Department of Physical Therapy Annual Highlights

Innovation | Education | Inspiration

May 1, 2015 –April 30, 2016: A Year In Review

Contents

Our Vision & Mission 2Chair’s Message 3

Innovation 4

Research Grants 5Research Highlights 9Publications 10Awards 14Events 16Clinical Affiliations 17

Education 18

Education at U of T 19Masters of Science in Physical Therapy 20Bridging Program (OIEPB) 21Continuing Education 23

Inspiration 24

PT in the News 25Donate 26

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Our Vision & Mission

We are the Department of Physical Therapy at the University of Toronto.

We generate international leadership in education and research in physical therapy and rehabilitation science.

We innovate, educate, and inspire.

Every day, we work to: – Educate future and current physical therapists – Advance practice – Foster leadership – Contribute to our community

We are improving the health of individuals and communities through the discovery, application and exchange of knowledge.

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Chair’s Message

My name is Darlene Reid, and I am the Chair of the Department of Physical Therapy.

I was inspired to share this Highlights report because 2015/2016 has been an incredible year for our hard working students and faculty who have attained remarkable accomplishments.

We have published ground breaking research.

We have educated and inspired.

We have grown and harvested new theories, methods, treatments and results, enhancing the practice of physical therapy.

With over 90 Masters of Physical Therapy students and 25 Ontario Internationally Educated Physiotherapy Bridging Program graduates per year, 29 core faculty, 400+ community-based faculty, and 208 affiliated clinical sites, our department provides an abundance of opportunity, learning and innovation.

I am proud to lead a team that is cultivating the future of physical therapy, and hope you will enjoy learning more about our department.

—Darlene Reid, BMR (PT), PhD, Chair and Professor

Innovation

Innovation isn’t just about ideas. It’s making ideas happen. It’s creating change that unlocks value. It’s taking action.

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Principal/Co-Principal InvestigatorsGibson, Barbara (Principal Investigator). Enhancing Care for Young People with Muscular Dystrophy: Addressing the Human Dimensions of Progressive Illness Experience. Associated Medical Services. AMS Phoenix Project Call to Caring Grants. Collaborator(s): McAdam L.; Abram T. $39,116 CAD.

Gibson, Barbara (Principal Investigator). Moving Together: Choreographic mappings of children with diverse dis/abilities and their neurological responses to a dance-play event. Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). Operating Grant. Collaborator(s): McLaren C (Co-PI), Edwards E, Missiuna CA, Chau T. $180,000 CAD.

Gibson, Barbara (Co-Principal Investigator). The Challenge Module for evaluating advanced motor skills of children with cerebral palsy: From measurement to child centred goal setting. Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). Operating Grant. PI: Wright V. Collaborator(s): Fehlings D, Rosenbau P, Russell D, Love S, Anderson J, Wood E, Mesterman R., Glazebrook C. $339,435 CAD.

Jaglal, Susan (Principal Investigator). Epidemiology of Non-Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury. Ontario Neurotrauma Foundation (ONF). $35,000 CAD.

Jaglal, Susan (Co-Principal Investigator). Development and Initial Validation of a pan-Canadian Self-Management Program for Spinal Cord Injury. Rick Hansen Institute. Co-PI: Wolfe D. Collaborators: Munce S, Hamilton L, Noonan V, Anzai K, Linassi G. $246,909 CAD.

Mathur, Sunita (Principal Investigator). A comparison of upper and lower limb muscle function in lung transplant recipients. Ontario Respiratory Care Society (The Ontario Lung Association). Co-Is: Brooks D, Helm D, Janaudis-Ferreira T, Singer L, Wickerson L. $20,550 CAD.

Mathur, Sunita (Principal Investigator). A novel method for evaluating sarcopenia using computed tomography in patients with advanced lung disease. Ontario Respiratory Care Society (The Ontario Lung Association). Co-Is: Rozenberg D, Singer L. $19,909 CAD.

Mathur, Sunita (Principal Investigator). Reliability of Muscle Strength and Power Assessment in People with Cystic Fibrosis. Physiotherapy Foundation of Canada. BE Schnurr Award. Co-Is: Wu K, Fox P, Stephenson A. $3,000 CAD.

Mathur, Sunita (Co-Principal Investigator). Assessment of Quadriceps Function Using Clinical Tools in Patients with COPD. Canadian Respiratory Health Professionals. Co-PIs: Saey D. Co-Is: Maltais F, Dechman G, Camp P. $19,590 CAD.

Musselman, Kristin (Principal Investigator). Decision-making in the prescription of ankle-foot orthoses for children with spastic cerebral palsy and equinus gait. Physiotherapy Canada. NSD-PFC Joint Award for Physiotherapy Research in the Neurosciences. Kane K, Lanovaz J. $5,000 CAD.

Musselman, Kristin (Principal Investigator). MyndMove FES therapy for the Recovery of Upper Limb Function in Spinal Cord Injury. Department of Defense, U.S.A. Operating Grant. Horn L, Galen S, O’Reilly D, Koontz A, Boninger M, Townson A, Stampas A, O’Connell C. $308,000 USD.

Musselman, Kristin (Principal Investigator). Ontario Neurotrauma Foundation Grant, NeuroRecovery Network Development Grant. Verrier M, Craven BC, Flett H, Mittmann N, Furlan J. $660,000 CAD.

Musselman, Kristin (Principal Investigator). Preventing Falls One Step at a Time: Reactive Balance Training for Spinal Cord Injury. Ontario Neurotrauma Foundation — Rick Hansen Institute. Operating Grant. Masani K, Mansfield A, Craven BC, Scovil C, Oates A, Lanovaz J. $149,866 CAD.

Research Grants

Since 2010, we have received over $24 million in Principal Investigator Research Funds. The grants held by our faculty in 2015/2016 made a positive difference in the life of our department. They have allowed us to mobilize knowledge and scholarship.

Musselman, Kristin (Co-Principal Investigator). Evidence to Guide Clinical Decision-making in the prescription of ankle-foot orthoses for children with spastic cerebral palsy and equinus gait. Pedorthic Research Foundation. Research Grant. Kane K (PI), Lanovaz J. $5,000 CAD.

Musselman, Kristin (Co-Principal Investigator). Reducing Falls in Vulnerable Populations. Canada Foundation for Innovation. John R. Evans Leaders Fund, Infrastructure Grant. Co-PI: Novak A. $166,199 CAD.

Musselman, Kristin (Co-Site Principal Investigator). Recovery of Upper Limb Function in Persons with Spinal Cord Injury: Lead-in Study. Rick Hansen Institute. Operating Grant. Popovic M, Galen S, Townson A, O’Connell C. $42,780 CAD.

Musselman, Kristin (Co-Principal Investigator). Walking balance control and falls in the community after incomplete spinal cord injury. Saskatchewan Health Research Foundation. Spinal Cord Injury Grant. Oates A (Co-PI), Lanovaz J, Arnold C, Milosavljevic S, Linassi G. $146,412 CAD.

Nixon, Stephanie (Principal Investigator). Exploring the ‘Functioning, Disability and Health’ of Women and Men Living with HIV in Zambia: Shifting Perspectives for a Longer-Term Approach to HIV Care in Southern Africa. Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). New Investigator Award – Priority Announcement: HIV/AIDS Services/Population Health Research. $300,000 CAD.

Nixon, Stephanie (Principal Investigator). HIV, Disability and Rehabilitation: An Analysis of Research and Innovation between Canada and Sub-Saharan Africa. The CIHR Social Research Centre for HIV Prevention (SRC). Co-Is: Worthington C, Chambers L, Maimbolwa M, Montgomery R, Tattle S, Pierre-Pierre S. $18,000 CAD.

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O’Brien, Kelly (Principal Investigator). Advancing an International Research Collaborative in HIV and Rehabilitation Practice and Research: Addressing Research Priorities in HIV and Rehabilitation. Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). Planning Grant. PIs: Ibanez-Carrasco F. Collaborator(s): Zack E (Principal Knowledge User), Bergin C, Harding R, O’Dea S, Solomon P, Worthington C (Co-Is), Baxter L, Brown D, Gayle P (Knowledge Users). $25,000 CAD.

O’Brien, Kelly (Principal Investigator). Advancing Rehabilitation in the Context of HIV: Interventions to Reduce Episodic Disability Among People Living with HIV in Ontario. Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care. Early Researcher Award. $150,000 CAD.

O’Brien, Kelly (Principal Investigator). Establishing a Community-Based Exercise Intervention to Reduce Episodic Disability Experienced by Adults Living with HIV. University of Toronto. Connaught New Researcher Award. PI: O’Brien KK. Collaborator(s): Solomon P, Zack E (Co-Investigators), Central-Toronto YMCA (Collaborator). $50,000 CAD.

O’Brien, Kelly (Principal Investigator). Establishing Methodological Quality Criteria for Scoping Studies: Advancing the Field of Knowledge Synthesis within the Context of Chronic Disease, Aging and Rehabilitation. Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). Planning Grant. Collaborator(s): Straus S (Co-I), Baxter L (Knowledge User). $25,000 CAD.

O’Brien, Kelly (Principal Investigator). Healthy Aging with HIV Over the Life Course: Advancing an International Research Collaborative to Address Research Priorities in HIV, Aging and Rehabilitation. Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). CIHR Planning Grant – Aging Institute. PIs: Ibanez-Carrasco F. Collaborator(s): Matejcic A, Murzin K (Principal Knowledge Users), Solomon P, Falutz J, Brown D, McDonnell E, Bergin C, Harding R (Co-Is and Knowledge Users). $20,000 CAD.

O’Brien, Kelly (Principal Investigator). Measuring and Modeling Disability, Comorbidities and Rehabilitation among People Living with HIV in Canada: The HIV Health and Rehabilitation Survey. Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). Operating Grant. Collaborator(s): Worthington C, Solomon P, Hanna S, Gahagan J, Merritt B, Ibanez-Carrasco F, Nixon S, Baxter L, Chegwidden W, Gayle P, Robinson G, Zack E. $262,892 CAD.

O’Brien, Kelly (Principal Investigator). Measuring and Modeling Episodic Disability among People Living with HIV in Canada. Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). New Investigator Award Competition. $300,000 CAD.

O’Brien, Kelly (Principal Investigator). Translating Exercise into the HIV Community: Evaluating a Community-Based Exercise Intervention to Improve the Health of Adults Living with HIV. Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). Canadian Institutes of Health Research – Operating Grant - HIV/AIDS CBR Competition. Collaborator(s): Bayoumi AM, Davis AM, Solomon P, Tang A, Zobeiry M, King K, Godi C. $447,765 CAD.

Patterson, Kara (Principal Investigator). “I Love To Boogie”: An investigation of the feasibility of a dance program to improve gait and balance post-stroke. Canadian Partnership for Stroke Recovery. Co-I: Brooks D. $31,000 CAD.

Patterson, Kara (Principal Investigator). It’s not the load that breaks you down, it’s how you carry it: an investigation of secondary musculoskeletal complications and temporal gait asymmetry after stroke. University of Toronto. Connaught New Researcher Award. $10,000 CAD.

Reid, Darlene (Principal Investigator). Incremental inspiratory threshold loading in healthy people during normbaric hypoxia and normbaric normoxia. Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia. $5,000 CAD.

Salbach, Nancy (Principal Investigator). Development and Evaluation of iWalk: A Web-based Guide to Facilitate Evidence-informed Assessment of Walking after Stroke. Canadian Institutes of Health Research. Knowledge to Action Operating Grant competition. Collaborators: Kelloway (Principal Knowledge User), Brooks D, MacKay-Lyons M, Solomon P, Bayley M, Mihailidis A, White K, Howe J, McDonald A. $199,876 CAD.

Salbach, Nancy (Principal Investigator). Exploring the impact of a community-based task-oriented exercise program on physical function and participation post-stroke and caregiver assistance and health. Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada, Canadian Partnership for Stroke Recovery Catalyst Grant. Collaborator(s): Cameron J. $41,054 CAD.

Salbach, Nancy (Principal Investigator). Exploring the Impact of a Community-Based Exercise Program on Physical Function, Participation and Caregiver Health among People with Stroke-Related Balance and Mobility Limitations and their Caregivers. Ontario Physiotherapy Association. Kim Wolny Research Grant. Collaborators: Cameron J. $10,000 CAD.

Salbach, Nancy (Principal Investigator). Increasing access to community-based task-oriented exercise programs through healthcare-recreation partnerships to improve function post-stroke: Feasibility of a 2-group randomized controlled trial protocol. Heart & Stroke Foundation of Canada. Grant-in-Aid Competition. Collaborators: Kelloway L, Hunter S, Jaglal S, Bayley M, Wodchis W, Howe JA, Tee A, Cameron J, Zee J, Moineddin R. $224,893 CAD.

Salbach, Nancy (Co-Principal Investigator). Getting Older adults OUT-of-doors (GO-OUT): A randomized controlled trial of a community-based outdoor walking program. Research Manitoba ( formerly Manitoba Health Research Council). Manitoba Partnership Program Grant. PI: Barclay-Goddard R. Collaborators: Brooks D, Jones A, Mayo N, Ripat J, Webber S. $65,000 CAD.

Salbach, Nancy (Co-Principal Investigator). Knowledge to Action: Development of an Evidence-Informed Program to Promote Self-Management and Rehabilitation for People Living with HIV and AIDS (PHAs). Canadian Institutes of Health Research. Knowledge to Action Operating Grant Competition. PIs: Solomon P, Zack E (Principal Knowledge User), O’Brien KK, Worthington C, Baxter L, Nixon S. $199,978 CAD.

Switzer-McIntyre, Sharon (Principal Investigator). Ontario Internationally Educated Physiotherapist Bridging Program (OIEPBP). Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration (MCI). Ontario Bridge Training Programs. $2,434,404 CAD.

Yeung, Euson (Principal Investigator). Evaluating and revising the program of assessment for the Orthopaedic Division Manual Therapy curriculum. Orthopaedic Division, Canadian Physiotherapy Association. Collaborator: Kennedy C. $19,000 CAD.

Yoshida, Karen (Co-Principal Investigator). Disabled Youth Working Together: Activating Participation and Cultivating Leadership. Ontario Trillium Foundation. Grow Grant Stream. Co-PI. O’Neill M. Consultant: Shanouda F. $287,200 CAD.

Zabjek, Karl (Principal Investigator). Body-Environment Proximity Measurement: An integrated approach to measuring mobility deficits for assessment and treatment. CIHR/NSERC, Collaborative Health Research Projects. Co-PI: McFadyen B. Principal Applicant(s): Edwards G, Laurendeau D. $496,543 CAD.

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Co-Investigators/CollaboratorsBerg, Katherine (Co-Investigator). Post-emergency department evidence-based interventions for the prevention of frailty and functional decline in injured community-dwellers: scoping review. TVN Frailty network, knowledge synthesis. PI: Sirois M.J., Emond M. Collaborators: Eagle D, Berg K, Lee J, Wilding L, Perry J, Salbach N. $25,000 CAD.

Brooks, Dina (Co-Investigator). Does acute cardiovascular exercise improve motor memory and skill learning in stroke? Réseau provincial de recherche en. PI: Marc Roig Pull. Collaborator(s):Thiel A, Fung J. $20,000 CAD.

Brooks, Dina (Co-Investigator). Exploring self-conscious emotions in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Canadian Respiratory Heath Professionals (CRHP). PI: Harrison S. $24,512 CAD.

Brooks, Dina (Co-Investigator). Feasibility & safety of submaximal aerobic testing and training in early stroke rehabilitation. University Health Network Collaborative Academic Practice (CAP) Research Internal Grant Competition. Research Internal Grant Competition. PI: Inness L. Collaborator(s): Biasin L, Poon V, Howe J, Brunton K, Mansfield A, Marzolini S, Belliard R, Bayley M, Oh P. $5,000 CAD.

Brooks, Dina (Co-Investigator). Learning not to fall: perturbation training to promote safe independent mobility post-stroke. Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). Open Operating Grant. PI: Mansfield A. Collaborator(s): Inness EL, DePaul V, Mochizuki G, Kennedy A, McIlroy WE. $340,164 CAD.

Brooks, Dina (Co-Investigator). Pilot study of a tailored home balance exercise program for reducing falls in older adults with COPD. McMaster Labarge Optimal Aging Initiative. Opportunities Fund. PI: Beauchamp M. Collaborator(s): Goldstein R, Pugsley S, Richardson J. $78,000 CAD.

Brooks, Dina (Co-Investigator). The views of health care providers’ and individuals with COPD on the role of pain in pulmonary rehabilitation. University Research Fund (URF). PI: Harrison S. Collaborator(s): Lee A, Martin D. £3,712 GBP.

Cott, Cheryl (Co-Investigator). Developing the Patient-Reported Outcome E-Tool for Individuals with Complex Care Needs (PET-CC): A Multinational e-Health Research Partnership. Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). Planning and Dissemination Grant, 328229. PI: Steele Gray, CA. Collaborators: Cott C, Kuluski K, Lyons R. $9,955 CAD.

Cott, Cheryl (Co-Investigator). Health System Performance Network. Ontario Ministry of Health and Long Term Care. Health System Research Fund. PI: Wodchis W. $4,645,190 CAD.

Cott, Cheryl, (Co-Investigator). Supporting Goal-Oriented Primary Health Care for Seniors with Complex Care Needs using Mobile Technology: Evaluation and Implementation of the HSPRN-Bridgepoint ePRO Tool. Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). eHealth Innovation Partnership Program (eHIPP). PI: Steele Gray, Carolyn. Collaborators: Wodchis W, Upshur R, Faiclough L, Heydon A, McKinstry B, Mercer S, Palen TE, Thavorn K, Kuluski K, Ramsay T, Lyons R, Hepburn V, Alexander Rp, Sharpe S. $1,500,000 CAD.

Gibson, Barbara (Co-Investigator and Sub-study Lead). A randomized trial evaluating the effectiveness of the Lokomat (robotics intervention) for enhancement of walking skills, functional abilities and participation in children with cerebral palsy. CIBC Children’s Research Foundation. PI: Wright V & Fehlings D. $500,000 CAD.

Gabison, Sharon (Co-Investigator). Examining Transmission of Low-Intensity Diode Laser Light and Thermal Changes on Skin due to Skin Colour and Tissue Thickness. Physiotherapy Canada. PI: Nussbaum E. Co-I: Lilge L, Souza-Barros L. $4,000 CAD.

Gibson, Barbara (Collaborator). Enabling participation for disabled children and young people. Health Research Council of New Zealand. PI: Witten, K. $784,464 NZD.

Gibson, Barbara (Collaborator). Healing Environments: a compassionate space for wellbeing. AUT Strategic Research Investment Fund. PI: Reay S. Collaborator(s): White D, Fadyl J. $150,000 NZD.

Jaglal, Susan (Co-Investigator). A Modular Intelligent Power Wheelchair System to Enhance Mobility, Safety and Participation of Users. Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). Collaborative Health Research Projects. PI: Mihailidis A, Millar WC. Collaborators: Mcgilton K, Mackworth A. 458,860 CAD.

Jaglal, Susan (Co-Investigator). A Theory-based Intervention to Increase Standardized Assessment of Reactive Postural Control in Physiotherapy Practice. Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). Knowledge-to-Action Operating Grant. PI: Sibley K. Collaborators: Jaglal SB, Straus S, Brooks D, Salbach N, Gardner P, Janaudis-Ferreira T, McGlynn M, Shing P, Shaffer J, O’Hoski S, Mangovski-Alzamora S. $197,961.8 CAD.

Jaglal, Susan (Co-Investigator). Aging gracefully across environments using technology to support wellness, engagement, and long life (AGE-WELL). Networks Centre of Excellence (NCE). PI: Mihailidis A. Collaborators: 48 others. $36,605,190 CAD.

Jaglal, Susan (Co-Investigator). Evaluation of the extension for community healthcare outcomes (ECHO) model for pain and opioid stewardship in Ontario. Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). Partnership for Health System Improvement. PI: Furlan A. Collaborators: Taenzer P, Stinson J, Gordon A, Stevens B, Borsook T, Smith A, Meldon K, Flannery J. $590,296 CAD.

Mathur, Sunita (Co-Investigator). E-CYCLE: A Pilot Randomized Study of Early Cycle Ergometry versus Routine Physiotherapy in Elderly Mechanically Ventilated Patients. Canadian Institutes of Health Research. Open Operating Grant. PI: Kho, M. Co-Is: Ball I, Burns K, Cook D, Fox-Robichaud A, Herridge, M, Karachi T, Koo K, Lo V, Mourtakis M, Pellizzari J, Piraino T, Rudkowski J, Tarride J. Knowledge User: Reid J. $332,994 CAD.

Mathur, Sunita (Co-Investigator). Mechanisms of impaired skeletal muscle growth in ICU acquired weakness. Canadian Institutes of Health Research. Open Operating Grant. PI: Batt J. Co-applicants: Dos Santos C, Herridge M, $120,310 CAD.

Mathur, Sunita (Co-Investigator). New approaches to evaluating frailty in solid organ transplantation. Technology Evaluation in the Elderly Network (TVN). PI: Singer, L. Co-applicants: Abbey S, Kim J, MacIver J, Renner E, Rockwood K, Ross H. $98,082 CAD.

Mathur, Sunita (Co-Investigator). New approaches to evaluating frailty in solid organ transplant candidates. Canadian Institutes of Health Research. Open Operating Grant. PI: Singer L. Co-applicants: Abbey S, Kim J, MacIver J, Renner E, Rockwood K, Ross H. $452,660 CAD.

Musselman, Kristin (Co-Investigator). Investigating the Effect of Haptic Input on Walking Balance Following a Spinal Cord Injury. Saskatchewan Health Research Foundation Spinal Cord Injury Grant. Operating Grant. Role: Oates A (PI), Lanovaz J, Arnold C, Milosavljevic S, Linassi G, Moraes R. $73,500 CAD.

Nixon, Stephanie (Co-Investigator). Canadian Coalition for Global Health Research, Gathering Perspectives Study II: Advancing a Canadian Approach to Global Health Research. International Development Research Centre. PI: Plamondin K. Co-I: Janes C, Hatfield J, Forman L, Graham I, Neufeld V. $90,000 CAD.

Nixon, Stephanie (Co-Investigator). Canadian HIV Vaccine Initiative Team in Social and Behavioural Research on HIV Vaccines. Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). Large Team Grant. PI: Newman, PA. Collaborators: Bekker LG, Bharat S, Craig S, Hart T, Kaul R, Kumar P, Logie C, Loutfy MR, Scarpa R, Swartz L, Upshur RE, Zimet GD. $3,500,239 CAD.

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Nixon, Stephanie (Co-investigator). CIHR Centre for Research Evidence into Action for Community Health (REACH) in HIV/AIDS (REACH 2.0). CIHR Centres for HIV/AIDS Research. PI: Rourke S. $1,000,000 CAD.

Nixon, Stephanie (Co-investigator). Development of an Evidence Informed Program to Promote Self-Management and Rehabilitation for People Living with HIV. Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), Knowledge-to-Action Grant. PI: Salbach N, Solomon P. Co-I: Worthington C, O’Brien KK, Baxter L, Tattle S, Paddock S. $200,000 CAD.

Nixon, Stephanie (Co-Investigator). Understanding Episodic Disability: A Longitudinal Study of Aging with HIV. Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). Open Operating Grant. PI: Solomon PE. Collaborators: Baxter L, Jose, MG, Zack E, Letts L, O’Brien KK. $230,763 CAD.

O’Brien, Kelly (Co-Investigator). Adapting an E-Module on Rehabilitation in HIV for People Living with HIV and AIDS Service Organizations. Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), Knowledge to Action Grant. PIs: Solomon P, Salbach N. Collaborator(s): Baxter L, Worthington C. $200,000 CAD.

O’Brien, Kelly (Co-Investigator). Canadian HIV Women’s Sexual and Reproductive Health Cohort Study (CHIWOS)-Renewal: Addressing priorities in women-centred HIV Care across the life course. Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). CIHR Transitional Operating Grant Competition. PIs: Loutfy M, Kaida A, Bourassa C, Becker M, Bruce S, de Pokamondy A, Greene S, Hogg B, and 63 others). $2,166,755 CAD.

O’Brien, Kelly (Co-Investigator). Canadian HIV Women’s Sexual and Reproductive Health Cohort Study, a Canadian Observational Cohort (CANOC) Affiliated Study. Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). Operating Grant. PI: Loutfy M. Collaborator(s): De Pokomandy A, Hogg B, Kaida AK, Anema A, Angel JB, Baril JG, Brophy JC, Logie C, Benoit A, Otis J, Green S, Burchell A, Margolese S, et al. $1,152,116 CAD.

O’Brien, Kelly (Co-Investigator). CIHR Centre for REACH in HIV/AIDS (REACH 2.0). Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). Operating Grant. PI: Rourke S, Adam B, Bacon J, Becker M, Gahagan J, Garber G, Gill MJ, Husbands W, Ibanez-Carrasco F, Jackson L, Jones JE, Kirkland S, Krentz H, McGee F, Mignone J, Monteith K, Otis J, Panessa C, Plourde P, Tharao W, Visser F, Wong T, Worthington C, and 101 others. $1,500,000 CAD.

O’Brien, Kelly (Co-Investigator). Cool, Calm, Collected: A Data Collection Planning Workshop. Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). Planning and Dissemination Grants – Institute Community Support. PIs: Strike C, Ibanez-Carrasco F, Guta A. Collaborator(s): Flicker S, Matejcic A. $9,945 CAD.

O’Brien, Kelly (Co-Investigator). Development and Assessment of an Instrument for Evaluating Public and Patient Involvement in Resource Allocation Decisions. Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). Operating Grant. PI: Rosenberg-Yunger Z. Collaborator(s): Bayoumi AM, MacPhail E, Tiessen J. $161,979 CAD.

O’Brien, Kelly (Co-Investigator). HEADS UP! A CBR team to pilot descriptive ethnography of the lived experience of HIV-associated neurocognitive disorder (HAND). Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). Catalyst Grant – HIV/AIDS Community-Based Research Initiative. PIs: Ibanez-Carrasco I, Chan Carusone S, Baltzer-Turje R, Worthington C. Collaborator(s): Rourke S. $33,000 CAD.

O’Brien, Kelly (Co-Investigator). Scoping Review: Conduct and reporting of scoping reviews. Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). Knowledge Synthesis Grant. PIs: Straus S, Tricco A. Collaborator(s): Moher D (Principal Knowledge User), Sales A, Clifford, T, Kastner M, Colquhoun H, Stelfox HT, Lavis JN, Levac DE. $50,000 CAD.

O’Brien, Kelly (Co-Investigator). Self-reported Disability in HIV+ Persons with and without HIV-related distal sensory polyneuropathy. Rutgers Department of Rehabilitation and Movement Sciences. PI: Kietrys DM, Galantino ML. Collaborator(s): Solomon P, Carp S, Parrott S, Davis T, Andrews MA, Levin T. $5,000 USD.

O’Brien, Kelly (Co-Investigator). Successful Aging from the Perspectives of Older People Living with HIV: A Qualitative Study. Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), CIHR Centre for REACH in HIV/AIDS. PI: Rueda S. Collaborator(s): Murzin K (Principal Knowledge User), Arbess G, Bacon J, Baxter L, Beaudry S, Brennan D, Furlotte C, Gardner S, Ibañez-Carrasco F, Mac Intosh M, Rachlis A, Richardson L, Rosenes R, Solomon P, Worthington C, Yetman G (Co-Is and Co-Knowledge Users). $24,766 CAD.

O’Brien, Kelly (Co-Investigator). The Effects of Yoga on Persons with HIV-related distal sensory polyneuropathy: A case series. Oncology Section, American Physical Therapy Association. PIs: Kietrys DM, Galantino ML. Collaborator(s): Gould-Fogerite S, Logan K, Jermyn R, Parrott S. $5,000 USD.

O’Brien, Kelly (Co-Investigator). Viral Hepatitis C Associated Neurocognitive Dysfunction in Ireland in the DAA era. Health Research Board – Ireland. PI: Norris S. Collaborator(s): Bergin C, Gormley J, Doherty C, Coen R, Kenny RA. $314,716 EUROS/$500,000 CAD.

Yoshida, Karen (Co-Investigator). Health Promotion for immigrant mothers of children with developmental disabilities: what is relevant? Women’s College Hospital. Women’s X Change Grant. PI: Khanlou N. Co-Is: Jones G, Kinross L. $14, 969.80 CAD.

Yoshida, Karen (Co-Investigator). Impact of Gender and Migration Status on Accessing Direct/Flexible/Self-Directed Social Funding for Developmental Services in Ontario. Development Services, Ministry of Community and Social Services Ontario. Khanlou N, Jones G. $104, 200.20 CAD.

