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From the Director, Anne Fenety
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Dr. Anne Fenety with Dean Aiken of the Faculty of Health Professions
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Leaders guide and inspire people and organizations. Leaders listen, question, analyze, envision, and strategize. Ultimately, leaders make decisions with a view to leading change and enhancing the organization while caring for its people. Leadership is critical to organizations and leadership is critical to physiotherapy. So, are Canadian physiotherapy schools expected to graduate students with leadership skills? The answer is...
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MSc Rehabilitation Research student Michelle Jones, presenting at the CSB Conference in Hamilton Ontario.
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Whether understanding how the brain works, lungs function or knee joints keep us mobile, your Faculty in the School of Physiotherapy has had a busy summer securing grants, disseminating knowledge and getting involved in the research community. Read about what's been happening in research. |
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Pictured above: Class of 1965, then and now.
In this Alumni Profile we feature:
- The Class of 1966, who celebrate their 50th reunion this October, and the varied and rich career paths they've followed both within and outside the physiotherapy profession; and
- The Class of 1965, with a short video documentary of their experiences as the first graduating class of Dalhousie's School of Physiotherapy.
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Another back-to-school season is upon us and the Class of 2017 is busy getting back into the swing of things while catching up with stories of summer placements and all the ways we procrastinated to avoid writing our literature review! Along with some familiar faces there are also some bright-eyed new faces in the Forrest building. See more of the student activities in store for fall. |
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Held for the first time on September 22, 2016 the Dalmazing Interprofessional Challenge is an introduction to interprofessional education. The event was a great success - check out our Twitter recap to see how the afternoon unfolded. In a word, it was #dalmazing!
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Icysis Toney (Sipekne'katik First Nation), seated with Treena Mitchell (Lenox Island First Nation) and Ryan Corbin (Wolfville) in the Joint Action Research Laboratory with our own School of Physiotherapy instructor, Nancy Walker. Read more about Aboriginal Camp Day.
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KUDOS:
Dr. Cheryl Kozey - Associate Dean (Research), Faculty of Health Professions and Professor, School of Physiotherapy - recently received the Canadian Society for Biomechanics Career Award.
Congratulations Class of 2016 Graduates! Receiving their diplomas this October are 55 MSc Physiotherapy graduates and three MSc Rehabilitation Research graduates (Hawazin Khan, Kerry McInnes and Matt Baker)!
Laboratory for Brain Recovery and Function member Sarah Kraeutner's (supervisor: Shaun Boe) MSc work was recently recognized by the Canadian Psychological Association (CPA). In addition, Sarah's work on expert imagery and brain activity with Dalhousie varsity athletes was recently featured on CTV News ‘Live at 5 House Calls’ segment.
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EVENTS:
2016 Atlantic Pain Conference: Save the Date (Friday, October 14th) for the Atlantic Pain Conference to be held at the WTCC. Click here for more info.
It's time for the annual FHP Fun Run/Walk Challenge! Mark Saturday, October 15th on your calendar and click here to see how you can show your Dalhousie spirit by joining Team Physio.
Join us in Theatre D of the Tupper Building, Wednesday, October 19th for PT Matters. The topic: Mindful Matters: Caring for children with intellectual disabilities and their families will be presented by Dr. Megan Aston RN PhD, Dr. Sheri Price RN PhD and Amanda Bye RN BScN.
The Collaborative Care Conference Series is committed to providing high quality continuing education for health care professionals in Atlantic Canada. Don't miss our own Dr. Katherine Harman, as she presents with Dr. Peter Stilwell on: Using evidence-informed psychological techniques to enhance patient outcomes, Saturday, November 5th. Register Now!
This year's For the Health Of It (FTHOI) fundraiser is Saturday, November 26th. FTHOI is an event put on by the health professions students. Students fund-raise individually and then compete for "best school" status by putting on hilarious, yet educational, skits. All funds raised during this annual event are donated to a selected local charity. This year Physiotherapy students will be going for top prize for the fifth year in a row!
Dal's Health Institute: The Health Institute draws on the strengths of the Faculty of Health Professions — home to the largest collection of educational programs related to health and social well-being in Canada — to offer a variety of credit and non-credit courses, certificates and professional development opportunities to suit learners from varied backgrounds. Both students, alumni and practicing health professionals will find opportunities to enhance their knowledge and careers. Learn more about Credit offerings and Non-credit offerings.
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