Alumni Profile, Tyler Dyck (BSc, 1997
As a grad with a head for entrepreneurship, Tyler founded medical centres in both Canada and in the Middle East.
View ArticleManual Therapy Certificate course
Now taking applications for our first cohort, the deadline for application submission is April 30, 2017.
View ArticleClik here to view.
Catch up with the first year MPT class
With our second semester as physical therapy students drawing to close, the MPT1s can be found spending most waking hours studying. Although, throughout the last four months, we have found time for a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Precision Rehabilitation to Enhance Exercise Tolerance
Reid Mitchell is a MSc candidate in Dr. Jordan Guenette’s Cardiopulmonary Exercise Physiology (CPEP) Laboratory at St. Paul’s Hospital. He holds an undergraduate degree in Kinesiology from UBC. Having...
View ArticlePhysio Forum April 22, 2017
Join us at this “not to be missed” annual event. This year the forum is the biggest to date and will be held at one of Vancouver’s largest conference venues – the Westin Bayshore. The Forum will...
View ArticleClik here to view.
An Italian Physio’s journey to Canada
Alessio Gallina is an Italian physiotherapist enrolled as a PhD candidate in the Rehabilitation Sciences program This year I was asked to participate in two seminars back home in Italy to talk about...
View ArticleOnline MRSc Program attracts learners from around the world
Meet MRSc student Carmen Reed, a physiotherapist, owner and director of a multidisciplinary practice in South Africa, who is developing and implementing new programs based on her MRSc coursework.
View ArticleClik here to view.
Partnership to Expand Clinical Education and Provide Health Services in the...
When it comes to working with patients living in rural and remote areas, face-to-face instruction, education, and follow-up sessions are not always possible. That’s why many rehabilitation specialists...
View ArticleClik here to view.
MPT Students in Kitimat, BC – a tribute to a great clinical placement,...
From left to right: Shenise Born, Stanley Hung, Carly Nicholson Stanley Hung, MSc, MPT/PhD Student. Stanley received his MSc in 2014 under the supervision of Dr. Kristin Campbell. He is now enrolled in...
View ArticleClik here to view.
UBC Physiotherapy 2017 Golf Open
The students of the Masters of Physical Therapy program invite you to join in the fun of the annual golf tournament to be held WEDNESDAY JULY 26, 2017 at Gleneagles Golf Course. This year’s event is...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Walk, Run, Jump: News from the Class of 2018
Second year MPT students at Run for the Cure Thirty students from the Class of 2018 came together to support breast cancer research in the annual CIBC Run for the Cure in early October. Our team placed...
View ArticleRESEARCH RELAYS for rehabilitation practice
Join these free one hour webinar sessions as MRSc graduates share their clinical research or literature review work. Topics this fall will be of interest to physiotherapists in paediatric practice and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Physical Therapy Mentorship
The Clinical Faculty Mentoring Pilot Program, a partnership between the Office of Clinical Faculty Affairs and UBC CPD, will launch this October, 2017. The program will provide mentorship to support...
View ArticleToolkit for Private Practice
The Private Practice Toolkit is up and running! Presently 65% of our graduates are working full or part time in private practices scattered around the province. We don’t have enough clinical placement...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Gilbert Park, class of 2013; Turning information into art and paying it forward
Paying it forward to the future generations. Gilbert Park and Jessie Wong sharing some clinical gems with new graduate Nadine Stunzi After completing my last practical placement, the process of finding...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Alumni profile: Meet Maegan Mak, class of 2014
MPT student, Ryan Wong, hanging around with physiotherapist Maegan Mak and Silvana Echeverri My name is Maegan Mak and I am a Paediatric Physiotherapist working in private practice at Kids Physio...
View ArticleSevere shortages lead to innovative solutions
In an effort to increase the access to rehabilitation services in First Nations communities, UBC Department of Physical Therapy Northern and Rural Cohort Coordinator, Robin Roots has been offering a...
View ArticleJoys of Rural and Remote Practice
UBC northern and rural cohort grads, Christina Conrad and Andrew Burkholder, along with current student, David Domes talk about the benefits of practicing in rural and remote areas. Watch the video...
View ArticleRunning and knee joint health. What do you think?
Whether you are a healthcare practitioner (any age) or not (aged 40+), please let us know your thoughts by completing a short survey (5-15 minutes). This information is vital to the development of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
From high performance sport to rehabilitation science
Bea Francisco is currently an MSc candidate in Dr Lara Boyd’s Brain Behaviour Laboratory at UBC. She holds an undergraduate degree in Kinesiology from UBC. During her undergraduate studies she...
View Article