Zabjek, Karl (Co-Investigator). Generating innovation through the use of common data: Improving the diagnosis and treatment of pediatric and adolescent mild traumatic brain injury in Canada. Canadian Institute for Health Research. Team Grant: Mild Traumatic Brain Injury. PI: Gagnon I. Co-Applicants: Christie BR, Dematteo C, Fait P, Hung R, D Juncker, Keightley M, Marcoux J, McFadyen B,Mok E, Mrazik M, Pelland L, Pitto A, Singh S, Sirois K, Stroman K, Patric W, Swaine B, Taneja C, Tator C, Zabjek K, Zemek R. $1,355,895 CAD.

Zabjek, Karl (Co-Investigator). ‘Neurocare’ as an innovation in intervention: A neurophysiological approach to determine readiness for return to activity. Canadian Institute for Health Research. Team Grant: Mild Traumatic Brain Injury. PI: Keightley M. Co-Applicants: Reed N, Adams K, Barlow K, Chau T, Davis K, Fait P, Gagnon I, Hung R, Mihailidis A,Mrazik M, Pitto A, Rumney P, Strother S, Tator C, Thomas S, Wright V. $1,065,728 CAD.

Zabjek, Karl (Co-Investigator). ONF-REPAR ABI Team Support. Ontario-Neuro Trauma Foundation, Quebec Rehabilitation Network (ONF-REPAR). PIs: Dawson D, Bottari C. Co-Applicants: Bayley M, Colantonio A, Cullen N, Damianakis T, DiGiovanni S, Hebert D, Hunt A, Lemsyk C, Nalder E, Reed N, Stergio-Kita M, Wiseman-Hakes C, Zemek R, Beauchamp M, Carbonneau H, De Guise E, Fait P, Gagnon I, Gagnon J, Giroux S, Gosselin N, Lamontagne ME, Le Dorze G, Le Sage N, McFadyen B, Ouellet MC, Poncet F, Pigot H, Saine B, Turgeon A. $33,400 CAD.

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Research Highlights

Our faculty are research leaders. Their projects achieve progress and accomplish goals, with success reflected in the lives of patients.

Of note, is Dr. Sunita Mathur.

Her work is enhancing quality of life for solid organ transplant recipients. She is conducting research to promote physical activity and develop exercise training guidelines for people before and after transplantation.

Solid organ transplantation is a life-saving surgery for people who have end-stage organ failure. Before transplant, these patients can become very deconditioned, however exercise can prepare them physically for surgery. Following organ transplantation, exercise can assist transplant recipients in regaining function so they can participate in home, work and leisure activities. Regular physical activity may also have an important role in minimizing long-term complications post-transplant such as weight gain, type 2 diabetes and high blood pressure. Currently, rehabilitation programs are not available in all transplant centres across Canada.

There is a real need for better evidence supporting the role of exercise training and physical activity for transplant patients.

So, in 2015, Dr Mathur and her colleague Dr. Tania Janaudis-Ferreira from McGill University received a grant

from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) to disseminate the best available evidence for exercise training in solid organ transplant recipients. They visited the largest multi-organ transplant centres in Canada, including Vancouver, Edmonton, Toronto, Montreal and Halifax and conducted presentations at these sites to raise awareness about the role of exercise in transplant patients. They also engaged key stakeholders in discussions about the barriers and facilitators for implementing rehabilitation programs at their centre.

Dr. Mathur co-leads CAN-RESTORE, a national network aimed at promoting healthy, active living after organ transplantation. Through the CIHR dissemination grant, the CAN-RESTORE website was developed to provide a repository of resources for healthcare professionals and transplant patients on exercise training. In fact, a lecture series on exercise training from an educational symposium held in October 2015 is available on the website. The symposium was funded by the Toronto Transplant Institute.

Dr. Mathur was also recently appointed as a Project Lead for the Canadian National Transplant Research Program for the newly formed Project 7, which aims to improve long-term outcomes and quality of life in transplant recipients. Project 7 brings together over 20 researchers from across Canada, and links them to a larger network of over 200 investigators and patient partners to conduct collaborative research projects.

Step by step, Dr. Mathur is helping solid organ transplant recipients get moving again.

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Abrams, T.; Gibson BE. Putting Gino’s Lesson to Work: Actor-Network Theory, Enacted Humanity, and Rehabilitation. Health: An Interdisciplinary Journal for the Social Study of Health, Illness and Medicine. 2016; (Trainee publication).

Allin S, Bleakney R, Zhang J, Munce S, Cheung AM, Jaglal S. Evaluation of automated fracture risk assessment based on the Canadian Association of Radiologists and Osteoporosis Canada Assessment Tool. J Clin Densitom. 2016;3(19):332-339.

Angus JE, King-Shier KM, Spaling MA, Duncan AS, Jaglal S, Stone JA, Clark AM. A secondary meta-synthesis of qualitative studies of gender and access to cardiac rehabilitation. J Adv Nurs. 2015;71(8):1758-73.

Auchstaetter N, Luc J, Lukye S, Lynd K, Schemenauer S, Whittaker M, Musselman KE. Physical Therapists’ Use of Functional Electrical Stimulation for Clients With Stroke: Frequency, Barriers, and Facilitators. Physical Therapy. 2016; 96: 995.

Basoudan N, Shadgan B, Guenette JA, Road J, Reid WD. Effect of acute hypoxia on inspiratory muscle oxygenation during incremental inspiratory loading in healthy adults. Eur J Appl Physiol. 2016.

The outcomes of our research initiatives are producing valuable knowledge for the physical therapy community. We are contributing to our health system like never before.

Peer Reviewed Publications (May 1, 2015–April 30, 2016) = 93 First Author/Senior Author Publications = 55 Highest in publications amongst peer institutions.

**bold = faculty **underline = trainee

Bognar S, DeFaria AM, O’Dwyer C, Pankiw E, Simic-Bogler, Teixeira S, Nyhof-Young J, and Evans C. More Than Just Dancing: Experiences of People with Parkinson’s Disease in a Therapeutic Dance Program. Disability and Rehabilitation. 2016; DO1.10.1080/09638288.2016.1175037.

Caine V, Mill J, O’Brien KK, Solomon P, Worthington C, Dykeman M, Gahagan J, Maina G, de Padua T, Arneson C, Rogers T, Chaw-Kant J. Implementation process of a Canadian community-based nurse mentorship intervention in HIV care. Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care ( JANAC). Available Online. 2015;DOI: 10.1016/j.jana.2015.11.001

Charles J, Naglie G, Lee J, Moineddin R, Jaglal S, Tierney MC. Self-report measures of well-being predict incident harm due to self-neglect in cognitively impaired seniors who live alone. J Alzheimers Dis. 2015;44(2):425-30.

Chee J, Gage W, McIlroy W, Zabjek K. Development of a video-based technique for ambulatory monitoring of foot placement with an instrumented rollator. J Rehabil Med. 2015;47(3):273-7.

Chen Y-W, Hunt MA, Campbell KL, Peill K, Reid WD. The effect of Tai Chi on four chronic conditions - cancer, osteoarthritis, heart failure and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a systematic review and meta-analyses. Br J Sports Med. 2015;17:1-12.

Publications

“There is no greater weapon than knowledge, and no greater source of knowledge than the written word.” –Malala Yousafzai

Barbara Gibson has published Rehabilitation: A Post Critical Approach. Her book examines the philosophical foundations of rehabilitation, expanding the concept of movement beyond the physical body. Drawing from disability studies, sociology, anthropology, philosophy, cultural studies, and bioethics, this theoretically rigorous yet accessibly styled text explores the limitations of biomedicine as the organizing framework of rehabilitation. It also evaluates new directions to diversify contemporary rehabilitation practice, and establishes the parameters for a reconfigured ethics of rehabilitation.

By embracing multiple ideas of movement, not only physical, but also social, emotional, and political, alternative approaches to rehabilitation are revealed.

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Clyde JH, Brooks D, Cameron JI, Salbach NM. Validation of the evidence-based practice confidence (EPIC) scale among occupational therapists. American Journal of Occupational Therapy. 2016.

Colantonio A, Hsueh J, Petgrave J, Hirdes JP, Berg K. A Profile of Patients with Traumatic Brain Injury within Home Care, Long Term Care, Complex Continuing Care, and Institutional Mental health Settings in a Publicly Insured Population. J. Head Trauma Rehab. 2015;30(6):18-29.

Desveaux L, Goldstein R, Mathur S, Hassan A, Devlin M, Pauley T, Brooks D. Physical activity in diabetic adults following prosthetic rehabilitation. Can J Diabetes. 2016.

Desveaux L, Mathur S, Goldstein R, Brooks D. Barriers and Facilitators to Implementation of Community Based Exercise Programs for Individuals with Chronic Disease. Journal of Aging and Physical Activity. 2016;24(2):223-33.

Dhawan S, Cole DC, Martiniuk A, Nixon SA, Pinto AD. Navigating the career landscape: a pilot mentorship program for early career global health researchers. University of Alberta Health Sciences Journal. 2016;11(1):25-29.

Diermayr G, Schachner H, Eidenberger M, Lohkamp M, Salbach NM. Evidence-based practice implementation in physical therapy in Austria: current status and predictors of EBP engagement. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice. 2015;21:1219-1234.

Dos Santos C, Hussain SNA, Mathur S, Picard M, Herridge M, Correa J, Bain A, Guo Y, Advani A, Advani SL, Tomlinson G, Katzberg H, Streutker CJ, Cameron JI, Schols A, Gosker H, Batt J for the MEND ICU group, RECOVER Program Investigators, and the Canadian Crtical Care Translational Biology Group. Mechanisms of Chronic Muscle Wasting and Dysfunction after an Intensive Care Unit Stay: A Pilot Study. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2016; DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201512-2344OC [e-pub ahead of print].

