Continuing Professional Education
UB's Department of Rehabilitation Science is proud to offer online CEs/contact hours for continued N.Y. OT/OTA/PT/PTA licensure.
Live online continuing professional education sessions are free for clinicians who take UB OT and DPT students during their clinical rotations. If you're interested in supervising a UB OT or PT student during fieldwork rotations, please contact the appropriate clinical education director listed at the bottom of this page.
On-Demand Self-Study Trainings, $28/hr
Our self-study catalogue features recorded lectures from past years' Rehabilitation Science Seminar Series.
Self-study trainings cost $28 per contact hour, and are accessed by creating an account login for the UB Office of Continuing Education online platform.
A New York State continuing education letter is emailed to you immediately upon successful completion of a 10-question exit quiz at the end of the training video. Presentation slides are available for download.
- Brain Injury Behind Closed Doors: Prevalence, Risk Factors, Consequences, and Management, Ghazala Saleem, EdD, MS, OTR/L
- Facilitating Effective Use of Screen Readers for Computer Access, Erin Brunelle, MS, ORT/L, APT
- The Contribution of Proprioceptive Feedback and Spinal Circuits to Neural Control of Movement: Insights into Neuromodulation, Cristian Cuadra, PhD, MSc, PT
- Cognition & Executive Function as an Interdisciplinary Team in Rehabilitation Science, Michelle Eliason, Michelle Eliason, MS, OTR/L, CBIS
Live Online Trainings, free
Free live online trainings occur six times each year, delivered by the monthly Rehabilitation Science Seminar Series, and the biannual Glen E. Gresham Lecture.
Zoom and in-person options for these dates on UB's South Campus are available.
An exit quiz must be passed at the end of each training in order to have your New York State continuing education pdf emailed to you the following week. If you are licensed outside of New York State, please check your state licensing board to see if New York CE credit will be accepted.
Fri., Sept. 11, 2026, 2-3 p.m.: Beyond Sport: Understanding Work-Related Concussion and Enhancing Treatment Approaches, Jacob I. McPherson, PT, DPT, PhD, clinical associate professor; Christopher Stavisky PhD, OTR/L, clinical assistant professor, UB's Department of Rehabilitation Science
Thurs., Oct. 8, 2026, 5:30-6:45 p.m.: The Glen E. Gresham Lecture in Rehabilitation Science. Translating Neuromechanisms into Recovery: Advancing Upper Limb Rehabilitation in Profound Stroke-Related Hemiparesis. Michael D. Ellis, PT, DPT, Professor and Associate Chair of Translational Research, Physical Therapy and Human Movement Sciences, Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine
Fri., Nov. 2026 2-3 p.m.: Rehabilitation Science Seminar Series
Half-day in-person training, $20
To Be Announced: Spring 2027
April 10, 2026
Racquel Kurzweg, PT, DPT, PRPC
Women in Motion: Lifespan Rehab Using Movement + Ultrasound: Integrating Strength, Mobility, and Pelvic Health from Adolescence to Menopause
March 01, 2025
OTs and PTs from Roswell Park Comprehensive Care Center:
Jennifer D'Almeida DPT
Hillary Jacobson, DPT
Karli Maciejewski, MS, OTR/L, CLT
Carolyn Miller, DPT
Anna Olejniczak, MSOT, OTR/L
Kat Steiger PT, DPT, CLT
Kimberly Treanor, BS/MS, OTR/L
Taking the Fear Out of Treating the Oncology Patient in the Community
April 29, 2023
Hallie Zeleznik, PT, DPT
Are We Still Underdosing? Application of Training Intensity in Physical Therapy
October 09, 2021
Emily Barno, PT, DPT, CCS, CLT, CSC
Physical Therapy Considerations for the Antepartum and Postpartum Patient
October 25, 2019
Ellen Hillegass, PT, EdD, CCS, FAPTA
Implications of vital sign responses to exercise/activity for patients in any setting. How do I use this information for performing activity and exercise prescription?
October 26, 2018
Sue Ann Sisto, PT, MA, PhD, FACRM, and Andrea L Behrman, PT, PhD, FAPTA
Locomotor training for adults and children with spinal cord injury: Scientific premise and practical application
October 14, 2017
Dr. Becky Farley
On Parkinson's Disease and PT Treatments
October 25, 2016
Jim Elliott, PT, PhD
Quantifying Whiplash Injury... making the invisible visible
October 24, 2015
Susan E. George, PT, MS, DPT, OCS, WCS
Women's Health and Orthopedic Issues
Become a Clinical Supervisor
One of the benefits of supervising UB OT and DPT students during their clinical rotations is access to to free live online continuing professional education sessions. If you're interested in supervising a UB OT or PT student during fieldwork rotations, please contact the appropriate clinical education director listed here:
