Events

~by Joanne Tortolla, Administrative Coordinator

The School of Physiotherapy has had an active events calendar in 2012-2013, featuring many prominent guest speakers through our Physiotherapy Matters Seminar Series, Distinguished Lecture Series, and other knowledge translation opportunities.

2012 - 2013 Guest Speakers | Physiotherapy Matters:

• September 12, 2012  Modeling Collaborative Teams: Moving Practice Support to an Interprofessional Lens (Tanya Dutton, Manager Inter-Professional Practice, CDHA; Lynn Boudreau, PT Professional Practice Coordinator, CDHA)
• September 26, 2012  Adaptive Rowing (Dr. Katherine Harman, School of Physiotherapy)
• October 10, 2013  Musculoskeletal Disorders: Clinical implications of human movement studies (Dr. Cheryl Kozey, School of Physiotherapy
• October 24, 2012  Exercise and Physiotherapy in Paediatric Pulmonary Disease (Dr. Daniel Stevens, School of Physiotherapy)
• November 7, 2012  Non-violent Communication/ Compassionate Listening (Ronald Renz, NSCC, Springhill Campus)
• November 21, 2012  Aerobic Exercise Recommendations to Optimize Best Practices in Care After Stroke (Aerobics) (Alison McDonald, CDHA; Dr. Marilyn MacKay-Lyons, School of Physiotherapy)
• February 20, 2013  Stories from Nepal (Dr. Sandra Curwin, School of Physiotherapy)
• March 6, 2013  Happily Ever After Seniors Program (Jesse Robson, MSc.PT candidate)
• March 20, 2013  What do Physiotherapy and Politics Have in Common? (Eddie Orrell, PT, MLA Cape Breton North)
• April 17, 2013  Camp No Limits (Kim Furlong, BSc.PT, MSc.PT, Physiotherapy Clinical Education Coordinator, Faculty of Medicine, MUN)
• April 24, 2013  How to manage and run an integrated clinic (Patrick Thompson, MSc.PT, Clinic Director LifeMark Physiotherapy Saint Mary’s University)

School of Physiotherapy Distinguished Lecture Series:

• April 5, 2013  Moving from Supportive Personnel to Professionals: What have been the important steps: (Shirley Sahrmann, PT, PhD, FAPTA)
• May 8, 2013  Skeletal Muscle Dysfunction in Acute and Chronic Respiratory Diseases (Sunita Mathur BScPT, MSc, PhD)

NSERC Visiting Lecturer Series:

• March 4, 2013  Update on Spine Mechanics: Injury mechanisms and the essentials for successful load bearing (Dr. Stuart McGill, PhD, Director, Spine Biomechanics Laboratory, University of Waterloo)

Other:

• March 19, 2013  Diagnostic and Treatment Protocol Regulation: what it means for the management of MVA-related sprains, strains and mild to moderate whiplash (Vivvi Riis, BSc.PT, MSc.)

Webcasts:

Several of our PT Matters seminars have been successfully webcast to date, as well as Ms. Vivvi Riis’ presentation on the Diagnostic and Treatment Protocol Regulation.  Bringing our seminars to live broadcast has been a learning curve for the School, with each seminar providing new opportunities for lessons learned from which to improve how we connect with our community partners. Thank you to those that joined us on-line (and in some cases, beared with us through technical difficulties). We welcome your feedback and comments on our webcasts by email at: physiotherapy@dal.ca.

Upcoming Events:

• PT Matters:  Check back to the School of Physiotherapy website, and the next edition of our eNewsletter in September 2013, for our Fall PT Matters schedule.
• Dalhousie Pain Day:  Friday May 3rd from 3:00 pm to 7:30 pm
• School of Physiotherapy 50th Anniversary in 2015!  Stay tuned to our website and future editions of our eNewsletter for more information about this exciting celebration! We welcome your input on how YOU would like to celebrate fifty years of excellence in the School of Physiotherapy.  Please email us with your thoughts and ideas and/or to become involved!