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Congress for a day!
Congress 2012 is coming to Saskatoon from May 24–27. Choose from over 100 hours
of educational programming, customize your learning and networking options. Full conference registration is no longer available, but you can register onsite for a daily registration and
attend on May
25 or 26 only. For more information on conference programming visit www.physiotherapy.ca
Daily registrations can be done onsite at TCU Place, 35 - 22nd Street, Saskatoon.
Registration for CPA Congress is NOT required to attend the CPA Annual General Meeting on Sunday morning, May 27th.
CPA Congress is the annual national educational and scientific event for physical therapists in Canada. In addition to the Congress educational programming, check the CPA website for pre and post Congress courses (Sport Physiotherapy Canada Therapeutic Taping Techniques for the Field and Clinic, Sport Physiotherapy Canada Sport Physiotherapy Canada (SPC) Concussion Course, Seniors Health course -A Practical Course in Balance, Mobility Tests, and Outcome Measures for Physiotherapists working with Older Adults. Registrations for these courses are still being accepted. Social programming, the CPA AGM and Awards and Physiotherapy Foundation of Canada events are also included in the programming.
Three new course listings and their registration forms have been added to the CPTE Course Calendar:
Knowledge Sharing Day 2012 - June 22, 2012; Keynote Speaker Karen Barber, MPT Class of 2012 Final Research Presentations
IMASS Upper Quadrant: A Fascio-Mechanical Approach - Sept 15 & 16, 2012; Instructors Jeff Brousseau & Blaine Mackie
Level 2 Lower Quadrant - Diploma of Advanced Orthopaedic Manual & Manipulative Physiotherapy - begins Oct 2012; Instructor Cathy Sajtos, Co-Instructors Regan Coulter and Julie Schick
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.
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.
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.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:
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.
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.
NOTE: If you are not receiving the CPTE Newletter and Course Update Eblast notification emails, please contact Pat Tremaine at the CPTE office to be added to the list.
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