Rehab
impact REPORT 2012-13
| A YEAR IN REVIEW
‘Back to sleep’ does not affect baby’s ability to roll
The Fab Five 50 years later
Corbett Clinic’s impact speaks volumes
Pursuing your best
Vision
Mission
Cornerstones
To be at the forefront of knowledge generation and scholarship in rehabilitation.
Through excellent teaching, research and service to the community, the Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine is committed to enhancing quality of life, promoting participation and autonomy, and improving function for citizens of Alberta and beyond.
Innovative Teaching and Clinical Education Focused World-Class Research Community Awareness and Engagement Global Partnerships
Rehab Impact Report is published annually by
MANAGING EDITOR & WRITER: Laurie Wang
the University of Alberta’s Faculty of Rehabilitation
WRITING: Bryan Alary, Jeannine Guerétte and Laurie Wang
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Dean’s Message
At the risk of stating the obvious, this annual publication is called Rehab Impact. It is about our impact - on teaching, research, service and ultimately, the community worldwide. Our students, faculty, staff, alumni, donors and friends have grown the Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine by leaps and bounds. We are the only free-standing rehabilitation faculty in North America and we now operate on three different campuses – the U of A North Campus in Edmonton, our Augustana Campus in Camrose and in three locations spread across Calgary. Our satellite programs mean we can train physical and occupational therapists who in turn will serve more communities throughout Alberta. This past year we graduated our first cohort of MSc PT students from the Augustana satellite. The intent of the Augustana satellite was to give our program a stronger connection with rural Alberta. Interestingly, eight out of the 10 who graduated from Augustana this past year chose positions in rural Alberta. The Corbett Clinic in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders (formerly the Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology) is helping people with aphasia communicate again. We are very proud of Rosemary, a client who practiced more than three months with our SLP students to improve her speech so she could give a wedding toast Our research also continues to impact people and families. Johanna Darrah’s recent study has shown that babies’
progress keeps rolling along – the ‘Back to sleep’ campaign does not affect babies’ ability to roll (p. 10). Rehabilitation Science graduate Mayenk Rehani’s research showed driving while talking on a hands-free cellular device leads to more driving errors than driving alone (p. 18). His supervisor was occupational therapy professor Yagesh Bhambhani. This past fall, we welcomed back 100 alumni to the University of Alberta during Alumni Weekend, including the Department of Occupational Therapy’s Fab Five – the first five students to graduate from the OT program in 1963. Their stories and memories 50 years ago are a testament to how much this faculty has grown and made an impact in the lives of many individuals and families (p.6 ). One final note, I have agreed to continue my stint as acting dean through to December 31, 2014. I have thoroughly enjoyed my time serving as the acting dean and am quite proud of the many accomplishments of our faculty, staff and students have achieved over the past year. I also want to thank you and all our friends and colleagues for being part of the rehab med team!
R.G. (Bob) Haennel, PhD, FACSM Acting Dean Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine
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departments & programs
Ranked one of the best: The teaching of occupational therapy at the
University of Alberta began in 1960, with the first occupational therapy graduate students admitted in 1986. Today, our department is ranked as one of the top occupational therapy schools in Canada.
Occupational Therapy
Calgary expansion:
In September 2012, 12 students began their occupational therapy education in Calgary as part of a pilot satellite program. Combining real-time video-conferencing, face- to- face instruction, and asynchronous delivery of course content, the Calgary program has proved a major success.
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New OT Lab: The new Occupational Performance Activities and Analy-
sis Lab (OPAAL) is fully operational. This state-of-the-art occupational therapy educational space boasts the latest in equipment and technology for both in-class as well as distance learning. It is a multifunctional, flexible space comprised of a resource room, housing test kits and equipment; a library; an activities of daily living suite; a physical assessment lab; a light-activities lab; an orthotics lab; and a psychosocial lab.
International placements: Our OT students completed placements
in Colombia, Indonesia and Kuwait, continuing our partnership with universities abroad. The OT department has had a long-standing relationship with international OT and rehabilitation programs, training more and more OTs to serve and make a global impact.
OT Chair Lili Liu was selected as one of 10 creative academics to
participate on the Renaissance Committee, making recommendations for the future of our university and continuing our promise of “uplifting the whole people.�
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Publications and presentations
2 Book Chapters 20 Peer Reviewed Articles 81 Abstracts/ Conference
Presentations
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Student Awards & Scholarships
(MSc Course-Based Students)
102
First-year MSc OT students admitted
94 Female 8 Male 59 Alberta residents 43 out of province 3.47 Minimum GPA
At a Glance
New research grants
76,494
$
Academic Year 2012-13
1,093,584
$
The Department of Occupational Therapy gives me purpose in helping students after my brain injury. Rudy Cornet, OT Client Educator
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The Fab Five 50 years later Rehab Med welcomed Class of 1963 and other alumni back to the university By Laurie Wang The Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine welcomed the Class of 1963 and other alumni back to the university with a luncheon, Rehab Med “show and tell” display, tour of Corbett Hall and pub night alumnistudent mixer in September for Alumni Weekend. The occupational therapy Class of 1963 (known as the Fab Five) attended the University of Alberta’s Cap and Gown ceremony, taking the same photo with Mr. Leonard Allbon, one of the professors who helped create the occupational therapy program at UAlberta, 50 years later. Physical therapists and occupational therapists from Class of 1973 and 1988 also attended the luncheon, exchanging stories, photos and laughs with the Class of 1963’s OT’s and PT’s. More than 100 people attended the Rehab Med Pub Night, an alumni-student mixer later that evening at Hudson’s on Whyte. So what was Rehab Med like 50 years ago? We asked the Class of 1963 and here’s what the OT’s had to say:
The Fab Five (OT’s of 1963): From L-R, Rhea Strawson, May Strong, Professor Leonard Allbon, Carol Schmidt, Sandra Sundset and Enid Derdall.
Carol K. Green (née Schmidt): The friendships with Sandra Hunter and Lynn Cooke have lasted 50 years – love you guys!! I remember summer school in Red Deer where Sandra and I did not do that well with Physics, but we sure had a great time. Pepsi, chips and guys every night after homework. Of all my classes at U of A, Anatomy had the most profound influence in my life. We had the opportunity to see how the body is put together and functioned. Thirty six hours of classes per week, 10 minute runs between classes to rush across campus, sometimes with wet hair from the pool freezing onto our heads. Did anyone catch pneumonia? Heck, I walked 30 blocks to and from campus in 3rd year. So cold!
Sandra Hunter (née Sundset): When I try to describe my three years as an OT student, the standout word for me is HURRY! HURRY from building to building. HURRY to find time to study (we were always painfully aware that we had more class hours than any other faculty). HURRY to catch a bus as we covered the city going to placements. HURRY to fit in lunch – often in the aromatic surroundings of the anatomy lab. HURRY to Saturday morning Psych classes. Despite all this HURRYING, we LEARNED. We LEARNED theory, techniques, assessment, planning, problem solving and treatment modalities. We LEARNED to defend stool seating, basketry and fuzzy pink bunnies as beneficial activities for hand therapy. I LEARNED I was a dud on the pottery wheel, but I sure loved the wood lathe. I LEARNED to whittle. I spent most of second year on crutches with a full-length leg plaster. I LEARNED there were a lot of rude men on campus. I would struggle to prop a door open and two or three fellows would just sail through!
Carol Leiper: I especially remember the summer psychiatric OT affiliation where we had to spend a week at a lake at their summer camp. Diane was on that with me and a couple of others and we made up songs and skits for the residents and Diane played her banjo.
Maybelle Lockhart (née Strong):
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The Class of 1963 attended the U of A’s Cap and Gown Ceremony during Alumni Weekend.
