Placement Countdown – Level 2A/2B
We now have 74 placement offers. We require 88 more. Please make your offers by July 27, 2015. Health authorities please fill in the order form on HSPnet. Private practice and others not using...
View ArticleOur Partner Organization, PABC, produces a new video
The Physiotherapy Association of BC produces a video highlighting the important role of Physiotherapists in keeping people moving.
View ArticleUBC Alumnus and student help a client with Guillain-Barre attend the Women’s...
Clinical educator and UBC alumnus (2011), Scott Okrainetz with MPT1 student Mary-Anne Levson help Darbi Aitchison attain her goal of attending the FIFA Women’s World Cup Final this Sunday. Ms...
View ArticleThe Department celebrates success in trainee awards
Trainees supervised by Department faculty have enjoyed recent success in trainee awards. Recently the Alberta Innovates Health Solutions announced award winners: Cameron Mang, currently supervised by...
View ArticleIntroducing the Department’s Summer Program
The Department’s participation in the Vancouver Summer Program (VSP) in Medicine begins July 21, 2015. The VSP is a 4-week academic program for undergraduate students from international universities....
View Article2015 MPT Research Poster Day, Aug. 13, 2015
This presentation day is a culmination of the knowledge acquired and skills gained in PHTH 526: Clinical Decision-Making II and PHTH 532: Rehabilitation Research I. Students have been working...
View ArticleEXCEL, online e-learning modules for clinical educators
These modules are designed as short e-learning opportunities with regards to Clinical Education in the UBC MPT program. We realize that time is a valuable resource, and many of our future Clinical...
View ArticleUBC Grad, Sheila Purves, honored with the 2015 Global Citizenship Award
Sheila Purves, BSR ’79 will receive one of the awards celebrating UBC’s Best. She was selected for the Global Citizenship Award for her work over the past three decades promoting modern medical...
View ArticleVIP Recognition deadline approaching
Remember, if you are eligible you have one month left to submit an application to for our fall draw in the UBC PT VIP Clinical Educator Recognition Program. You could win a GREAT cash prize, as a token...
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Update on clinical tools from our knowledge broker
I am happy to share the following updates regarding the following sample of Physical Therapy Knowledge Broker facilitated projects: 1. Achilles Tendinopathy Toolkit: Thanks to the efforts of Dr. Alex...
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New faculty and staff
New Student Services Officer-Amy Villablanca Amy joined the department in September having recently completed her Master of Archival Studies here at UBC. Originally from the UK, Amy has lived and...
View ArticleDr. Lara Boyd participating in a centennial event
A UBC Centennial Event at the Railway club. Join for a lively discussion with experts on the evolution and the ethics of devices that target our brains to make us stronger and smarter.
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Making a difference as a PT and a health services researcher
Linda Li is passionate about making a difference in the lives of people with arthritis. She is an Associate Professor, Harold Robinson/Arthritis Society Chair, and Canada Research Chair at the...
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Upcoming presentation: Therapy in China: lessons of a UBC grad
Ms Purves began her studies at UBC pursuing a degree in history but after hearing a career talk given by a therapist from what was then the Northwest Territories she switched her focus to Rehab...
View ArticleAlumni Reunion, Class of ’75
The Class of 1975 reunited September 26th, forty years after their graduation. They enjoyed lunch at the University Golf Club, a campus tour and were shown the teaching facilities in Friedman by Neuro...
View ArticleRESEARCH RELAYS for rehabilitation practice
FREE WEBINARS where learners and graduates from the Master of Rehabilitation Science Program present results from systematic reviews or their major project research
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TEDx Vancouver will feature Dr. Lara Boyd
TEDx Vancouver will be held November 14, 2015 at Rogers Arena and this year’s theme is Identity. Dr. Lara Boyd will present her view on what determines your individuality, your brain. The brain’s...
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Science in 60 seconds
Jennifer Ferris is currently an MSc candidate in the Graduate Program of Neuroscience working under the supervision of Lara Boyd in the Brain Behaviour Lab. She completed her undergraduate degree at...
View ArticleWhat is ‘Walk 10 blocks’?
If you think that it is just like any exercise app, you will be pleasantly surprised. The ‘Walk 10 Blocks’ project is led by the patient/public groups (Arthritis Consumer Experts, Alzheimer’s Society...
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A Doctoral degree, just icing on a cupcake!
Carmen Sima is a PhD candidate in Rehabilitation Sciences at the University of British Columbia. She received her Master’s degree in Biology from the University of Victoria, British Columbia...
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