to charge the following cancellation fees from 21 days before the start of the course:

Date of cancellation:
21 to 15 days before the start of the course
30% of the course fees

14 to 8 days before the start of the course
50% of the course fees

7 to 1 days before the start of the course
80% of the course fees

Cancellation on the first day of the course/Absence
100% of the course fees