VCH News Release: New research from Dr. Teresa Liu-Ambrose shows a home-based...
A home-based exercise program reduces injury and falls by improving cognitive abilities, according to new research published in the Journal Gerontology: Medical Science in November 2020. “There is a...
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Karissa Polsom – Fall Graduation 2020
Original article published by the Faculty of Medicine. Karissa Polsom Hometown: Prince George, B.C. Program: Master of Physical Therapy What attracted you to your field? I have always been an active...
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Fall Graduation 2020
Congratulations to the UBC Department of Physical Therapy Class of 2020. This week was an important one for the Department with the graduation of the MPT class of 2020. Following a virtual UBC...
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Alumni Spotlight: Meet Ranko Vukovic – MPT Class of 2015
As the Founder and CEO of VanCity Physio, Ranko Vukovic has long been a proponent of TeleHealth as a vehicle for making healthcare and professional services more accessible in our communities. This...
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Meet Natalie Grant – GCOMPT Graduate
Name and Title(s): Natalie Grant MScPT, BScKin, FCAMPT, CGIMS, CAFCI Where do you work?: I work clinically at Woodland Physiotherapy Clinic in Vancouver – this is a private clinic where I see primarily...
View ArticleMPT-North: Up by Its Own Bootstraps
To “pull oneself up by one’s bootstraps” is an old idiomatic expression for an impossible or a difficult task. Today, computer booting, boot-up or bootstrapping, among other names, means “to make use...
View ArticleCoronavirus: How COVID-19 could damage the brain (Global News)
When Erica Taylor got COVID-19, her brain seemed to shut off completely. “I couldn’t think. Suddenly I couldn’t hold onto any thoughts,” she said, adding “I didn’t know who I was, where I was. I don’t...
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Year in Review 2020 – UBC Department of Physical Therapy
It gives me great pleasure to write the introduction for this last weekly update of the year! I think many of us will be glad to see the end of 2020 and look forward to much better things in 2021;...
View ArticleClinical Education Amidst Clinical Challenges
As a clinical educator, you might be wondering whether it is a good time to be taking a student when you are learning and adapting to new approaches and protocols in your own practice. These FAQs offer...
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Meet Robbi Basran: GCOMPT Graduate
Name and Title(s): Robbi Basran, Physiotherapist – MPT, BKin, FCAMPT, CAFCI, FDN (IMS), CSCS Where do you work?: Coast Performance Rehabilitation (Kitsilano) What is your favourite thing about your...
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Janice Eng appointed to UBC’s highest faculty honour: University Killam...
Dr. Janice Eng, a professor in the faculty of medicine’s department of physical therapy, has been awarded UBC’s highest honour conferred on a faculty member. A University Killam Professorship...
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IEPEP is now Physio Refresh!
Physio Refresh includes all of the award-winning IEPEP content, plus more than ten new interactive modules, more flexible programming options, a fully virtual learning format, and a more user-friendly...
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Skylar Brown – Meet the first MPT-North Cohort
Skylar Brown Hometown: Ottawa, Ontario What inspired you to pursue your program? Growing up surrounded by sport led me to be exposed to all sorts of sport-related occupations – sports psychologists,...
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Shaye Dezamit – Meet the first MPT-North Cohort
Shaye Dezamit Hometown: Burns Lake, British Columbia What inspired you to pursue your program? Growing up I had many meaningful experiences with Physiotherapists who helped me with my injuries and...
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Jordan Olexyn – Meet the first MPT-North Cohort
Jordan Olexyn Hometown: Prince George, British Columbia What inspired you to pursue your program? I always knew I wanted to do something in the medical industry where I actually got to work with...
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Meet the first MPT-North Cohort
We are now halfway through the first year of the first-ever MPT-North cohort! Here is what a few of the students had to say about their experience so far in the program. The Master of Physical Therapy...
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Vanessa Wu – Meet the first MPT-North Cohort
Vanessa Wu Hometown: Richmond, BC What inspired you to pursue your program? The MPT program at UBC has been a dream of mine ever since volunteering and working in physical rehabilitation. I chose...
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