Erlandson M, Lorbergs A, Mathur S, Cheung AM. Muscle Analysis using pQCT, DXA and MRI. Eur J Radiol, 2016. [e-pub ahead of print].

Flicker S, Nixon SA. The DEPICT model for participatory qualitative health promotion research analysis piloted in Canada, Zambia and South Africa. Health Promotion International. 2015;30(3):616-624.

Fortin CD, Voth J, Jaglal SB, Craven BC. Inpatient rehabilitation outcomes in patients with malignant spinal cord compression compared to other non-traumatic spinal cord injury: a population based study. J Spinal Cord Med. 2015;38(6):754-64.

Gabison S, McGillivray C., Hitzig S. L., Nussbaum, E. A study of the utility and equivalency of 2 methods of wound measurement: digitized tracing versus digital photography. Adv Skin Wound Care. 2015; 28(6), 252–258.

Gibson, BE. Rehabilitation: A post-critical approach. Boca Raton (United States): CRC Press; 2016.

Gibson JL, Forman L, Nixon SA. Guest Editorial: Bioethics and the right to health: advancing a complementary agenda. Health and Human Rights Journal. 2015; 17(1):1-5.

Guilcher SJ, Parsons D, Craven BC, Jaglal SB, Verrier M. Developing quality of care indicators for patients with traumatic and non-traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI): A feasibility study using administrative health data. J Spinal Cord Med. 2015;38(6):765-76.

Haag HL, Caringal M, Sokoloff S, Kontos P, Yoshida K, Colantonio A. Being a woman with acquired brain injury: challenges and implications for practice. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2016;97: S64-70.

Hamdani Y, Mistry B, Gibson BE. Transitioning to Adulthood with a Progressive Condition: Best Practice Assumptions and Individual Experiences of Young Men with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. Disability and Rehabilitation. 2015;37(13):1144-1151.

Hanass-Hancock J, Myezwa H, Nixon SA, Gibbs A. 2015. “When I was no longer able to see and walk, that is when I affected most”: Experiences of disability in people living with HIV in South Africa. Disability and Rehabilitation. 2015;37(22):2051-60.

Hebert D, Lindsay MP, McIntyre A, Kirton A, Rumney PG, Bagg S, Bayley M, Dowlatshahi D, Dukelow S, Garnhum M, Glasser E, Halabi M, Kang E, MacKay-Lyons M, Martino R, Rochette A, Rowe S, Salbach N, Semenko B, Stack B, Swinton L, Weber V, Mayer M, Verrilli S, DeVeber G, Andersen J, Barlow K, Cassidy C, Dilenge M, Fehlings D, Hung R, Iruthayarajah J, Lenz L, Majnemer A, Purtzki J, Rafay M, Sonnenberg LK, Townley A, Janzen S, Foley N, Teasell R. Canadian stroke best practice recommendations: Stroke rehabilitation practice guidelines, update 2015. International Journal of Stroke. 2016; [e-pub ahead of print].

Herridge MS, Chu LM, Matte A, Tomlinson G, Chan L, Thomas C, Friedrich JO, Mehta S, Lamontagne F, Levasseur M, Ferguson ND,, Adhikari NK, Rudkowski JC, Meggison H, Skrobik Y, Flannery J, Bayley M, Batt J, Dos Santos C, Abbey SE, Tan A, Lo V, Mathur S, et al.RECOVER Program Investigators (Phase 1: towards RECOVER) and the Canadian Critical Care Trials Group. The RECOVER Program: Disability Risk Groups & One Year Outcome after ≥ 7 Days of Mechanical Ventilation. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2016. [e-pub ahead of print].

Hitzig SL, Hunter JP, Ballantyne EC, Katz J, Rapson L, Catharine Craven B, Boschen KA. Outcomes and reflections on a consensus-building workshop for developing a spinal cord injury-related chronic pain research agenda. J Spinal Cord Med. 2016;10:1 10. [e-pub ahead of print].

Musselman KE. Movement observation to identify ataxia: how well do experts agree? Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology. 2016;58:11-12.

Jachyra P, Gibson BE. Boys, transitions, and physical (in)activity: Exploring the socio-behavioural mediators of participation. Physiotherapy Canada. 2016;6(68):81-89.

Janaudis-Ferreira T, Mathur S, Romano J, Goldstein RS, Brooks D. Arm activity during daily life in individuals with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. J Cardiopulm Rehabil Prev. 2015; DOI:10.1097/HCR.0000000000000153. [e-pub ahead of print].

Kane KJ, Lanovaz J, Bisaro D, Oates A, Musselman KE. Preliminary study of novel, timed walking tests for children with spina bifida or cerebral palsy. SAGE Open Medicine. 2016;4:1-8.

Keshwani N, Mathur S, McLean L, Validity of Inter-Rectus Distance Measurement in Postpartum Women Using Extended Field of View Ultrasound Imaging Techniques. J Orthop Sports Phys Ther. 2015;45(10):808-13. DOI: 10.2519/jospt.2015.6143.

Khanlou N, Mustafa N, Vazquez LM, Haque N, Yoshida K.K. Stressors and barriers to services for immigrant fathers raising children with developmental disabilities. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction. 2015;13(6):659-674. DOI 10.1007/s 11469-015-9584-8.

Law M, Eng L, Fung H, Lindzon G, McCaffrey J, Shamji A, Tannenbaum E, Baker L, Leslie K, Yeung E. Negotiating learner-teacher boundaries in medical education. Medical Teacher. 2015;37(5):490-491.

Liddy C, Johnston S, Guilcher S, Irving H, Hogel M, Jaglal S. Impact of a chronic disease self-management program on healthcare utilization in eastern Ontario, Canada. Prev Med Rep. 2015;2:586-90.

MacKay C, Sale J, Badley EM, Jaglal SB, Davis AM. A Qualitative Study Exploring the Meaning of Knee Symptoms to Adults Age 35-65 Years. Arthritis Care Res. 2016;68(3):341-7.

Maltais DB, Gane C, Dufour SK, Wyss D, Bouyer L, McFadyen BJ, Zabjek K, Andrysek J, Voisen J.Acute Physical Exercise Affects Cognitive Functioning in Children With Cerebral Palsy. Pediatr Exerc Sci. 2015. [e-pub ahead of print].

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McArthur C, Hirdes J, Berg K, Giangregorio L. Who gets rehabilitation in Canadian long term care homes? A cross sectional study. Physiotherapy Canada. 2015;67(2):113-21.

Mendes P, Wickerson L, Helm D, Janaudis-Ferreira T, Brooks D, Singer L, Mathur S. Skeletal Muscle Atrophy in Advanced Interstitial Lung Disease. Respirology. 2015;20(6):953-9.

Merali S, Cameron JI, Barclay R, Salbach NM. Characterising community exercise programmes delivered by fitness instructors for people with neurological conditions: a scoping review. Health & Social Care in the Community. 2015. [e-pub ahead of print].

Mesaroli G, Bourgeois AM, Condron A, McCurry E, Petrapanagos, Fraser M, Nixon SA. Enhanced patient-centred care: perspectives regarding the impact of international clinical internships on practice. Physiotherapy Canada. 2015;67(4).

Mori B, Brooks D, Norman KE, Herold J, Beaton DE. Development of the Canadian Physiotherapy Assessment of Clinical Performance: A New Tool to Assess Physiotherapy Students’ Performance in Clinical Education. Physiotherapy Canada. 2015;67(3):281-9.

Mori B, Norman KE, Brooks D, Herold J, Beaton DE. Canadian Physiotherapy Assessment of Clinical Performance: Face and Content Validity. Physiotherapy Canada. 2015;68(1):64-72.

Mori B, Norman KE, Brooks D, Herold J, Beaton DE. Evidence of Reliability, Validity and Practicality for the Canadian Physiotherapy Assessment of Clinical Performance. Physiotherapy Canada 2016;68(2):152-169

Munce SE, Straus SE, Fehlings MG, Voth J, Nugaeva N, Jang E, Webster F, Jaglal SB. Impact of psychological characteristics in self-management in individuals with traumatic spinal cord injury. Spinal Cord. 2016;54(1):29-33.

Munce SE, Webster F, Fehlings MG, Straus SE, Jang E, Jaglal SB. Meaning of self-management from the perspective of individuals with traumatic spinal cord injury, their caregivers, and acute care and rehabilitation managers: an opportunity for improved care delivery. BMC Neurol. 2016;16(1):11.

Munce SEP, Allin S, Carlin L, Sale J, Hawker G, Kim S, Butt DA, Polidoulis I, Tu K, Jaglal SB. Understanding Referral Patterns for Bone Mineral Density Testing among Family Physicians: A Qualitative Descriptive Study. J Osteoporos. 2016; 6.

Musselman KE, Roemmich RT, Garrett B, Bastian AJ. Motor learning in childhood reveals distinct mechanisms for memory retention and re-learning. Learning & Memory 2016;23:229-237.

Ng Fuk Chong J, De Luca K, Goldan S, Imam A, Li B, Zabjek K, Chu A, Yeung E. Opinions of Ontario Physiotherapists on an Expanding Scope of Practice. Physiotherapy Canada. 2015;67(2):144-156.

Nicholls D.A., Atkinson K, Bjorbækmo W, Gibson BE, Latchem J, Olesen J, Ralls, J. , Setchell, J. Connectivity: An emerging concept for physiotherapy practice. Physiotherapy Theory and Practice. 2016.

Nixon SA, Cockburn L, Acheinegeh R, Bradley K, Cameron D, Mue PN, Nyingcho S, Gibson BE. Using postcolonial perspectives to consider rehabilitation with children with disabilities: the Bamenda-Toronto dialogue. Disability and the Global South. 2016;2(2):570-589.