I don’t remember a lot of time for leisure or social events. It was study, study, study and pressure, pressure, pressure to do well in all subjects. I found Anatomy a real challenge, and spent many hours with my Cates Anatomy book, in and out of the Lab. After the initial shock of the formaldehyde smell, the dampness, the opening of the cloths and the covering procedure for the bodies, as well as the visual reminder of the toe tags, it became possible to concentrate on the intricate structures of the muscles and nerves. However, I did spend a lot of late nights trying to keep the names and locations in my mind, especially for what seemed to be weekly oral tests or “reviews”.
The May and John Lockhart Career Enhancement Award
The Fab Five 50 years later
On one particular oral questions and demonstration test I was answering the questions of insertions and muscle names by the professor, until partway through, my mind went completely and totally blank. I had never experienced that before and was shocked and embarrassed. My professor looked directly “eyeball to eyeball” at me and sternly said, “Miss Strong, I know you know the answers to these questions! Have you been up studying all night for this exam? You go home and have a good sleep, then come back tomorrow to finish this test. Sometimes giving your brain a rest is better than continually cramming!” I have never forgotten his advice, and using it I managed to pass Anatomy with reasonably good marks.
Rhea Stewart (née Strawson): I remember our Introduction to Anatomy Lab (hands-on dissection on human bodies). Startling, but an excellent way to learn anatomy. I also once overheard someone in the cafeteria line at U of A hospital wondering who those “girls” with the green aprons were. Then someone answered and said that we were probably nurses from Ireland! Here’s what the PT’s had to say:
Lynne Cooke (née Daly): The Anatomy Lab was my favourite although the first introduction to the cadaver was a bit traumatic. I will never forget the bell ringer exams and Dr. Fish peering over her glasses to ask “are you sure?”, when you identified a muscle or tendon she was pointing to. I was sure until she asked! I certainly remember taking classes in the trailer - our first home on campus - and having very little equipment to work with. We had to learn very quickly how to improvise and make do with what was available, very good training for a rehab therapist! All in all, the training we received and the academic knowledge to which we were exposed helped me hone life skills that served me well in raising a family and living life to the fullest.
Emma Patel (née Gom): I remember when a group of our class went downtown one evening to that trendy new restaurant that had just opened. New very spicy food called pizza. How the taste buds have also changed. I also remember the ‘Hippie Party” where we all dressed in black tops and black tights with lots of black makeup. Not sure what this had to do with that new hippie movement, seems more like goth now.
Patricia Wood (née Greenleese): It was early in the semester. Our class was sent into a laboratory and told to wait. Everyone was talking and laughing. Gradually the volume of the chatter diminished as each student became aware that room contained a lot of plinths draped with white sheets. A hush fell as we realized that those sheets were shaped like bodies. And toes with tags on them. Anatomy actually became one of my favourite classes.
The award made me feel recognized for my hard work and involvement in the OT program. The Lockharts are supporting future generations of occupational therapists and increasing awareness around our field of practice. Thank you for your generosity. Your support is greatly appreciated. Bethany Alberts, MSc OT 2014
The May and John Lockhart Career Enhancement Award was created in 2003 by OT alumna May Lockhart (née Strong) and her husband John. It is awarded annually to a full-time student in the Department of Occupational Therapy who has satisfactory academic standing and demonstrates involvement in occupational therapy related extracurricular activities. Preference is given to a student from a farm family or rural small business family.
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departments & programs
A history of excellence:
Over the course of its 50-year history, the Department of Physical Therapy has consistently been recognized for professional, scholarly and academic excellence, and has established a reputation as one of the premier physical therapy programs in North America.
Physical Therapy
Our PT Student Clinic is now open full-time:
The clinic in 1-26 Corbett Hall is open Monday to Friday, allowing our students to get hands-on experience and offer physiotherapy services to a variety of patients, including students as well as the underprivileged and underserved members of our community.
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Edmonton, Calgary, Camrose: In September 2012, we welcomed
our first cohort of 18 MSc PT students to the Calgary Campus. These students joined incoming cohorts of 80 students in Edmonton and 12 students in Camrose, Alberta, to be the largest intake of students in our 58-year history. Classes are linked at the three sites via synchronized distance learning technology, our start-of-the-art, high definition video conferencing system.
Allowing international PT’s to practice: In May 2013, we launched
the Alberta Internationally Educated Physical Therapists Training Program, welcoming 17 previously trained physios from other countries as students into the program. In partnership with Physiotherapy Alberta, the fouryear pilot program is funded by Health Canada.
Dr. David Magee, OC:
On May 3, 2013, friends, family, students and faculty came to Corbett Hall to celebrate David Magee who was named to the Order of Canada for his lifetime achievement in physiotherapy and rehabilitation.
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2 Book Chapters 71 Peer Reviewed Articles 131 Abstracts/ Conference
82 Female 28 Male 103 Alberta residents 7 out of province 3.74 Average GPA
Publications and presentations
Presentations
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Student Awards & Scholarships
(MSc Course-Based Students)
First-year MSc PT students admitted
At a Glance
New research grants
279,700
$
Academic Year 2012-13
7,824,435
$
The Department of Physical Therapy helped me gain mobility in my wrist, elbow and shoulder – and helped me ride a bike again. Valerie Roberts, PT Student Clinic patient
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‘Back to sleep’ does not affect baby’s ability to roll By Bryan Alary Baby, keep on rolling. A campaign to put babies to bed on their backs to reduce the risk of sudden infant death syndrome has not impaired infants’ rolling abilities, according to University of Alberta research. Johanna Darrah, a professor of physical therapy in the Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine, says infants develop the ability to roll much the same today as they did 20 years ago when the “back to sleep” campaign was introduced and successfully reduced the occurrence of SIDS. Her research answers fears that the back to sleep campaign, which recommends putting babies to bed on their back instead of their stomach, would hurt
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an infant’s gross motor development, specifically the ability to roll from tummy to back and vice versa. “Infant gross motor development hasn’t changed that much in 20 years,” says Darrah. “The thought that babies first roll from their tummy to their back, before they go from their back to their tummy, does not appear to be the case. For most babies, they happen very close together.” Darrah first studied infant motor development in the early 1990s as a graduate student of former dean Martha Cook Piper when the pair published the Alberta
Infant Motor Scale, an observational assessment scale used throughout the world to measure infant motor skill development from birth to walking. More than 20 years later, Darrah revisited the work, studying the rolling abilities and motor skills development of 725 Canadian infants ranging in age from one week to eight months. One of her goals was to see whether the norms identified and developed 20 years ago still represent the age of emergence of gross motor skills. Darrah notes there is some concern in the physical therapy community that babies develop movement skills like rolling from tummy to back at later ages because of reduced time spent on their stomachs. Those concerns appear to be unfounded, she says, explaining that her results are particularly valuable for health-care practitioners specializing in early childhood development.
UAlberta research shows little change in babies’ ability to roll from their tummy to back and vice versa 20 years after “back to sleep” campaign
“Our results would suggest that gross motor skills emerge in the same order and at the same ages as 20 years ago. The environment is of course important to gross motor development, but the change in a sleeping position hasn’t made much difference as to when babies roll from stomach to back.”
Darrah’s initial findings were published in May in the peer-reviewed journal Early Human Development. The research was funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research.
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departments & programs
New name: It’s official. We are now the Department of Communication
Communication Sciences and Disorders (formerly known as Speech Pathology and Audiology)
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Sciences and Disorders (CSD). Why did we decide to change our name? We teach and do research in basic processes related to hearing, speech, language, and swallowing, as well as in the prevention, assessment and treatment of disorders. Communication Sciences and Disorders was chosen because we liked the equal focus on sciences and disorders, and “communication� encompasses speech, language, hearing, voice, fluency, audiology and more.
