News & Announcements

  • A study by Dr. Naznin Virji-Babul shows that doing is important in learning.

    A study by Dr. Naznin Virji-Babul shows that doing is important in learning.

  • Meet Jeremy McAllister, telerehabilitation project manager

    Meet Jeremy McAllister, telerehabilitation project manager

    Jeremy McAllister will be working as a project manager on the recently funded telerehab project. Telerehab will offer a clinical placement model for teams of entry-level rehabilitation students (physiotherapy, occupational therapy, audiology / speech-language pathology) through virtual, mentored contact with patients in local, remote, urban and rural areas of British Columbia. This will include both…

  • Partnership to Expand Clinical Education and Provide Health Services in the North

    Partnership to Expand Clinical Education and Provide Health Services in the North

    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 have turned to the growing field of telehealth — using methods such as video-conferencing or information packages — to help bridge the gap and link patients in…

  • New continuing education course offering

    We have received UBC Board of Governors approval to offer a Graduate Certificate in Orthopaedic Manipulative Physical Therapy (GCOMPT) course.  Completion of this course will grant learners Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Manipulative Physiotherapy (CAMPT) status. Application deadline for the first cohort: April 30, 2017 Program Highlights Equivalent to the Orthopaedic  Division (CPA) syllabus (Level 3…

  • Continuing education course offering: Vestibular Rehabilitation: A Comprehensive Introduction

    Continuing education course offering: Vestibular Rehabilitation: A Comprehensive Introduction

    The Department, in partnership with the Northern and Rural Cohort and UBC CPD (Continuing Professional Development), is pleased to be offering a two-day hands-on, comprehensive, evidence-based introductory course titled, “Vestibular Rehabilitation: A Comprehensive Introduction.” The UNBC Physiotherapy Plinth Lab will host presenter Bernard Tonks, BScPT FCAMT, and the course will be linked to videoconference sites…

  • Dr. Alex Scott receives Knowledge Translation Award

    The CIHR Institute of Musculoskeletal Health and Arthritis Research (IMHA) awarded Dr. Alex Scott the Ambassadors Knowledge Translation Award for the lay summary of his project, ‘Role of mast cells in tendinopathy’: Tendons are a kind of connective tissue – tendons connect muscles and bones, allowing joints to move and absorb energy during activities such as…

  • Launch of the Electrophysical Forum

    Alison Hoens, Physical Therapy Knowledge Broker and Clinical Professor is pleased to share with you  the launch of the Electrophysical Forum http://www.electrophysicalforum.org/ The Electrophysical Forum is an international initiative  that aims to provide an interactive electronic platform for questions, comments discussions and opinions related to the use of electrophysical agents in physical therapy. It is…

  • Research that builds a healing community

  • Rehabilitation Science student, Jennifer Ferris is featured by VCHRI

    Rehabilitation Science student, Jennifer Ferris is featured by VCHRI

  • Focusing on breathing better-Dr. Pat Camp

    Focusing on breathing better-Dr. Pat Camp

    The Vancouver Sun features Clinician Scientist Pat Camp and the clinic at St. Paul’s Hospital a health news story