Nixon SA, Hunt M. Guest Editorial: Global health: where do physiotherapy and rehabilitation research fit? Physiotherapy Canada 2015;67(3):217-218.

Njelesani J, Gibson BE, Cameron D, Nixon SA, Polatajko H. 2015. Sport-for-development: a level playing field? Forum: Qualitative Social Research. 2015; 16(2), Art.12.

Nonoyama M, Mathur S, Herbert R, Jenkins H, Lobchuk M, McEvoy M. Past, Present and the Future of Respiratory Research: A survey of Canadian allied health professionals. Can Respir J. 2015;22(5):275-81.

O’Brien KK, Solomon P, Bergin C, O’Dea S, Iku N, Stratford P, Bayoumi AM. Reliability and validity of a new HIV-specific questionnaire with adults living with HIV in Canada and Ireland: the HIV Disability Questionnaire (HDQ). Health and Quality of Life Outcomes. 2015;13:124.

O’Brien KK, Tynan AM, Nixon SA, Glazier RH. Effectiveness of Aerobic Exercise for Adults Living with HIV: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Using the Cochrane Collaboration Protocol. BMC Infectious Diseases. 2016;16:182. DOI:10.1186/s12879-016-1478-2.

Onyura B, Ng S, Baker LR, Lieff S, Millar BA, Mori B. A Mandala of Faculty Development: Using Theory-Based Evaluation to Explore Contexts, Mechanisms & Outcomes. Advances in Health Sciences Education. 2016:1-22.

Onyura B, Mori B,et al. A mandala of faculty development: using theory-based evaluation to explore contexts, mechanisms and outcomes. Advances in Health Sciences Education. 2016: 1-22.

Papaioannou A, Kennedy CC, Ioannidis G, Cameron C, Croxford R, Adachi JD, Mursleen S, Jaglal S. Comparative trends in incident fracture rates for all long-term care and community-dwelling seniors in Ontario, Canada 2002-2012. Osteoporos Int. 2016;3:887-97.

Papaioannou A, Santesso N, Morin SN, Feldman S, Adachi JD, Crilly R, Giangregorio LM, Jaglal S, Josse RG, Kaasalainen S, Katz P, Moser A, Pickard L, Weiler H, Whiting S, Skidmore CJ, Cheung AM. Scientific Advisory Council of Osteoporosis Canada. Recommendations for preventing fracture in long-term care. CMAJ. 2015;187(15):1135-44, E450-61.

Parsons J, Nixon SA, Bond VA. “Are we not human?” Stories of stigma, disability and HIV from Lusaka, Zambia and their implications for access to health services. PLoS One. 2015; DOI: 10.1371/journalpone.0127392.

Parsons SL, Mansfield A, Inness EL, Patterson KK. The relationship of plantar cutaneous sensation and standing balance post-stroke. Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation. 2016;DOI: 10.1080/10749357.2016.1162396.

Patterson KK, Whitechurch M, Patience CE, Ormiston T, Gallant N, Mansfield A, Brown J. A Questionnaire to investigate participation in gait rehabilitation studies by individuals with stroke: a brief report. Physiotherapy Canada. 2015;67(3):240-244.

Pattison KM, Brooks D, Cameron JI, Salbach NM. Factors influencing physical therapists’ use of standardized measures of walking capacity poststroke across the care continuum. Physical Therapy. 2015;95:1507-17.

Phelan S, Gibson BE, Wright V. What is it like to walk with the help of a robot? Children’s perspectives on robotic gait training technology. Disability and Rehabilitation. 2015;37(24):2272-2281.

Pooransingh S, Misir A, Ramdath D, Ramsewak S, Jaglal S, Cameron C, Goel V. Barriers and facilitators to establishing a national public health observatory. Rev Panam Salud Publica. 2015;38(5):403-9.

Rowley, K; Ajami, D; Gervais, D; Mooney, L; Belote, A; Kudla, I; Switzer-McIntyre, S; Holness, D. Glove Use and Glove Education in Workers with Hand Dermatitis. Dermatitis 2016;27:30–32.

Salbach NM. The behavior change wheel: a new method for characterizing and designing behavior change interventions. Journal of Neurologic Physical Therapy. 2016;40:157.

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Sales A, Guilherme A, Ramsook A, Guenette J, Nadinne I, Lima D, Reid WD. Respiratory muscle endurance after training in athletes and non-athletes: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Physical Therapy in Sport. 2016;17:76-86.

Saverino C, Swaine B, Jaglal S, Lewko J, Vernich L, Voth J, Calzavara A, Colantonio A. Rehospitalization After Traumatic Brain Injury: A Population-Based Study. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2015;97(2 Suppl):S19-25. pii: S0003-9993(15)00386-X.

Senesac CR, Lott DJ, Forbes SC, Mathur S, Arpan I, Senesac E, Walter GA, Vandenborne K. Longitudinal Evaluation of Muscle Composition using Magnetic Resonance in four Boys with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy: A Case Series. Phys Ther. 2015;95(7):978-88. DOI: 10.2522/ ptj.20140234.

Shadgan B, Pereira G, Menon M, Jafari S, Reid WD, O’Brien JP. Risk factors for acute compartment syndrome of the leg associated with tibial diaphyseal fractures in adults. Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology. 2015;16(3):185-192.

Sheehan KJ, Sobolev B, Guy P, Bohm E, Hellsten E, Sutherland JM, Kuramoto L, Jaglal S. Canadian Collaborative Study on Hip Fractures. Constructing an episode of care from acute hospitalization records for studying effects of timing of hip fracture surgery. J Orthop Res. 2015;34(2):197-204.

Sibley KM, Brooks D, Gardner P, Janaudis-Ferreira T, McGlynn M, O’Hoski S, McEwen S, Salbach NM, Shaffer J, Shing P, Straus SE, Jaglal SB. Development of a theory-based intervention to increase clinical measurement of reactive balance in adults at risk of falls: A case report. Journal of Neurologic Physical Therapy. 2016;40:100-106.

Sima C, Sheel A W, van Eeden S F, Reid W D, Taylor C M, Camp P G. Pulse wave velocity measurements in moderate to severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: A test-retest reliability study. International Journal of Cardiology. 2016;203:301-2.

Solomon P, O’Brien KK, Baxter L, MacLachlan D, Robinson G. Community Involvement in Development of Evidence-Informed Recommendations for Rehabilitation for Older Adults Living with HIV. Progress in Community Health Partnerships: Research, Education and Action. 2016;10(1):83-8.

Steele Gray C, Khan AI, Kuluski K, McKillop I, Sharpe S, Bierman A, Lyons RF, Cott C. Improving patient experience and healthcare quality in primary care for patients with complex chronic disease: adopting qualitative methods into a user-centred design approach. JMIR Research Protocols. 2016;5(1):e28.

Toor GK, Harris JE, Escobar M, Yoshida K. K, Velikonja D, Rizoli S, Cusimano M, Cullen N, Sokoloff S, Colantonio A. Long-Term Health Service Outcomes Among Women With Traumatic Brain Injury. Arch Phys. Med Rehabil 2016;97(2):S54-63. DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2015.02.010. [e-pub ahead of print].

Tricco AC, Lillie E, Zarin W, O’Brien KK, Colquhoun H, Kastner M, Levac D, Ng C, Pearson Sharpe J, Wilson K, Kenny M, Warren R, Wilson C, Stelfox HT, Straus S. A scoping review on the conduct and reporting of scoping reviews. BMC Medical Research Methodology. 2016; DOI: 10.1186/s12874-016-0116-4.

Viprey M, Caillet P, Canat G, Jaglal S, Haesebaert J, Chapurlat R, Schott AM. Low Osteoporosis Treatment Initiation Rate in Women after Distal Forearm or Proximal Humerus Fracture: A Healthcare Database Nested Cohort Study. PLoS One. 2015;10(12):e0143842.

Vohra RS, Lott DJ, Mathur S, Senesac C, Doel J, Germain S, Bendixen R, Sweeney HL, Forbes SC, Walter GA, Vandenborne K. Magnetic resonance imaging assessment of hypertrophic and pseudo-hypertrophic changes in lower leg muscles of boys with Duchenne muscular dystrophy and their relationship to functional measurements. PLOS One. 2015;10(6):e0128915.

Waugh EJ, Badley EM, Borkhoff CM, Croxford R, Davis AM, Dunn S, Gignac MA, Jaglal SB, Sale J, Hawker GA. Primary care physicians’ perceptions about and confidence in deciding which patients to refer for total joint arthroplasty of the hip and knee. Osteoarthritis Cartilage. 2016;3:451-7.

Webster F, Perruccio AV, Jenkinson R, Jaglal S, Schemitsch E, Waddell JP, Venkataramanan V, Bytautas V, Davis AM. Understanding why people do or do not engage in activities following total joint replacement: a longitudinal qualitative study. Osteoarthritis Cartilage. 2015;23(6):860-7.

Wilson JR, Voth J, Singh A, Middleton J, Jaglal S, Singh JM, Mainprize TG, Yee A, Fehlings M. Defining the Pathway to Definitive Care and Surgical Decompression after Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury: Results of a Canadian Population Based Cohort Study. J Neurotrauma. 2015.[e-pub ahead of print].

Wolf S, Kwakkel G, Bayley M, McDonnell M, for the Upper Extremity Stroke Algorithm Working Group. Best practice for arm recovery post stroke: an international application (Editor’s Choice). Physiotherapy. 2015. [e-pub ahead of print].

Worthington C, O’Brien KK, Mill J, Caine V, Solomon P, Chaw-Kant J. A mixed methods outcome evaluation of a mentorship intervention for Canadian nurses in HIV care. Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care ( JANAC). 2016; DOI: 10.1016/j.jana.2016.02.011.

