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PT Link - February 2020
Happy New Year and welcome to the first edition of PT Link for 2020. 
CALL FOR RESEARCH PROJECTS!
MScPT Research and Program Evaluation for Physical Therapy Practice 
Deadline: Tuesday March 31, 2020
 
The Department of Physical Therapy is preparing for the 2020/2021 Research Component of the MScPT Program and invites physical therapists with a Professional or Research Masters or PhD to submit a project outline and participate as research advisors to one of 19 student groups.  Each group will be comprised of approximately 6 students.  If needed, research advisors will be paired with an established researcher (PhD) from the Rehabilitation Sciences Institute, referred to as the faculty advisor, who has experience with graduate student supervision. For more details on the submission guidelines: Click here.

In the recently revised MScPT curriculum, the process of the research curriculum entitled “Research and Program Evaluation for Physical Therapy Practice” remains essentially the same, with the exception of two changes:
  1. The timeline has been shifted to earlier dates; and
  2. The research units have been renumbered.
Potential projects for the MScPT Research Component must be relevant to physical therapy and can include:
  • Chart Reviews **requires review of a sample of 10 charts to ensure that the data you wish to collect are routinely recorded in the charts and of adequate quality for chart abstraction.
  • Surveys
  • Program Evaluation
  • Pilot Studies (Quantitative or Qualitative)
  • Qualitative Studies (example: focus groups or in-depth interviews)
  • Secondary Data Analysis
  • No Literature or Systematic Reviews
  • No mixed methods – projects requiring both quantitative and qualitative methods of data collection and analysis are not feasible for the MScPT curriculum.
The deadline for submission of projects is Tuesday March 31, 2020.  Please contact Nancy Salbach at 416-946-8558 or nancy.salbach@utoronto.ca or Kelly O’Brien at 416-978-0565 or kelly.obrien@utoronto.ca if you have questions. 
Project and Submission Details
Grants and Awards

Congratulations to faculty on their exceptional achievements and contributions.

Teaching Awards

Dr. Susan Jaglal has been awarded a 2019-2020 Faculty of Medicine Graduate Teaching Award for Sustained Excellence in Graduate Teaching and Mentorship. This is one of three annual graduate faculty teaching awards to honour and celebrate the outstanding contributions being made to medical teaching and education scholarship throughout the Faculty of Medicine.

Dr. Kristin Musselman has been awarded the Early Career Teaching Award. This is one of four annual teaching awards to recognize faculty members who are effective teachers and demonstrate an exceptional commitment to student learning, pedagogical engagement, and teaching innovation.

Award recipients will be honoured at the Faculty of Medicine - 18th Annual Education Achievement Celebration on May 20, 2020 at Hart House.


Grants

Dr. Nancy Salbach
Title: Increasing access to community-based task-oriented exercise programs through healthcare-recreation partnerships to improve function for people with balance and mobility limitations: A multi-site randomized controlled trial.
Funder: CIHR

Dr. Stephanie Nixon
Title:  Advancing Equity through Health Professions Education: Collaborative Development of a Research Program based on 'The coin model of privilege and critical allyship: implications for health'
Funder: CIHR Meeting Grant

Dr. Kelly O'Brien
Title: Advancing Assessment of Episodic Disability to Enhance Healthy Aging among Adults with HIV: Developing a Short-Form HIV Disability Questionnaire (HDQ) for use in Clinical Practice
Funder:  National Institute Of Aging – National Institutes of Health (NIH) 
The Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Department of Physical Therapy, and Department of Speech-Language Pathology are currently accepting applications for INITIAL Status-Only and Adjunct Lecturer appointments as of January 13, 2020 and accepted year-round.
We invite you to apply
The Department of Physical Therapy is seeking recent MScPT graduates (within the past 10 years) who are working as clinicians, researchers, managers, business owners, admin professionals, policy makers and those pursuing additional degrees, to act as mentors for physical therapy students in our graduating class (Class of 2020). As mentors, you would share your experiences, advice and information about transition from student to professional life, as well as career opportunities and choices.
 
The Speed Mentoring Event will take place on Tuesday, March 10th from 5:30 - 7:30 pm at 500 University. Mentors will meet with several groups of 8-10 students over a period of 50-minutes. Dinner will be provided. Please visit our website to sign up for this fun event and for more information on mentorship opportunities. Deadline to sign-up is Monday March 2, 2020. If you have any questions, please contact Sharon Gabison by email at shar.gabison@utoronto.ca.
  