Still the same: Our MSc Speech-Language Pathology program remains the largest (and best!) in Canada. We are a premier Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders with innovative teaching, worldclass research and outstanding evidence-based clinical service.
Corbett Clinic: The Department of CSD continues to serve the community
through clinical service. The Corbett Clinic is made up of collaborative teams of student clinicians supervised by registered speech-language pathologists. Students gain experience working in clinical groups, pairs and individual treatment paradigms applying traditional, individual, home programming, group and alternative service. In 2012 alone, Corbett Clinic provided 105 placement opportunities to students.
A research leader: The amount of new external funding for research
grants awarded to CSD faculty members increased by 50 per cent over the last year, and the amount of new funding from federal sources doubled. We are encouraged by this upward trend and believe it foreshadows continual world-class research that impacts people, systems and families.
MSc Audiology: One in 10 Canadians suffer from some degree of
hearing loss and more than 50 per cent of people over 65 experience hearing loss. More and more people in their 30s and 40s are showing signs of hearing loss. A proposal to government to establish an MSc Audiology program has been submitted. The Department of CSD is positioned to take on this program and train future audiologists.
Student clinicians in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders helped me talk clearly so my friends can understand me. Sydney Peters, 4, Corbett Clinic Client
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Faculty level research
At a Glance Academic Year 2012-13
642,983
$
New research grants
289,203
$
Student Awards & Scholarships
(MSc Course-Based Students)
113
Publications and presentations
57
First-year MSc SLP (course-based)
students admitted
4 Book Chapters 52 Female 35 Peer Reviewed Articles 5 Male 74 Abstracts/ Conference 32 Alberta residents Presentations 25 out of province 3.81 Average GPA
Our faculty-level appointees had another outstanding year of productivity in both grants and research dissemination. In addition to their scholarly contributions, they make a difference in their scientific and public communities. •
Kim Adams, PhD, is the lead for the Robotics Sandbox First Lego League. Their vision is to promote young people’s interest in health science, technology and engineering, exposing them to various applications of rehabilitation robotics.
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Karim Fouad, PhD, is chair of the University Animal Welfare Policy Committee. He oversees all aspects of animal research conducted on the University of Alberta campus. This leadership position is of central importance to current and future animal research on the university campus.
• As a member of three distinguished international committees, Ibolja Cernak, PhD, is doing integral work in developing policy and practice related to military and veterans’ health-related research worldwide. The three committees are: NATO HFM-234 Panel “Environmental Toxicology of Blast Exposures: Injury Metrics, Modeling, Methods and Standards,” US National Academies Institute of Medicine: “Readjustment Needs of Returning Veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan,” and US National Academies Institute of Medicine: “Long-term Consequences of Blast Exposures.” •
David Bennett, PhD, serves as a member of the Administrative Committee for the Society for Neuroscience. He provides direction to the organization, whose purpose is to advance understanding of the brain and the nervous system.
At a Glance Academic Year 2012-13
1,820,153
$
New research grants
15
Peer-reviewed articles published
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Peer-reviewed abstracts
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Corbett Clinic’s impact speaks volumes By Jeannine Guérette A bright, bubbly young lawyer in her 30’s, Crystal Frank is probably the last person you would envision having a stroke. She experienced two back-to-back strokes following an intense migraine, which caused her to fall into a coma and lose function of the right side of her body. Frank also lost the ability to speak. Fast-forward seven years, and it is obvious that Frank has come a long way; thanks in part to the Corbett Clinic’s intensive aphasia and dysarthria adult treatment program at the University of Alberta’s Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine. “Aphasia’s where-where… know something… just trouble… get it out,” explains Frank who also uses gestures to help her communicate. The Alberta College of Speech-Language Pathologist and Audiologists describes aphasia as being a communication disorder caused by damage to the brain, which can affect a person’s ability to speak, understand, read, and write. It has no effect on intelligence though. Randa Tomczak, clinical assistant professor, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, and clinical educator at the clinic, explains: “The definition of aphasia is not related to cognition at all; there’s no memory loss. It’s important to recognize that people with aphasia are smart - no different from you or I – it just can be harder from them to express themselves and/or understand language.” After undergoing a variety of language treatments, Frank heard about Corbett Clinic from a contact at the Misericordia Community Hospital. “This program… a lot different than treatment before,” she explains. “Other programs… for only few hours a week, once or twice a week. This one…four days a week – all day.” For eight weeks, Frank worked on improving her language alongside a handful of other clients, and a dedicated clinical team. This team included two clinical educators, four MSc Speech-Language Pathology student clinicians, and two volunteers who have overcome their own communication impairments. These volunteers were also incorporated into the program for the first time in its three-year history.
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Department of Communication Sciences and Disorder’s intensive aphasia treatment program helps clients communicate again Volunteering is an integral part of her life. After having her stroke, Renaud has not received clearance from physicians to return to work, so volunteering at the clinic brings not only a sense of contribution, but also an opportunity for her to practice her speech. The intensive program offers one-on-one sessions with the student clinicians as well as group sessions where the clients can interact with one another.
One of the volunteers, Janelle Renaud, understands first-hand the struggles that Frank and the other clients face. She too had a stroke and has a mild form of aphasia.
“Though I liked having… opportunity to chat with… other clients, the one-onone sessions were most beneficial,” says Frank. “In a sense… clinicians and I made a pact: ‘you work hard, I work hard… together we see results’. As a lawyer, this level of work ethic really appeals to me.”
“I think that I can connect with the clients on a different level compared to the average volunteer, and vice versa. I think they may have an easier time relating to me,” says Renaud.
Today, Frank is back at work, though her job description has changed slightly. Rather than being in the courtroom
Overcoming hearing loss:
A look to the future
The latest issue of Rehab Dialogue entitled, “Overcoming hearing loss: A look to the future,” by Bill Hodgetts, Sue Peters and Karen Pollock is being sent to government. There is currently no audiology training program in Alberta, Saskatchewan or Manitoba. The University of Alberta’s Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders is positioned to take on a Master’s degree program to train future audiologists. Now is the time, because: • 1 in 10 Canadians suffers from some degree of hearing loss •
More than 50 per cent of Canadians over 65 will experience hearing loss, with more and more people showing signs of hearing loss in their 30s and 40s
• There are only 143 audiologists registered to practice in Alberta, 35 in Saskatchewan and 59 in Manitoba Speech-language pathology students and instructors from the Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine worked with Rosemary, a Corbett Clinic client with aphasia, from May until August 2013 to help her prepare a toast to give at her daughter’s wedding. She practised diligently, up to five times a day, to have it ready in time. See her final toast and “before audio” at bit.ly/corbettweddingtoast
around the clock, she finds herself playing a more supportive role. “I review cases and other documents…highlight important points I come across. Not as exciting as what I did before, but work…important for me… I know I have something to contribute and this brings me fulfillment,” says Frank.
With hearing loss on the rise affecting people of all ages, the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders is eager to meet the need to train future audiologists. We are proposing a new two-year MSc Audiology program to government that will graduate 12 to 16 audiology students per year and provide a focus on rehabilitation audiology and hearing needs common to the Prairie Provinces, including rural/remote service delivery.
Tomczak and the other clinicians are proud of how far Frank and the others have come as a result of the intensive program. “The results have been amazing,” she says, “more dramatic than we’ve ever seen.” For the summer, both Frank and Renaud plan to take a break from the clinic to spend time with their families and to indulge in their favourite form of therapy: shopping! Though they find it ‘therapeutic’ for the same reasons most women do, for them it is also an opportunity to walk around and practice speaking with others. “Just please don’t speak to us in an exaggerated way like ‘HOW AAARE YOUUUU’,” Frank chuckles. “Seriously, we understand. Just be patient… we’re getting back to you.”