Yeung E, Kulasagarem K, Woods N, Dubrowski A, Hodges B, Carnahan H. Validity of a new rubric for a short-answer test of clinical reasoning. BMC Medical Education. 2016;16:192.

Yoshida KK, Self H, Renwick RR, Forma L, King AJ, Fell L. Values in Action: A Consumer

–based Practice Model of Rehabilitation, Disability and Rehabilitation. 2015;37(20):1825-33).

Yoshida KK, Shanouda F. A Culture of silence: Modes of objectification and the silencing of disabled bodies. Disability and Society. 2015;30(3):432-444.

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Awards

On a local, national and international scale, our department’s commitment to research and scholarship has earned widespread respect and celebration.

pioneering work in the field of HIV and rehabilitation. As Director of the International Centre for Disability and Rehabilitation, Dr. Nixon’s groundbreaking research focuses on global disability education and research.

*Dr. Susan Jaglal was elected as a fellow to the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences. She was formally inducted into the fellowship at the CAHS Annual Meeting in Ottawa on September 17, 2015. Dr. Jaglal was recognized for her leadership, creativity, distinctive competencies, and a commitment to advancing academic health science.

2015/2016 brought two particularly prestigious awards to our community, each honouring the contributions of a faculty whose passion for their work has created momentum within physical therapy.

*Associate Professor Dr. Stephanie Nixon won the Faculty of Medicine’s 2015 Dean’s Alumni Rising Star Award. This award honours an alumni who has graduated within the last 15 years who has made a significant contribution to their Faculty, their local healthcare community and their field of academia. Dr. Nixon was recognized for her

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NationalBerg, Katherine, Silver Quill Award, Canadian Community Newspapers Association

Brooks, Dina, Silver Quill Award, Canadian Community Newspapers Association

Jaglal, Susan, 2015 CSEB Distinguished Service Award, The Canadian Society for Epidemiology and Biostatistics (CSEB)

Jaglal, Susan, Fellow, Canadian Academy of Health Sciences (CAHS)

Mathur, Sunita, Canadian Respiratory Health Professionals Distinction Award, The Lung Association

Musselman, Kristin, 992 Prize, School of Physical Therapy, University of Saskatchewan

O’Brien, Kelly, The Elisse Zack Award for Excellence in HIV and Rehabilitation, Canadian Working Group on HIV and Rehabilitation

Yeung, Euson, Mentorship Award, Canadian Physiotherapy Association

InternationalBrooks, Dina, WCPT International Service Award, International Confederation of Cardiorespiratory Physical Therapists

Gibson, Barbara, Norington Medal for Excellence in International Allied health Rehabilitation Research, Australasian Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine

Musselman, Kristin, Finalist in the Conquer Paralysis Now Challenge, Cross-over category, Conquer Paralysis Now

O’Brien, Kelly, World Confederation for Physical Therapy (WCPT) Outstanding Poster Presentation Award, International Association of PTs Working with Older People, World Confederation for Physical Therapy (WCPT)

O’Brien, Kelly, World Confederation for Physical Therapy (WCPT) Outstanding Poster Presentation Award, North America Caribbean Region, World Confederation for Physical Therapy (WCPT)

Trainee AwardsBasoudan, Nada, Full Scholarship, Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia (mentor: Reid, Darlene)

Chen, Yi-Wen, Four Year PhD Graduate Fellowship for Top Student in RHSC, University of British Columbia (mentor: Reid, Darlene)

Cleaver, Shaun, Fellowship, Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) (mentor: Nixon, Stephanie)

Ellis, Denine/ Leung, Priscilla/ Kesbian, Di/ Simonik, Alya/ Vader, Kyle, Breath in Life Poster Prize, Department of Physical Therapy, University of Toronto (mentor: O’Brien, Kelly)

Jachyra, Patrick, Kimel Family Graduate Student Scholarship in Paediatric Disability 2016-17, Bloorview Research Institute (mentor: Gibson, Barbara)

Jennings, Sheila, Postdoctoral Fellowship, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (mentor: Gibson, Barbara)

Lemay, Jean-François, Neilsen Postdoctoral Fellowship Research Grant, Craig H Neilsen Foundation (mentor: Musselman, Kristin)

Mackay, Crystal, CIHR Postdoctoral Fellowship, Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) (mentor: Jaglal, Susan)

McArthur, Caitlin, Silver Quill Award, Canadian Community Newspapers Association (mentor: Berg, Katherine)

Talley, Lauren, Banting and Best Doctoral Award, Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) (mentor: Nixon, Stephanie)

Teachman, Gail, Governor General’s Gold Medal Award 2016, University of Toronto (mentor: Gibson, Barbara)

Stevens, Marianne, Fellowship, Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) (mentor: Nixon, Stephanie)

Young-Cherin, Victoria, AGEWELL Postdoctoral Fellowship, AGEWELL (mentor: Jaglal, Susan)

LocalBrooks, Dina, 2015–16 Faculty of Medicine Graduate Teaching Award, University of Toronto

Brooks, Dina, Rehabilitation Sciences Institute Service Award, University of Toronto

Gabison, Sharon, Health Commercialization Fellowship, Faculty of Medicine, Health Innovation Hub

Gibson, Barbara, Ross Upshur Graduate Thesis Mentorship Award, University of Toronto

Gibson, Barbara, Bloorview Children’s Hospital Foundation Chair in Childhood Disability Studies, Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital

Jaglal, Susan, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute Chair at the University of Toronto, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute

Nixon, Stephanie, 2015 Dean’s Rising Star Award, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto

O’Brien, Kelly, Innovation and Advancement Award, Ontario Physiotherapy Association (OPA)

Quesnel, Martine, Recognition Award, The University of Toronto, Department of Physical Therapy

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Events

2015 provided many exciting opportunities to celebrate student milestones and engage our local community.

Ontario Internationally Educated Physical Therapy Bridging Program Graduation

April 6, 2016

The OIEPB Class of 2016 celebrated their graduation with an awards ceremony and reception held at the Faculty Club. Family, friends, faculty and honoured guests were in attendance to recognize the hard work of these internationally educated physical therapists as they celebrated the completion of the Comprehensive Program.

MScPT Convocation

November 11, 2015

The MScPT Class of 2015 celebrated convocation with an awards ceremony at the Michener Institute, followed by a reception in the Rehabilitation Sciences Building. The official graduation ceremony took place at Convocation Hall in the evening.

The Past, Present and Future of Physical Therapy

October 29, 2015

Speakers: Professors Molly Verrier, Stephanie Nixon (moderator)

This Q&A symposium addressed questions submitted by leaders in physical therapy. Professor Molly Verrier provided insight into the challenges and opportunities that face the profession, drawing a full crowd of students, faculty, clinicians, representatives of professional associations and leaders in the field.

Student Research Day

July 22, 2015

Student Research Day, held in the Medical Sciences Building, celebrated the achievements of students and advisers, showcasing their research projects in poster presentations.

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Clinical Affiliations

When ‘I’ is replaced by ‘we’ even ‘illness’ becomes ‘wellness’

Vincent Lo, Lecturer with the Department of Physical Therapy and critical care physiotherapist working in MSICU at the University Health Network, Toronto General Hospital, has received the Health Professions Program Individual Teaching Performance Award from the Wightman-Berris Academy. The Individual Teaching Performance Awards recognize teachers whose outstanding skills have been personally identified by their students. As a small group facilitator, lecturer, practical skills examiner and a clinical instructor for at least 30 of our students, Vincent has been recognized for his ability to enhance learning, stimulate critical thinking and demonstrate leadership.

Our clinical partners make us who we are. We harmonize efforts with 208 clinical partners to train the next generation of physiotherapy leaders. With them, we produce ideas and evidence to improve health care locally and internationally.

The clinical component of our MScPT program provides our students the rich opportunity to apply their learning. Each student is required to complete 28 weeks of approved full-time clinical practice, as well as structured clinical sessions throughout the curriculum. As an integral component of the curriculum, our clinical community’s guidance and mentorship during these internships helps students to bridge the gap between theory and practice, which is a vital step in their professional training.

Education

“Intelligence plus character — that is the goal of true education” —Martin Luther King Jr.

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Education at U of T

Our 2015/2016 academic year has been full of reflection, assessment and advancement.

The MScPT program has been re-accredited as fully compliant for the maximum 6 year period with the Physiotherapy Education Accreditation Canada (PEAC) via a peer review evaluation. Throughout the academic year we collaborated with educational consultants to reflect on our program’s critical thinking, clinical reasoning and test strategy development, to ensure we are developing innovative, professional leaders in physical therapy.

—Professor Sharon Switzer-McIntyre, Vice-Chair Education

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Masters of Science in Physical Therapy

The MScPT program is taught by our team of 29 faculty members, including 13 tenure track faculty. In addition to this core group, more than 400 community-based faculty contribute to our program by teaching in-class sessions, facilitating clinical skills labs, providing clinical supervision, and supervising research projects.

Our dynamic curriculum involves many methods of teaching and learning. These ever-evolving curricular strategies recognize our students’ diverse and varied learning needs. To ensure we deliver on our Vision and Mission, we emphasize continuous reflection, feedback and program development via assessment and evaluation processes.

What makes our MScPT program truly unique, is our rich clinical and research environment. We have formalized university wide agreements with 9 Fully Affiliate Hospitals/Corporations and 17 Community Affiliate Hospitals/Corporations. The agreements impart a joint academic mission to foster education, practice and research. Most of our professorial and status-only faculty have appointments at one or more of these institutions. In addition, we have a further 208 affiliated sites that host our clinical internships.

