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New Course Listings & Registration Forms on CPTE Course Calendar

Additional courses and registration forms will be added as information becomes available.

REGISTRATION FORMS AVAILABLE ON CPTE COURSE CALENDAR PAGE!

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CPTE Award of Merit Recipient 2012

This year's recipient of the CPTE Award of Merit is Cathy Sajtos, of Saskatoon.  Cathy is a respected instructor in the National Orthopedic Division's  Diploma of Advanced Orthopaedic Manual & Manipulative Physiotherapy courses.  She is a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Manipulative Therapists and has taught Orthopaedic Syllabus courses regularly for CPTE for many years.

Cathy is also the only physical therapist in Saskatchewan with a Certified Hand Therapist credential.  She developed and co-instructed a hand management course for CPTE recently in that specialty topic area.

Cathy currently works with CBI Health in Saskatoon and provides mentorship colleagues, and has recently received an award from CBI for her commitment to teaching and learning.

She has taken numerous continuing education courses and certifications, somewhere in the range of 80 courses throughout her career and truly exemplifies a lifelong learner.  We are pleased to recognize Cathy for her commitment and contributions to continuing education by presenting her with the 2012 CPTE Award of Merit.

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HSC802 - Introduction to Systematic Reviews

Distance Education Graduate Course offered through the University of Saskatchewan's MSc/PhD in Health Sciences Program

 This online course is a three credit unit graduate course to be delivered using Blackboard Learn (BBLearn) and web conferencing software.  Students will work in teams of at least two individuals and carry out a collaborative project which will involves intensive library work, data extraction, verification, analysis and interpretation of the data.  The teams will learn and practice established procedures for conducting secondary research (a systematic review) and meta-analysis.  At the conclusion of the course the students will present their work to their classmates at a technology-assisted research seminar.

Visit the Distance Learning - Online Courses page on this website for more information.

Registration Deadline:  September 5th.  Please register as soon as possible.  Course limited to 10 students.

For further information or assistance with registration, please contact:
Angie Zoerb
Graduate Program Coordinator, College of Medicine
Ph: (306) 966-6957
Email:angie.zoerb@usask.ca


Lymphedema in the News!

Check out the following news stories about lymphedema - from the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation - Prairies/NWT Region and from CBC News.

CBCF Story: An Opportunity to Try to Improve the Quality of Life for Certain Breast Cancer Survivors.

http://www.cbcf.org/prairies/AboutUsMain/MediaCenter/Newsletters/Spring-2012-eNews/Pages/An-Opportunity-to-Try-to-Improve-the-Quality-of-Life.aspx

CBC Story:  Woman with swollen legs upset about hospital experience  CBC News Story 
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Diabetes Mellitus Videostreams Now Available for Viewing

In 2010, Continuing Professional Learning and Continuing Physical Therapy Education, College of Medicine, along with Continuing Nursing Education, University of Saskatchewan hosted a conference entitled "Interprofessional Management of Diabetes Mellitus and its Complications".  A number of the plenary sessions were captured on Echo videostream.

Distance learning is becoming more widely used for post-professional continuing education in Canada.  We invite you to enjoy the five recorded diabetes lectures free of charge as a result of a conference grant from the Interprofessional Health Collaborative of Saskatchewan. 

Please tell your colleagues about the videos and invite them to view the videos as well.
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Annual Education Bursary Available

Denise Poirier recognizes the importance of continuing education in healthcare and has created three annual Continuing Education Awards of $500 each to assist professionals in each of the following healthcare fields:

  • Occupational Therapy     Submission deadline:  September 30 of each year
  • Physical Therapy            Submission deadline:  May 15 of each year
  • Speech Language Pathology/Audiology       Submission deadline:  January 15 of each year

Eligible continuing education activities would include: conference (travel and registration), workshops, professional development courses, seminars or graduate studies - in CANADA only.

To be eligible you must be currently working in your field or a student in your final year of your program.  To find out more about this $500 Continuing Education Award, visit www.dpoirier.ca.

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Check out the Non-CPTE Educational Opportunities page for more courses

Take a look at the various courses of interest that are offered by other organizations and groups. Some of these are online offerings and can be taken from anywhere within Canada.  Recently added courses of interest in Saskatchewan include:

Sensory Integration Certification Program, open to Physical Therapists, Occupational Therapists and Speech-Language Pathologists - First course begins March 15, 2012 in Regina, SK.

Translating Research into Exercise4BrainChange™  Approaches for Individuals with Parkinson Disease: Real World Rehabilitation and Community Implications, with Becky Farley, PhD, MS, PT begins March 9th in Saskatoon.

Check the Non-CPTE Educational Opportunities page for more information on these and many other offerings.

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NOTE:  If you are not receiving the CPTE Newletter and Course Update Eblast notification emails, please contact the CPTE Program to be added to the list.

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