This event is proudly sponsored by U of T affinity partner 

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Student Council Update
In December, PT students wrapped up the year with Festivus, our annual holiday celebration, complete with performances by faculty and students. We welcomed 2020 with "Frost Week" including a games night, pizza lunch, and family-style dinner. January featured "Smartest PT”, a competition involving teams of PT faculty and students - congrats to Erin Miller and Evi Cusimano on your win! We kicked off our annual Activity Challenge this month with a friendly Calf-Raise-Off between our very own Athletic Directors, Ross Cameron and Eldon Thieu. Congratulations to Ross for winning the competition while "raising" awareness on the importance of decreasing sedentary time and promoting physical activity throughout our long days in the classroom! Our next event will be January 31, a Bake Sale located in the cafeteria of 500 University Ave to raise funds for our Formal Event, P-ROM! See you there!

Laurin Black and Jyoti Mann
Co-Presidents, PT Student Council
M. Ismail Abdelkader, B.Sc PT, RPT, AT, PT, MCPA
Congratulations to M. Ismail Abdelkader, 2015 OIEPB alumni who was granted the position of Adjunct Lecturer in the Department of Physical Therapy, University of Toronto. Ismail also received two recognition awards from the department for his teaching contributions in 2018 and 2019.
 
Ismail is a registered physiotherapist with over a decade of experience working in the Middle East and Canada. He graduated from Cairo University and went on to become the youngest Senior Physiotherapist in 2010 at Qasr El Eyni Hospital, the largest general hospital in the Middle East.
 
After immigrating to Canada, Ismail graduated from the Ontario Internationally Educated Physical Therapy Bridging Program (OIEPB) in 2015. In 2017, Ismail co-founded and is currently co-president of the OIEPB Alumni Association. He also holds the position of Community Representative on the OIEPB Advisory Council.
 
Ismail is an active advocate for the profession and founded his mobile clinic Core Physical Care to provide different rehabilitation services to the community across Ontario. His approach is strongly informed by evidence-based active therapy and utilizing multifocal techniques. He hopes to help Ontarians increase their wellness and have a better quality of life so they can live their best life.
Adiilah Heenaye Sumser, B.Sc PT  
Bravo to Adiilah Heenaye Sumser, 2017 OIEPB Alumni on your nomination to the 2020-21 OPA Board of Directors! This is what Adiilah has to say:
 
“I feel very honoured that my nomination for 2020-21 OPA Board of Directors has been accepted. I have always been a strong advocate for the profession and especially educating the community about the vital role physiotherapy plays in their life.
 
I am an internationally educated physiotherapist from Mauritius, bilingual in English and French. I completed the Ontario Internationally Educated Bridging Program (OIEPB) in 2017 and successfully obtained my physiotherapy registration the same year. As co-president and co-founder of the OIEPB Alumni Association, I hope to provide mentorship and networking opportunities for my peers. 
 
Currently, I direct and work in private practice as well as at the Four Villages Community Health Centre. My experience in primary healthcare and working with clients in the community motivates me to explore boundaries in the healthcare system.
 
Being a member of the Board of Directors will help me advocate and create a more integrated and connected health care system centered around the patient. I hope to bring my passion for clinical excellence together with my skills, knowledge and experience especially as an internationally trained physiotherapist, to meet the best interests of OPA members, the physiotherapy community, and Ontarians in general.”
 
Read Adiilah's OPA article to learn how the "Evolving Role of Physiotherapists in the Primary Healthcare System" can influence the future well-being of Ontarians.
The OIEPB Program is supported by the Ontario Ministry of Labour, Training and Skills Development
CFD Programs open for registration and application starting January 2020!

The Centre for Faculty Development (CFD) is a partnership between the University of Toronto and St. Michael's Hospital, Unity Health Toronto.
CFD is committed to supporting health care professionals evolve and grow in their Faculty roles.
 
The following programs may be of interest in helping you develop as a teacher, educator, academic leader, scholar, and advocate. 

Stepping Stones: A Foundational Faculty Development Program provides support to health professionals in their multiple roles as teachers, educators, academic leaders, scholars, and advocates.

Education Scholars Program (ESP) is a longitudinal leadership development program for health professional educators that fosters academic excellence, creativity, and scholarly productivity in education.

Teaching for Transformation: Summer Education Institute (SEI) is a 3-day faculty development program for individuals interested in preparing health professions learners for the humanistic, social-relational aspects of health care practice (e.g. collaboration and advocacy) with a commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion.

Narrative Medicine: Reading, Writing, and Reflecting in Clinical Practice, Teaching, and Self-Care is for healthcare practitioners looking to inform their professional practice with narrative approaches to health and medicine.

New and Evolving Academic Leaders (NEAL) Program aims to foster productive, visionary, and collaborative academic leaders in the Academic Health Science Network.






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