To view this latest issue of Rehab Dialogue, visit csd.ualberta.ca/RDAudiology
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departments & programs
Advancing knowledge:
Rehabilitation Science
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Rehabilitation Science aims to assist people whose disability, whether acute or chronic, interferes with their ability to live the life they choose. It is an inherently multidisciplinary field. Students in Rehabilitation Science advance knowledge in physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech-language pathology, audiology and related fields. Our graduates go on to teaching and research careers as well as leadership positions in health-care management, business and provincial and federal civil service.
Diverse and multidisciplinary: Our students in the PhD and MSc
Rehabilitation Science programs come from North America and all over the globe, including Colombia, China and Iran. Rehabilitation Science is diverse as a field of study. Our students reflect this diversity in their educational backgrounds, culture, languages, and research topics. It is truly a pleasure to see the multidisciplinary focus of the research being conducted by the students in our programs.
High demand:
We continue to receive hundreds of inquiries about the programs each year, via our website and by phone. Rehabilitation Science students are admitted twice per year, in January and September. As of July 1, 2013, we have 43 PhD RS and 17 MSc RS students.
Wall of Fame: We are creating a “Wall of Fame” in Corbett Hall to
recognize our Rehab Science graduates. If you are graduate of our MSc or PhD program, be sure to send your photograph to angela.libutti@ualberta.ca for our “Wall of Fame” so we can acknowledge you as one of “ours” and celebrate your post-graduate accomplishments with the entire faculty.
The Rehabilitation Science program allowed me to improve physiotherapy training in my native Chile. Jorge Fuentes, PhD Rehabilitation Science
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The PhD Centenary Awards
At a Glance Academic Year 2012-13
677,023
$
New graduate student research funding (MSc + PhD)
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MSc RS students admitted
7 Female 10 Male 8 Canadian 9 International
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PhD RS students admitted
30 Female 13 Male 28 Canadian 15 International
The PhD Centenary Awards were established in 2009 by the Alberta College of Occupational Therapists, Alberta College of SpeechLanguage Pathologists and Audiologists and Physiotherapy Alberta College and Association. Each year, the three colleges award the prestigious scholarship to three PhD students in Rehabilitation Science. The award recognizes PhD students who have demonstrated a commitment to pursuing a clinician-scientist or academic role and advancing the professions of occupational therapy, physical therapy and speech-language pathology in the areas of knowledge exchange and transfer, quality of life, clinical practice, patient outcomes and patient safety. Congratulations to our winners this year!
Alberta College of Occupational Therapists Elly Hyun, PhD candidate, Rehabilitation Science Elly Hyun’s doctoral work focuses on using a narrative inquiry approach to understand experiences of young women with learning difficulties involved in the Canadian criminal justice system. Her research interests include young people involved the criminal justice system, social justice and restorative justice practices. She volunteers for different community organizations that work with marginalized populations, including the Youth Restorative Action Project and the Elizabeth Fry Society, and she hopes to bridge her research with social policies and community initiatives.
Alberta College of Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists Salima Suleman, PhD student, Rehabilitation Science In her clinical training as a speech-language pathologist, Salima Suleman developed a passion for clinical work with older adults and a keen interest in the functional implication of communication disorders on everyday life. Her current research program is designed to investigate the cognitive processes of decision-making in older adults with communication disorders, specifically aphasia.
Physiotherapy Alberta College and Association Hercules Grant, PhD candidate, Rehabilitation Science Hercules Grant is interested in developing rehabilitation strategies for new treatment areas. His research focus is on hemodynamic changes in the prefrontal cortex in essential hypertension. Grant is currently a practicing physical therapist in private practice.
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Driving and hands-free talking lead to spike in errors By Bryan Alary Talking on a hands-free device while behind the wheel can lead to a sharp increase in errors that could imperil other drivers on the road, according to new research from the University of Alberta. A pilot study by Yagesh Bhambhani, a professor in the Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine, and his graduate student Mayank Rehani, showed that drivers who talk using a hands-free cellular device made significantly more driving errors—such as crossing the centre line, speeding and changing lanes without signalling—compared with just driving alone. The jump in errors also corresponded with a spike in heart rate and brain activity. “It is commonplace knowledge, but for some reason it is not getting into the public conscience that the safest thing to do while driving is to focus on the road,” said Rehani, who completed the research for his master’s thesis in rehabilitation science at the U of A. The researchers became interested in the topic in 2009 shortly after Alberta introduced legislation that banned the use of handheld cellphones while driving but not hands-free devices. In this study, they used near infrared spectroscopy to study the brain activity of 26 participants who completed a driving course using the Virage VS500M driving simulator at the Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital. Near infrared spectroscopy is a non-invasive optical technique that allows researchers to examine real-time changes in brain activity in the left prefrontal lobe. Participants were first tested in a control condition, using the simulator to drive in city street conditions using no telecommunications device. They were tested again while talking on a handsfree device during two-minute conversations that avoided emotionally charged topics. The research team found there was a significant increase in brain activity while talking on a hands-free device compared with the control condition. A majority of participants showed a significant increase in oxyhemoglobin in the brain, with a simultaneous drop in deoxyhemoglobin —a sign of enhanced neuronal activation during hands-free telecommunication. “The findings also indicated that blood flow to the brain is significantly increased during hands-free telecommunication in order to meet the oxygen demands of the neurons under the ‘distracted’ condition,” said Bhambhani, who works in the Department of Occupational Therapy. He added the results did not reveal a significant relationship between enhanced neuronal activation and the increase in the number of driving errors, most likely because the near infrared spectroscopy measurements were recorded from a single site, the prefrontal lobe.
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UAlberta pilot study shows driving while talking on a hands-free cellular device leads to more driving errors than driving alone The findings are considered novel on a topic that is receiving considerable attention by policy-makers globally. Rehani’s contribution to the project earned him the 2013 Alberta Rehabilitation Award for Innovation in Rehabilitation (Student). The researchers note this is a preliminary study and hope that it can be part of a larger body of literature that can help inform policy-makers about the safety implications of using hands-free devices while driving. For Rehani, the work was part of a rewarding academic journey at the U of A, which gave him opportunities to do research in a number of areas in neuroscience. He said he received outstanding support from both the faculty
and colleagues at the Glenrose—including Quentin Ranson, the occupational therapist and rehabilitation technology lead who helped facilitate the simulator research. “To have a Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine, which is the only free-standing faculty of its kind in North America, and to have a hospital like the Glenrose dedicated to rehabilitation, is amazing,” he said. “Both workplaces have such a collegial environment, with quality faculty and staff who are both working toward patient betterment. These institutions connect so well, it’s fantastic.”
