Annual Mobility Symposium

September 23, 2025

In-Person and Virtual attendance options are available. 

Join us for the second annual Mobility Symposium, an engaging interprofessional event focused on enhancing patient mobility through a multidisciplinary care approach. This symposium brings together healthcare professionals from various fields to share insights, best practices, and innovations in mobility care.

    Target Audience

    • Registered Nurses (RNs)
    • Respiratory Therapists (RTs)
    • Occupational Therapists (OTs)
    • Physical Therapists (PTs)
    • Mobility Technicians
    • Patient Care Assistants (PCAs)
    • And all other healthcare professionals interested in patient mobility

    Learning Objectives

    • To promote understanding of multidisciplinary approaches to patient mobility.
    • To share evidence-based practices that improve patient outcomes.
    • To encourage collaboration among healthcare professionals to optimize mobility care.
    Course summary
    Available credit: 
    • 3.50 Attendance
    • 3.50 Nursing Contact Hours

      Houston Methodist is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

      Houston Methodist will award up to 3.50 nursing professional development contact hours for this activity.

    • 3.50 Physical Therapy
      This activity has been approved by the Texas Board of Physical Therapy Examiners for 3.50 CCUs for PTs and PTAs.
    • 3.00 Respiratory Therapists
      This program has been approved for a maximum of 3.00 contact hours Continuing Respiratory Care Education (CRCE) credit by the American Association for Respiratory Care, 9425 N. MacArthur Blvd. Suite 100 Irving TX 75063
    Course opens: 
    05/02/2025
    Course expires: 
    10/23/2025
    Event starts: 
    09/23/2025 - 8:00am CDT
    Event ends: 
    09/23/2025 - 1:00pm CDT
    Cost:
    $25.00
    In-Person and Virtual attendance options are available.
    6670 Bertner Avenue
    John F. Bookout Auditorium, 2nd Floor
    Houston

    In-Person attendance will be held in the Houston Methodist Research Institute (6670 Bertner Avenue, Houston, Texas 77030). 

    Virtual information will be provided to registered learners. 

    Travel

    Travel

    Houston Methodist Way Finder Map

    View Parking Information

    Direction from nearest parking garages:

    From Garage 1:

    • Take parking garage elevator to 3rd floor.
    • Exit and turn left and enter doors into the hospital on the right.
    • Take stairs down to ground level, walk straight past the Information Desk. This is the Crain Garden. Continue straight toward the Weiss Chapel, turn right and continue past the Gift Shop.
    • Turn right before the Dunn Tower Elevator bank and then a quick left (Starbucks will be on the right). Proceed down this hall toward the Market Café.
    • Turn Right, then a quick left to leave Dunn Tower and enter into the Research Institute.
    • Continue straight toward exit doors.
    • Turn right at the RI Information Desk. Proceed up the staircase and the John F. Bookout Auditorium will be on the right side.
    • Elevators to the second floor are also available, pass the staircase and proceed to end. Elevators will be on the right.

    From Garage 7:

    • Take parking garage elevator to ground floor, exit and turn left to outer walkway.
    • Turn left and proceed to glass double doors on left, enter Walter Tower.
    • Proceed straight down hallway past the Fondren/Alkek elevators, then past the Dunn elevator bank.
    • Take a left (Starbucks will be on the right) and follow the directions from above to the Research Institute. 

    From Garage 15 (McGovern Commons): 

    • located directly across the street from the Houston Methodist Research Institute

    TBA

    Houston Methodist is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.

     

     

    Available Credit

    • 3.50 Attendance
    • 3.50 Nursing Contact Hours

      Houston Methodist is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

      Houston Methodist will award up to 3.50 nursing professional development contact hours for this activity.

    • 3.50 Physical Therapy
      This activity has been approved by the Texas Board of Physical Therapy Examiners for 3.50 CCUs for PTs and PTAs.
    • 3.00 Respiratory Therapists
      This program has been approved for a maximum of 3.00 contact hours Continuing Respiratory Care Education (CRCE) credit by the American Association for Respiratory Care, 9425 N. MacArthur Blvd. Suite 100 Irving TX 75063

    Interested in exhibiting? Contact us for more information.

    Price

    Cost:
    $25.00
    Please login or register to take this course.

    REGISTRATION INSTRUCTIONS

    • STEP 1 - Click the "Enroll" button. 
    • STEP 2 - Once enrolled, the Status should say "In progress" and then click the "Take Course" button to begin the activity.

    FEES

    REGISTRATION TYPEFEE
    In-person (Registered Nurses, RTs, OTs, PTs)$25
    Mobility Techs, PCAsFREE
    Virtual Option$15