190Enrolled

MScPT Students

1,097Total

Applicants

1,035Total

Applicants

3ASO

6ASO

340Wrote

Admission Exam

343Wrote

Admission Exam

892017 MScPT

Graduating Class

922016 MScPT

Graduating Class

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They’re well trained. Their skills are desperately needed. But, for many internationally-trained physical therapists who are new to Canada, they’re delivering pizzas instead.

One of the biggest barriers is successfully completing the qualifying exams. Part one is a four-hour multiple choice exam. If that is passed, candidates move on to an objective structured clinical examination (better known as OSCE).

For many internationally-trained physical therapists, they have never seen a multiple choice exam before; it hasn’t been part of their previous learning. While the pass rate for Canadian-trained physical therapists ranges from 93 to 98%, it is between 43 to 60% for those who are internationally-trained.

Our department sees the importance of helping internationally educated physical therapists (IEPTs) adjust to practicing in a Canadian context.

The Ontario Internationally Educated Physical Therapy Bridging (OIEPB) Program was established to respond to these needs. The 10-month comprehensive program delivers the additional knowledge, skills and clinical reasoning required to meet Canadian entry-to-practice standards. It also provides cultural and workplace orientations to ensure learners are prepared for the workforce. The program includes two clinical internships to provide learners with the immersed opportunity to see how physical therapy is practiced in Canada and gain valuable work place experience. In addition to the comprehensive program, OIEPB also offers exam preparation workshops as well as online and in-person refresher courses.

Our program has had remarkable results. Since its launch in 2011, 252 internationally educated physical therapists (IEPTs) have been assessed for admission to the Comprehensive Stream of the OIEPB Program; of those 140 have been admitted and 104 have completed with 35 in our current cohort. For the Modular Stream of the Bridging Program, 1,723 IEPTs have accessed various course offerings.

The Physiotherapy Competency Exam (PCE) is a two-stage, high-stakes licensure exam that both Canadian and internationally trained physiotherapists are required to successfully complete in order to practice in Canada. The PCE consists of two components: a written component and a clinical component. Prior to entry into the Comprehensive Program the pass rate on the written component of the exam was 33.8% whereas after participating in the Program the pass rate increased to 73.5%, which far exceeds the national pass rate average for IEPTs of 48%. As would be expected, no learner was successful in passing the practical component of the exam prior to the OIEPB Program. The average pass rate was 86.6 % when learners attempted the PCE post-bridging as compared to the reported national pass rate for IEPTs of 57%.

Of those who obtained their license, 100% are employed. The program doesn’t just help IEPTs. It’s making a valuable contribution to the profession. We are gaining culturally competent physical therapists who are better able to serve our diverse communities.

“Some of our students come from very hierarchical societies. We need to help them understand that physical therapists are primary access professionals who have to be active members of the health care team. Our department sees the importance of helping internationally educated physical therapists (IEPTs) adjust to practicing in a Canadian context.” —Professor Sharon Switzer-McIntyre, Vice-Chair Education

Ontario Internationally Educated Physical Therapy Bridging Program (OIEPB)

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Beavis A, Hojjati A, Kassam A, Choudhury D, Fraser M, Masching R, Nixon S. What all students in healthcare training programs should learn to increase health equity: perspectives on postcolonialism and the health of Aboriginal Peoples in Canada. BMC Medical Education.2015; 15:155.

Beveridge B, Feltracco D, Struyf J, Strauss E, Dang S, Phelan S, Wright V, Gibson BE.

“You gotta try it all”: Parents’ experiences with robotic gait training for their children with cerebral palsy. Physical & Occupational Therapy In Pediatrics. 2015;35(4):327-341.

Chong JN, De Luca K, Goldan S, Imam A, Li B, Zabjek K, Yeung E. Ordering Diagnostic Imaging: A Survey of Ontario Physiotherapists’ Opinions on an Expanded Scope of Practice. Physiotherapy Canada. 2015; 67(2):144-156.

Lau C, Chitussi D, Elliot S, Giannone J, McMahon MK, Sibley KM, Tee A, Matthews J, Salbach NM, Facilitating community-based exercise for people with stroke: A cross-sectional e-survey of physical therapy practice and perceived needs. Physical Therapy. 2016; 96(4): 469-78.

LeRoy K, Boyd K, De Asis K, Lee RW, Martin R, Teachman G, Gibson BE. Balancing hope and realism in family-centred care: Physical therapists’ dilemmas in negotiating walking goals with parents of children with cerebral palsy. Physical & Occupational Therapy In Pediatrics. 2015;35(3):253-264.

Pak P, Jawed H, Tirone C, Lamb B, Cott C, Brunton K, Mansfield A, Inness EL. Incorporating research technology into the clinical assessment of balance and mobility: perspectives of physiotherapists and patients with stroke. Physiotherapy Canada. 2015; 67(1):1-8.

Parisien R, Gillanders K, Hennessy EK, Herterich L, Saunders K, Lati J, Dos Santos S, Hassall A, O’Brien KK, Experiences of four parents with physical therapy and early mobility of their children in a Pediatric Critical Care Unit: A case series. Journal of Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine: An Interdisciplinary Approach. 2016; 31;9(2);159–168.

Student Research

The MScPT research curriculum is designed to develop scholarly practitioners. Our students plan and undertake a group research project, exploring an area of physical therapy practice. Many of these projects have resulted in peer-reviewed articles.

Rowley K, Ajami D, Gervais D, Mooney L, Belote A, Kudla I, Switzer-McIntyre S, Holness DL. Glove use and glove education in workers with hand dermatitis. Dermatitis. 2016; 27(1):30-23.

Simonik A, Vader K, Ellis D, Kesbian D, Leung P, Jachyra P, Chan Carusone S, O’Brien KK. Are you ready? Exploring readiness to engage in exercise among people living with HIV and multi-morbidity in Toronto, Canada: a qualitative study. BMJ Open. 2016;6:e010029.

Tang M, Mawji N, Chung SD, Brijal R, Lim Sze How JK, Mathur S, Wickerson L, Rozenberg D, Singer LG, Janaudis-Ferreira T. Factors Affecting Discharge Destination Following Lung Transplantation. Clinical Transplant. 2015;29(7):581-587.

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Continuing Education

We have a long history of supporting the continuing education and professional development of physical therapists.

Our Continuing Education Program identifies, develops and organizes education and learning opportunities to help physical therapists enhance their skills. We work collaboratively with our faculty and clinical partners, growing our expertise and discovering new opportunities to inform and educate.

To meet the diverse needs of our Continuing Education students, the program now offers fully online and hybrid courses. This has allowed clinicians to enhance their skills with minimal disruption to their daily clinical practice.

In 2015, our faculty developed new Continuing Education courses that will launch in Fall 2016, including:

– Pulmonary Rehabilitation – Electrotherapy – Oxygen Administration and Titration – Functional Electrical Stimulation – Teaching Mobility to PSWs for Physical Therapists – post-graduate Certificate in Diabetes Education

We have leveraged the scholarship, research and leadership of our physical therapy community to develop and offer accessible, evidence informed, novel approaches to Continuing Education.

Inspiration

What inspires us? Making the news. Making a difference. Making sure we can excel for years to come.

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PT in the News

The Department of Physical Therapy has been featured on City TV News, The Toronto Star, and the Faculty of Medicine News. Our success is reflected in the media, highlighting our contributions to the Canadian health system.

News Highlights

Doctor’s Notes: Keep Moving to Recover From StrokeNancy Salbach contributed a Doctor’s Notes column to the Toronto Star, advising readers that exercise is key to improving coordination post-stroke. Her article highlighted the challenges faced by stroke survivors when trying to become more active, and the importance of physical activity in preventing a repeat stroke.

Faces of U of T: Gail TeachmanCould efforts to integrate children with disabilities into mainstream schools be causing unintended harm? RSI graduate Gail Teachman is researching this question, and has raised some important flags. Recently awarded the prestigious Governor General’s Gold Medal for her work in childhood disability, she sat down for a Q&A with the Faculty of Medicine News to discuss her research and plans for the future.

A New Wave of Physiotherapy ResearchThe Faculty of Medicine News featured critical disability and rehabilitation research within the Department of Physical Therapy. This research has challenged both the practice and theory of physiotherapy, while critically reflecting on the profession’s past, present and future.

Department of Physical Therapy Featured on City TV NewsDina Brooks and her post doctorate trainee Annmarie Lee were featured on City TV News. This segment highlighted their research around posture and pain in individuals with chronic obstructive lung disease (COPD).

Physical Therapy Students Receive Gordon Cressy Student Leadership Award

Dr. Carol Heck Wins 2016 W.T. Aikins Award

New Task-Oriented Exercise Program Aims to Improve Function Post-Stroke

U of T Physical Therapy Takes the Ontario Physiotherapy Association Conference by Storm

Physical Therapy Students Honoured for Athletic Achievements

Dr. Barbara Gibson’s New Book Re-Examines Rehabilitation

Dr. Kelly O’Brien Wins OPA Innovation and Advancement Award

Dr. Dina Brooks Wins Graduate Teaching Award

Announcing 2015 MScPT Convocation and Award Recipients

Dr. Stephanie Nixon Develops a New Resource for HIV Rehabilitation

Spotlight on Graduates from the Rehabilitation Sciences

Dr. Kelly O’Brien wins CIHR Planning and Dissemination Grant

Dr. Barbara Gibson Receives Mentorship Award

Sharon Gabison Wins Health Commercialization Fellowship

Dr. Kara Patterson wins Collaborative Health Research Projects Funding

Robyn Davies Receives Medical Director’s Special Award

Dr. Kelly O’Brien Awarded the 2015 Elisse Zack Award of Excellence in HIV and Rehabilitation

Dr. Kara Patterson Receives Connaught New Researcher Award

Dr. Stephanie Nixon Wins Alumni Rising Star Award (video)

Dr. Susan Jaglal Elected to the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences

In Other News

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