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Alumni feature
Mixing business with physio By Laurie Wang Mark Cho, BSc PT ’92, says his journey in physical therapy was rather unorthodox. “I wasn’t a very good student,” he chuckles. “I owe a lot to my fellow students and professors who helped me out quite a bit.” The University of Alberta PT alumnus and High River native is now the President of pt Health, the third largest chain of physiotherapy clinics in Canada. Cho founded the company in 1995, when he started his first private clinic in Toronto. The company has grown since then to more than 100 physiotherapy and rehabilitation clinics nation-wide. “I didn’t always have an entrepreneurial mindset – I didn’t take any business courses at the time. I just kind of fell into it, and found that it was what I enjoyed and I was good at it.” After he was placed at SickKids in Toronto on a clinical placement, he decided to stay in Toronto and build his career there. At the time, interdisciplinary care was a foreign concept and Cho saw the need to integrate physical therapists with assistants, massage therapists, kinesiologists and other health care professionals. “By unifying all the professions under one common umbrella – wellness – we can provide better and greater care to the patients,” Cho explains. “I saw that the PT’s greatest tool is his or her mind and ability to diagnose and create a treatment plan. To maximize these tools, PT’s need to work with other rehabilitation professionals and be part of a treatment team.” With that model in mind, Cho opened his first clinic and from there, continued to build on that model. He also took on business partners who were fellow PT’s. “If PT’s feel that this is their clinic as well, there is incentive to provide better treatment – the best treatment they can give.” Fellow Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine alumnus Paul Moon, BSc PT ‘01, joined pt Health in 2000 and will be taking on Cho’s role as President this year. “It means a lot to pass the torch to another U of A grad,” Cho smiles. “I really do owe a lot to the U of A – my professors, friends and colleagues got me to where I am today. A big shout-out to all of them: thanks for everything!”
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President of pt Health credits Rehab Med classmates and professors for his success
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departments & programs
Professional development for rehab and health-care professionals
Continuing Professional Education
rehabilitation.ualberta.ca/professional-development
The Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine at the University of Alberta continues to lead the way among post-secondary institutions in Canada when it comes to lifelong learning for health-care professionals. We were the first university to offer complete online credit programs and we continue to offer the widest variety of professional development opportunities for Canadian health professionals in a post-secondary setting. Clinicians from various backgrounds and specialties: Our Continuing Professional Education (CPE) programs attract clinicians from across Canada, the US and beyond. Our program registrants include physical therapists, occupational therapists, speech-language pathologists, physicians, nurses, psychologists, pharmacists, social workers, recreation therapists, chiropractors, current graduate students and more. Growing demand: Our CPE programs had 131 course registrations (Sept 2012-Sept 2013), the highest number of registrations since program inception and an increase of 93 per cent over the previous year.
I have already recommended it to several people - physios and physicians. The quality of instruction is superb, with a perfect balance of theoretical and practical knowledge. We now have the tools to proceed, as well as the knowledge of how to stay current and connected with the latest in research. Pain Certificate Graduate
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Credits for family physicians: As of January 2013, our certificate programs are eligible for MainPro credits through the College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC). Our partnership with the Department of Communication Sciences & Disorders and Alberta College of Speech Language Pathologists and Audiologists (ACSLPA) to provide recorded webcasts to SLP’s across the country resulted in almost 400 registrations for the first event presented by Lu-Anne McFarlane on iPad applications and their clinical applications. Reaching rural clinicians: The 5th Annual Karin Greaves Memorial Education Seminar: Updates in Total Shoulder and Ankle Arthroplasty was the most successful to date. More than 100 clinicians participated in the event from Edmonton, our PT satellite centres in Calgary and Camrose, and via live stream webcast from rural Alberta and across Canada. Currently we have registered 150 clinicians in our CPE courses (Sept 2013 – current), the highest number of registrations to date. We will have another 10 clinicians graduate from the Pain Certificate in Spring 2014.
We are planning to develop a number of new initiatives including:
The online learning format allowed me to take this course. I really liked that interaction of the other therapists.
• On-demand webcasts • Not-for-credit online modules • Graduate level credit online courses • Online inter-professional graduate course in lymphedema management
I found it to be a comprehensive course that addresses an area that we do not traditionally have a knowledge base in. Filling in this gap is valuable in itself. The textbook is excellent, and I will use it as a reference in future. Finally, it was a challenging course that expands our practice, and will hopefully lead to improved patient care.
Stroke Certificate Graduate
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Did you know? All our certificates, workshops and programs are available remotely in an online format.
Online Diagnostic Imaging Course Participant
rehabmed.ualberta.ca/strokerehab
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donor
Recognition
Royal Canadian Legion embraces UAlberta’s vision in military rehabilitation research By Laurie Wang, with files from Bryan Alary As the Canadian Military and Veterans’ Chair in Clinical Rehabilitation at the University of Alberta, Ibolja Cernak undertakes every research project with one goal in mind: to help our soldiers and veterans lead healthier, productive lives. The Royal Canadian Legion Alberta-NWT Command grabbed hold of this vision and has supported the first military rehabilitation chair of its kind in Canada with $278,000 to date. “We’re proud of this research that’s coming from our own backyard. The Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine has a great team doing research in military rehabilitation and we’re happy to be part of it and provide that support,” said Tammy Wheeler, executive director, Royal Canadian Legion Alberta-NWT Command. This support has allowed Cernak to conduct clinical studies on Canadian Armed Forces bases, and allowed her to spend the entire month of October 2013 working shoulder-to-shoulder with the troops, studying their resilience, stress and coping. The work is part of a study of resilience in troops before, during and after deployment—information that can be used to improve their training and support, and ultimately improve their quality of life. After completing baseline testing with 120 Canadian troops prior to deployment, measuring responses to visual stimuli, memory and impulse control in addition to biological data, Cernak found that while stationed in Kabul, Afghanistan, in many cases soldiers’ responses improved. “If you look at the performance as a whole, the pre-deployment training did a good job preparing soldiers. Canadian soldiers are extremely well trained,” Cernak said, citing strong motor skill response to signals and a keen ability to multi-task as some of the more notable improvements. “Very often soldiers are switching back and forth on several tasks. It is quite impressive.”
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Photo credit: Master Cpl. Frieda van Putten
Testing also identified categories where performance was not as strong, including impulse control and spatial memory—areas that could be improved through modified training, she said. “Dr. Cernak understands it’s not just about the research, but the whole person. We are here for our veterans, families and RCMP members, and if we can help that group, we will do everything we can. This research benefits the community as a whole. It has huge implications for first responders, farmers and people dealing with high-stress jobs every day,” Wheeler said. “It makes a difference locally, nationally and globally, and our military friends and colleagues recognize that. I received many calls and emails about our partnership in this research. Someone
from England called me because they were interested in it.” “We are very grateful for the Royal Canadian Legion and their partnership with UAlberta,” said Bob Haennel, acting dean, Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine. “We see this as a long-term relationship and we look forward to continuing to make an impact together to benefit soldiers, veterans and their families.” “We talk about the partnership a lot, and what an honour it is,” said Wheeler. “I have to admit, we’re gloating a bit actually. It’s been a great opportunity to be involved in something that will impact everyone, not just in one area, but the world.”
L-R Royal Canadian Legion NWT-Command President Darrel Jones, Ibi Cernak, Tammy Wheeler and Bob Haennel.
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research
Research Chairs Linda Woodhouse David Magee Endowed Chair in Musculoskeletal Clinical Research
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As the David Magee Endowed Chair in Musculoskeletal Clinical Research and the Scientific Director of the Bone and Joint Health Strategic Clinical Network (SCN) at Alberta Health Services (AHS), Linda Woodhouse, PhD, has been working to help bridge the gap for Albertans requiring musculoskeletal care. A trained PT, Woodhouse, alongside her colleagues, are promoting an interdisciplinary model for team-based musculoskeletal care that will improve access to evidence-based non-surgical and surgical care. She is also the co-lead of the AIHS-funded Osteoarthritis Team grant, with 55 investigators, 55 trainees, and 13 collaborators across Alberta.
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Woodhouse and her team received several grants this past year, totalling $3,375,617, toward clinical musculoskeletal research, improving health systems and bringing awareness and education to the public in bone and joint health.
