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Become a MORE Rater for REHAB+!

The MSK Network is currently recruiting MORE raters for  Rehab+ , a free email alerting service and searchable database that brings high-quality evidence to the attention of occupational and physical therapists. 

 Please help us identify the best evidence for you and your peers! If you are currently practicing as an occupational therapist or physical therapist in a clinical setting or as a clinical practice leader or manager directly supervising clinical care, we invite you to become a rater for the McMaster Online Rating of Evidence (MORE) system.  The MORE system collects your vote on the relevance and newsworthiness of hot-off-the-press articles within your clinical specialty. We supply online articles according to your clinical interests, and you rate the articles on 2 simple scales. This takes about 5 to 10 minutes. You can tell us how often you are willing to receive articles.  

Benefits to becoming a MORE rater:  

  • Stay current with the best evidence that has been critically appraised by methodology experts at McMaster’s HiRU. 
  • See what your peers are saying about the same article. 
  • Help build an evidence-based information service for you and your colleagues (Rehab+). 
  • Receive an annual summary of your ratings activity to include in your professional practice portfolio.  

If you would like to join us as a rater, please click on this link and provide your name and email address. You can also include the names and email addresses of any colleagues whom you feel would also be interested in joining us as a MORE rater. 

Please feel free to share this call with your networks as REHAB+ can only continue to exist if we increase our rater pool.  

PS If you haven’t already done so, we invite you to sign up for the free Rehab+ service to receive alerts of articles that pass the critical appraisal and MORE Rehab rating processes.  

If you have any questions about MORE Rehab, please let us know at morerehab@mcmasterhkr.com

We look forward to working with you! 

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Seeking Participants – Survey on Telerehabilitation

If you are a rehabilitation patient who receives or has already received their care via telerehabilitation or who would be interested in telerehabilitation you are invited to participate in University of Montreal survey on your experiences.

Duration: Approximately 20 minutes

To participate please access this link: https://bit.ly/Sondage_Patients_Telereadaptation_Patients_Telerehabilitation_Survey

Contact Dahlia Dairy at 514-343-6111 ext. 14691 or at dahlia.kairy@umontreal.ca for a paper or PDF version, or if you need help completing the survey.

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2024 IMHA Webinar Series

The Institutes of Musculoskeletal Health & Arthritis are proud to host their 2024 webinar series on patient engagement in research.

This is a patient-led initiative from IMHA’s Patient Engagement Research Ambassadors in collaboration with the PxP (For Patients, By Patients) platform.

There will be four webinars throughout the year, and the first will be about demystifying the research process from patient partner perspectives on March 21 2:00 pm – 3:15 pm PST / 5:00 pm – 6:15 pm EST / 10:00 pm – 11:15 pm UTC.

The priority audience is patient partners, but we encourage all members of research teams to attend.

More information is available here: https://pxphub.org/event/webinar-series-2024/

Over 200 people have already registered – don’t miss out!

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Post-Doctoral Fellowship Opportunity – Better Mobility Lab

The Better Mobility Lab at the University of Calgary invites applications for a 1-year post-doctoral fellowship with an anticipated start date of April 15, 2024. The candidate will investigate the quantitative and qualitative effects of a novel interactive video-based application for teaching walking aid skills to patients and clinicians.

The candidate must have a PhD. The ideal candidate will have experience in clinical trials and mixed-methods analyses. Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, statistical software, and referencing software is required. A strong publication record, experience with NVivo, clinical experience with walking aids, and experience investigating novel technologies would be assets.

To apply, please submit a cover letter, academic CV, and names and email addresses of 3 referees to Dr. Ranita Manocha at ranita.manocha@ucalgary.ca. The deadline for applications is March 10, 2024.

The Better Mobility Lab respects, appreciates, and encourages diversity. We welcome applications from all qualified individuals. Should you require a copy of this posting in an alternate format, please contact us as soon as possible and we would be happy to get one to you in a timely manner. We would be pleased to discuss and/or provide specific tools, resources or other requirements for day-to-day work, as needed.

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Survey on Telerehabilitation for Physical Rehabilitation Clinicians

Our survey on telerehabilitation for physical rehabilitation clinicians is now available.  This survey is part of a pan-Canadian study funded by the CIHR on telerehabilitation entitled: Avoiding pitfalls in virtual care: paving the way for more ethical and equitable standards of practice in rehabilitation, led by Professors Dahlia Kairy and Anne Hudon from the University of Montreal.

Here is the link for the survey:

https://bit.ly/Sondage_Cliniciens_Telereadaptation_Clinician_telerehabilitation_survey

Who is the survey for?

All clinicians who practice physical rehabilitation, including:

-Physiotherapists/Physiotherapy technologists

-Occupational therapists

-Spe3ch language pathologists/ Audiologists

-Neuropsychologists /Psychologists

-Vision therapists

AND :

– those who have used or are currently using telerehabilitation in their practice or;
– who are interested in telerehabilitation (even if they never used it)

Objective of the survey:

This project aims to better understand the rapid scaling up of telerehabilitation and draw a portrait of telerehabilitation telepractices in Canada in order to create tools to facilitate the adoption of telerehabilitation based on best practices from an ethical point of view. The results of the survey will help us identify obstacles, facilitators and ethical issues in order to support the scaling up and sustainability of telerehabilitation in Canada.

The survey is confidential and lasts approximately 15 to 20 minutes.

Please also help us continue to share the survey to reach a broad audience! Here are some ideas how you can share information about the survey, including a short informative video about the survey:

Thank you for your participation!

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Network Newsletter: Summer/Fall 2023

We are pleased to share the latest edition of the MSK Rehab Research Network Newsletter. It has been a busy and productive year for the Network and our researchers and we are excited to share the news with the rehabilitation research community.

Included in this edition:

  • Trainee Summer School Recap
  • Recent and Upcoming Events
  • Trainee Opportunities at UBC
  • Network News
  • Recent Publications, Presentations & Awards
  • …and much more!

Click to download: Newsletter Summer-Fall 2023

 

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Training Opportunity with Dr. Michael Hunt (UBC)

Dr. Michael Hunt and the Motion Analysis and Biofeedback Laboratory at the University of British Columbia is looking for a PhD student to undertake studies in the areas of clinical biomechanics or musculoskeletal rehabilitation. Possible topics include rehabilitative approaches to manage knee osteoarthritis, running injury research, and movement and activity measurement with wearable sensors. Funding is available for qualified applicants.

To register your interest, please complete an online form found on this webpage.

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Multiple Training Opportunities with Dr. Jackie Whittaker

Dr. Jackie Whittaker (UBC) is currently seeking two qualified trainees to join her prestigious lab. Please see below for details:

  1. Fully funded 4-year PhD in Rehabilitation Sciences at the University of British Columbia working with Dr. Jackie Whittaker (Musculoskeletal Health, Sport and Exercise Lab and Arthritis Research Canada) for a project that intersects sport-related Anterior Cruciate Ligament tears, osteoarthritis prevention (education and exercise therapy), knee injury rehabilitation, clinical trials, implementation science, and female health. For more information and to apply, go to https://bit.ly/3rtmGQb
  2. Fully funded 2-year post-doctoral scholar at the University of British Columbia working with Dr. Jackie Whittaker (Musculoskeletal Health, Sport and Exercise Lab and Arthritis Research Canada) for a project that intersects sport-related Anterior Cruciate Ligament tears, osteoarthritis prevention (education and exercise therapy), knee injury rehabilitation, clinical trials, implementation science, and female health. For more information and to apply, go to https://bit.ly/46qnpR2