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In January, she and her team at the Bone and Joint Health SCN received two Partnership for Research and Innovation in the Health System (PRIHS) grants from AHS and Alberta Innovates Health Solutions (AIHS). The Bone and Joint Health SCN received two PRIHS grants; one to create the SpineAccessAlberta program for people with low back pain (alongside FRM’s Greg Kawchuk and Leah Phillips), and the other to support an e-referral and central triage system for patients with hip and knee osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis (with UCalgary’s Deb Marshall). Both are three-year grants for $750,000.
• Woodhouse also led and participated in several public and media events this year, including a CIHR-Telus Spark Café Scientifique event in Calgary, two Wood Forum events (one in Calgary and one in Edmonton) that were a partnership with the McCaig Institute, UAlberta, UCalgary, a CIHR knowledge translation grant, and the OA Team. Altogether, more than 800 people attended these events to learn about hip and knee osteoarthritis.
Ibolja Cernak Chair in Military and Veterans’ Clinical Rehabilitation
• Ibolja Cernak, PhD, conducted first-of-its-kind research monitoring close to 150 soldiers; first here in Canada and then while they were deployed in Afghanistan. Her clinical study is using state-of-the-art biological and mental parameters to measure a soldier’s ability to cope with military stressors. From these findings, Dr. Cernak and her team hope to suggest specific interventions such as training, counseling or medical treatments that would preempt severe and chronic health complications. • In March 2013, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) approved a grant for Cernak’s research which aims to explain the mechanisms of blast-induced neurotrauma (BINT), or simply put, brain injury caused by blast exposure. The findings from this study will not only impact military personnel who are exposed to bomb blasts in training or while deployed, but also other professionals such as construction mine workers. • In June 2013, Cernak was invited by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) to participate in a technical group, developing guidelines for blast injury diagnosis, treatment and prevention for all NATO state members.
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Greg Kawchuk
Michele Crites Battié
Canada Research Chair in Spinal Function
Canada Research Chair in Common Spinal Disorders
• Greg Kawchuk, PhD, and his team are completing a National Institutes of Health grant to assess the effect of manual therapy on various biomarkers. The hope is that these biomarkers will give them new ways to evaluate therapies used in treating back pain. • They have also developed two technologies to measure spine function that were recently part of large clinical trials in Edmonton. These technologies measure spine stiffness and mobility, and are expected to help identify the best intervention for a given patient. • In January, Kawchuk, with Linda Woodhouse and Leah Phillips, was awarded a PRIHS grant to redesign spine care in Alberta. With a group of almost 30 collaborators, SpineAccess Alberta will employ an early team triage system with the goal of providing the right care for the right patient. • On a more personal note, Kawchuk was nominated by his students for the Graduate Student’s Association Supervisor Award and shortly after, he was made a full-time professor. He is very honoured to have achieved this distinction and the thoughtfulness (nomination) has been one of the most rewarding moments in his teaching career.
Jacqueline Hebert Associate Research Chair in Clinical Rehabilitation
• Michele Crites Battié, PhD, says 2013 has been one of her research group’s most productive years to date, with 17 new publications in peer-reviewed journals (14 of which were lead-authored by her trainees) and a book chapter. The published works focused, in part, on lumbar spinal stenosis, including investigations of the effects of physical therapy interventions on patient outcomes, the importance of depression in prognosis, and further testing of a new clinical measure for evaluating walking capacity in individuals with the condition. In addition, changes in paraspinal muscle occurring over adulthood and their associations with back pain were reported following completion of a 15-year longitudinal study. • A couple particular successes for Crites Battié’s trainees this past year were Maryse Fortin’s successful defense of her doctoral thesis after only three years in the program, and Yue Wang’s successful research proposal for highly competitive national funding, after recently graduating and returning home to start his own research program and resume orthopaedic surgery in China. • A “mini-mission” for Crites Battié has been to look at case definitions and to promote the development of a common language in her research field. After highlight ing the issue in publications and international meetings over the past year, she will be leading a focus group on the topic at the International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine annual meeting in Seoul, South Korea, this spring. Though she admits this project is not glamorous, she hopes that it will help eliminate some of the confusion, ambiguity and misunderstanding when research is implemented in clinical care. • Crites Battié’s work represented Alberta in a special issue on “The Canadian Connection” in International Innovation, an international publication that disseminates research to various global stakeholders.
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Jacqueline Hebert, MD, was invited to present the keynote address at the 2013 Canadian Institute for Military and Veteran Health Research (CIMVHR) conference. It was a great opportunity for her to present her work on upper limb sensory restoration to a broad international audience with interest in military and veterans’ health.
• Hebert was also invited to attend and present her research at an international symposium on “Force Sustainment: Rehabilitation, Regeneration, and Prosthetics for Re-integration to Duty”, organized by
the Human Factors and Medicine Panel, NATO Science and Technology Organization in Italy. She and other conference presenters demonstrated how other nations have had to adjust their systems of care to tend to the military wounded.
• 2013 was also Hebert’s first official full year as a post graduate supervisor. She supervises five post-graduate students with very diverse backgrounds such as rehabilitation science and mechanical engineering.
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institutes & centres
Glen Sather Sports Medicine Clinic glensatherclinic.ualberta.ca
The Glen Sather University of Alberta Sports Medicine Clinic is a multi-faceted facility that serves the needs of active individuals; from rec players and varsity athletes to people of all ages who love to exercise and stay active. The clinic consists of an inter-disciplinary team of physicians, surgeons, physical therapists, kinesiologists, massage therapists and orthotists who specialize in the assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of musculoskeletal, sport and exercise related concerns. The Glen Sather is also a teaching and research clinic for students and clinicians. In March 2013, the Glen Sather celebrated their official grand opening in the Kaye Edmonton Clinic. The clinic officially moved to the new location in August 2012. Since then, the team has introduced several new technologies including the 3D Gait Analysis – a technology used to help prevent and treat running, walking and other musculoskeletal gait injuries – using 3D Motion capture. From the data collected, physiotherapists can design a treatment plan for the client. In addition to the 3D Gait Analysis, a number of other initiatives are underway, including: • Return-to-Activity/Sport classes for patients following Anterior Cruciatel Ligament Reconstruction; and • multidisciplinary specialty clinics: functional knee clinics, shoulder clinics, acute knee injury clinics and anterior cruciate ligament injury clinics. As well, the sport and exercise medicine physicians are involved in concussion research and efficacy of ultrasound guided platelet rich plasma injections for rotator cuff degeneration. The Glen Sather Clinic is now offering physiotherapy and massage therapy services six days a week.
The Glen Sather University of Alberta Sports Medicine Clinic helps me lead my class by example. J.-C. Guérette, Gym Teacher and Patient
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Institute for Stuttering Treatment and Research istar.ualberta.ca
Did you know? ISTAR has offices in both Calgary and Edmonton.
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The Institute for Stuttering Treatment and Research (ISTAR) is a world-class clinic offering specialized treatment to children, teens and adults who stutter. ISTAR conducts high-quality research; offers advanced professional training for speechlanguage pathology students and clinicians; and promotes public awareness of stuttering and its treatment. In addition to treating clients from around the world, ISTAR works collaboratively with other international organizations to advance stuttering research and treatment. In May of 2013, ISTAR welcomed three students from Uppsala University in Sweden to observe their clinical work. As a result, an advanced course in stuttering was developed for students from Uppsala University by ISTAR staff. Also this year, Executive Director Deryk Beal, PhD, released a new study showing that children who stutter have less grey matter in key regions of the brain responsible for speech production than children who do not stutter. This is significant because his findings not only improve our understanding of how the brain is built for speech production and why people stutter, but it also affirms the importance of seeking treatment early.
The Institute for Stuttering Treatment and Research gave us the courage to speak in public, whether we stutter or speak fluently. Aiden, 18 and Hannah, 15
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Rehabilitation Research Centre rehabilitation.ualberta.ca/rrc
The Rehabilitation Research Centre (RRC) specializes in supporting and undertaking research on a wide range of topics. In addition to aiding researchers and students within the faculty, the RRC is now providing consultation services on a contract basis to external clients such as government organizations, not-for-profits and private groups. RRC is comprised of experts including quantitative and qualitative research associates, project-specific research affiliates and representatives from the faculty, and together they ensure that the best methodological and analytical strategies are carried out on any given project.
The Rehabilitation Research Centre lets me pursue my best in evaluating the services that we provide. Zhiling Qin, MSc Rehabilitation Science Student
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Clinical
Placements
Special thanks to our alumni and clinics who've hosted clinical placements for our students!
Communication Sciences and Disorders (formerly known as Speech Pathology and Audiology)
349 Student Clinical Placements at: Community Health Services Alberta Children’s Hospital Community Accessible Rehab Community Health Services Foothills Hospital Peter Lougheed Centre Rockyview General Hospital Rural Centres South Health Campus Sheldon M. Chumir Hospital Community Health Services Community Rehabilitation Interdisciplinary Services Speech Lang Stroke Early Supported Discharge Team Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital Grey Nuns Hospital Misericordia Hospital Royal Alexandra Hospital SLP Services in Seniors Health University of Alberta Hospital Chinook Regional Hospital Community Health Services Centennial Centre for Brain Injury Red Deer Regional Health Centre Two Hills Health Centre Medicine Hat Regional Hospital
Queen Elizabeth II Hospital Dr. Vernon Fanning Centre ISTAR Providence Child Development Society Corbett Hall Early Education Program Health First Physiotherapy Calgary Board of Education Edmonton Public School Division #7 Elk Island Public Schools Grande Prairie Public School District #2357 Renfrew Educational Services St. Albert Protestant School District #6 Clements Centre Central Okanagan School District No. 23 Cowichan Valley School District No. 79 Fraser Valley Child Development Centre Community Health Services Kelowna General Hospital Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital Kootenay Lake School District No. 8 Langley School District No. 35 Northern Health Authority Queen Alexandra Centre for Children’s Health University Hospital of Northern BC, Prince George Victoria General Hospital
Child Guidance Centre Deer Lodge Centre Eastern School District Health Sciences Centre of Eastern Health Chignecto-Central Regional School Board Noval Scotia Hearing and Speech Centres Stanton Territorial Hospital Durham District School Board Five Counties Children’s Centre Grandview Children’s Centre Hamilton Wentworth District School Board John McGivney Children’s Centre Peterborough Community Education Centre Peterborough Regional Health Centre St. Mary’s Family Learning Centre OMETZ Chinook School Division 211 Cypress Health Region Greater Saskatoon Catholic Schools Northwest School Division Prairie Spirit School Division #206 Regina Public Schools Royal University Hospital Saskatoon City Hospital Autism Association of Western Australia New Zealand - Hillmorton High School
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Physical Therapy
614 Student Clinical Placements at:
Abbotsford Regional Hospital, BC Active Body Centre, New Zealand Active Physiotherapy & Wellness Centre Alberta Children’s Hospital Alberta Hospital Edmonton Association for the Rehabilitation of the Brain Injured Banff Physical Therapy & Sports Injuries Clinic Bow Valley-Downtown Sports Clinic Bowden Physiotherapy & Gym Brooks Health Centre Calgary Fall Prevention Clinic Calgary Winter Club Sports Physiotherapy Calgary Youth Physiotherapy Callingwood Physical Therapy Physiotherapy Camrose Pediatric Rehabilitation Program Canadian Forces - Health Services Clinic, Edmonton Canmore Hospital Capital Care, Dickensfield Capital Care, Lynnwood Capital Care, Norwood Capital Care, Sherwood Care Capital Care, Strathcona Care Centre Cardston Health Center Carewest, Dr. Vernon Fanning Centre Carewest, Glenmore Park CBI - Action Physical Therapy Clinic Ltd. CBI - Burnewood Physical Therapy CBI - Calgary Central CBI - Calgary Industrial CBI - Calgary South CBI - Deer Valley CBI - Edmonton NW CBI - Edmonton SE CBI - Ft. McMurray CBI - Hospital Side-Red Deer CBI - Leduc CBI - Lethbridge CBI - Medicine Hat CBI - Red Deer CBI - ReMed CBI - Sunridge Physiotherapy Clinic Centennial Centre for Mental Health & Brain Injury Child Development Center Chinook Regional Hospital Chronic Pain Center, Calgary Community Accessible Rehabilitation (CAR) Central Community Accessible Rehabilitation (CAR) North Community Accessible Rehabilitation (CAR) South Community Neurorehab Services Community Rehabilitation Interdisciplinary Services (CRIS), Edmonton Cross Cancer Institute Crowsnest Pass Health Centre CSA Physiotherapy
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Daysland Community Health Centre Drumheller Health Centre Dynamic Sports Physiotherapy Inc. Edmonton Musculoskeletal Centre Excel Physical Therapy Foothills Medical Center Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital Grande Cache Community Health Complex Grange Physical Therapy and Sports Injury Clinic Grey Nuns Community Hospital GRITProgram, Edmonton HealthPointe Rehabilitation & Sport Therapy Hinton Healthcare Centre Home Care Seniors Centre - Calgary Region Home Living Program, Edmonton In Step Physical Therapy Innisfail Health Centre Inuvik Hospital, NWT Island Health Clinic, Hong Kong Jasper Physiotherapy and Health Centre Kensington Physical Therapy Kinesis Physical Therapy Corp. Kinsmen Sports Centre Physical Therapy Clinic Leduc Community Hospital & Health Centre Lethbridge Community Health Lifemark - Academy Place Lifemark - Associate Clinic Physiotherapy & Massage Lifemark - Athabasca Centre Lifemark - Calgary Sports Therapy Lifemark - Father Bauer Arena Lifemark - Franklin Centre Lifemark - Heritage Hill Lifemark - Institute Lifemark - Kingsway Lifemark - Max Bell Arena Lifemark - Mayor Magrath Lifemark - Millwoods Lifemark - Mira Health Centre Lifemark - Quarry Park Lifemark - Southland Leisure Centre Lifemark - Springborough Lifemark - SpringHill Sport Physiotherapy Lifemark - Stony Plain Lifemark - Sunpark Plaza Lifemark - Talisman Centre Lifemark - Village Square Mall Llifemark - Lake Beaumaris Lloydminster Hospital, SK Mayerthorpe Healthcare Centre Medicine Hat Regional Hospital Misericordia Community Health Centre Momentum Health Physiotherapy Northern Lights Regional health Centre Nose Creek Sport Physical Therapy Panther Sport Medicine & Rehab Centres Peak Physical Therapy Performance Physiotherapy & Acupuncture Peter Lougheed Centre
Pindara Physiotherapy Sports Medicine, Australia Pivotal Physiotherapy, Edmonton and Ft. Saskatchewan Prairieview Physiotherapy ProActive Physiotherapy, NL Provost Health Centre PT Health - Advantage Aspen PT Health - Advantage Corporate Sport PT Health - Advantage Creekside PT Health - Market Mall PT Health - Sherwood Park Queen Elizabeth II Hospital Red Deer 49th Street Community Health Centre Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre Rehabilitation & Rheumatology Hospital, Sri Lanka Renfrew Educational Services Rimbey Health Centre Riverview Health Centre, MB Rocky Mountain Rehab & Sports Medicine Clinic Rockyview General Hospital Royal Alexandra Hospital Royal Columbian Hospital, BC Royal University Hospital, SK Seton Jasper Healthcare Centre Sherwood Park Sports Physiotherapy Smoky Lake Healthcare Centre St. Albert Physical Therapy & Sport Injuries St. Joseph’s Auxiliary Hospital St. Mary’s Hospital, Camrose St. Michael’s Health Centre, Lethbridge Stanton Territorial Hospital, NWT Sturgeon Community Hospital Summerside Children’s Sport and Physiotherapy Sundre Health Centre Supportive Living, Calgary Supportive Living, Edmonton Surakarta Health Polytechnic, Indonesia Tamarack Physical Therapy Tawa Physical Therapy TD Square-Downtown Sports Clinic Two Hills Health Centre University of Alberta - Corbett Clinic University of Alberta - GlenSather Sports Medicine Centre University of Alberta Hospital University of Calgary Sports Medicine Centre Vegreville Care Centre Westlock Healthcare Centre Westview Health Centre Wetaskiwin Hospital and Care Centre Whitecourt Health Care Centre Worker’s Compensation Board - Millard Health Rehabilitation Centre
Clinical
Occupational Therapy
Placements
543 Student Clinical Placements at:
Alberta Children’s Hospital Alberta Hospital Edmonton Abbotsfield Regional Hospital Banff Hospital Barrhead Health Care Centre Belcher Continuing Care Bethany Airdrie Bethany Calgary Beverly Lake Midnapore Continuing Care Bissell Centre Bonnyville Health Centre Boyle Street Burnaby Hospital Calgary Board of Education Calgary Self Help Camp Winston Campbell River Hospital Canadian Back Institute Canadian Forces Canmore Hospital Carnat Centre Calgary CASA Society Canadian Mental Health Association Edmonton Centennial Centre for Brain Injury ChimoYouth Society Chinook Regional Hospital Chinook School Division Chronic Pain Centre Calgary Citadel Continuing Care Cold Lake Community Health Community Health Care Calgary Community Accessible Rehab Calgary Community Services Saskatchewan Cross Cancer Institute Cypress Hills Hospital Daysland Hospital Drumheller Hospital Easter Seals Edmonton Public School Division Extendicare Eaux Claires Extendicare Hillview Extendicare Leduc FACT OT Fairview Health Centre Fanning Continuing Care Father Lacombe Continuing Care Fawzia Sultan Rehab Hospital - Kuwait Foothills Hospital
Foothills Medical Centre Function 1st Pediatrics Glenmore Park Centre Glenrose Hospital Grande Prairie School Division Grandview Continuing Care Grey Nuns Hospital High River Hospital Hinton Health Care Centre HomeCare Calgary HomeLiving Edmonton Indian Institute of Cerebral Palsy - India Inverurie Hospital - Scotland Kelowna General Hospital Kipnes Care Centre LifeMark Lurana Shelter Lynnwood Continuing Care Medicine Hat Hospital Misericordia Hospital Moose Jaw Hospital Mustard Seed Ministry NapaState Hospital - US Neil Squire Society Northern Lights Regional Health Centre Norwood Continuing Care Northwest School Division Olds Health Centre, Rural Centres Olds Health Care Centre Pasqua Hospital Peace River Community Health Prosper Place Providence Child Development Providence Place QEII Hospital Queen Alex Centre Queenesway Carlton Hospital RA Site Radway Continuing Care Ranch Ehrlo Reach Child Development Red Deer Health Services Red Deer Regional Hospital Regina General Hospital Regina Home Care Regina Public Schools Rehab and Retreat Renfrew Educational Services Rimbey Health Centre
Rockyview Hospital Calgary Rosetown Health Centre Royal Alexandra Hospital Royal Columbia Hospital Royal University Hospital Royal Jubilee Hospital Saskatoon City Hospital School Health Initiative AHS Seniors Association of Greater Edmonton Sensational Kids Shellbrook Health Centre Sherbrooke Community Health Simply OT Saskatchewan Mental Health Services Solutions at Santa Barbara - US South Terrace Continuing Care St. Joseph’s Estevan St. Paul’s Hospital Stanton Hospital Settler Health Centre St. Joseph Continuing Care Strathcona Continuing Care Strathmore Care Centre Sturgeon Hospital Sturgeon School Division Supportive Living Edmonton Surakarta Health Polytechnic - Indonesia Theraplay Tofield Health Centre Touchmark Wedgewood Unity Health Centre Universidad del Rosario - Colombia U of A Hospital Vancouver General Hospital Vegreville Care Centre Vermilion Hospital Vermilion School Division Wascana Rehabilitation Centre West Vancouver Health Centre Westlock Continuing Care Westlock Health Centre Wetaskiwin Health Centre Wing Kei Continuing Care Women’s Emergency Accommodation Workers’ Compensation Board Yorkton Nursing Home Zetter Continuing Care
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2012-2013
csd.ualberta.ca
The Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine had
430 media hits in 2013,
The speech pathology department has a new name:
Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders. It remains home to the largest (and best!) MSc Speech-Language Pathology program in Canada and continues to thrive as a leader in innovative teaching, world-class research and excellent clinical service.
with local, national and international coverage of our stories: New York Times, Xin Hua News, Globe and Mail, National Post, Edmonton Journal, Alberta Primetime, CTV, Global, Today’s Parent, What to Expect, Baby Centre, CNN, PhysOrg and more.
We welcomed the first class of international physiotherapists to our Internationally Educated Physiotherapist Bridging Program (AIEPB), partnering with Physiotherapy Alberta. This program ensures these professionals meet the requirements to successfully transition to practice as physical therapists in Alberta.
physio-bridging.ualberta.ca
The Continuing Professional Education program introduced
REHAB 570: Diagnostic Imaging for Physical Therapists. The course is a graduate level three-credit distance-based course. All coursework is completed online. On demand Rehabilitation Webcasts are also available online now to health care and rehabilitation professionals.
rehabilitation.ualberta.ca/professional-development
The Glen Sather Sports Medicine Clinic turned 25 in its new location in the Kaye Edmonton Clinic. A grand opening celebration was held in March, recognizing the Edmonton Oilers Foundation and their years of support to advancing multidisciplinary patient care, research and teaching at the clinic.
glensatherclinic.ualberta.ca
at a glance
We had nine occupational therapy student clinical placements and two master’s thesis projects in Bogota, Colombia, this past year. Our partnership with the University of Rosario began in 2008, thanks to Adriana Rios and Liliana Alvarez, UR professors and UAlberta PhD students, and Al Cook and Kim Adams from UAlberta. We look forward to more collaborations in the future.
We welcomed more than 100 rehab med alumni back to the University of Alberta for Alumni Weekend, including our class of 1963, who were celebrating 50 years. We look forward to seeing more alumni at this year’s Alumni Weekend events!
As part of her study on resilience in soldiers, Ibolja Cernak embedded with Canadian troops in Afghanistan, working shoulder-to-shoulder with the troops, studying their resilience, stress and coping.
Led by Linda Woodhouse, the Wood Forum on Hip and Knee Osteoarthritis in Edmonton and Calgary brought more than 600 people from the community together to learn about the latest in arthritis research, treatment and care systems.
The Institute for Stuttering Treatment and Research (ISTAR)’s executive director, Deryk Beal, published a study on brain development in children who stutter, attracting international media attention. The research is a step forward in improving our understanding of how the brain is built for speech production and why people stutter.
ON DEMAND Rehabilitation Webcasts for health care and rehabilitation professionals FEATURING
"Brain Training": Are there clinical applications?
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iPad use in Speech-Language Pathology
These clinically relevant, highly-focused sessions are delivered by experts via on-demand streaming.
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