| Conference Program and Abstracts |
| Keynote Address -- Dr. Andreas Laupacis, President and CEO, ICES. "Best Practices: National and International Perspectives" |
| Conference Address -- Professor Molly Verrier, Chair, Graduate Department of Rehabilitation Science, U of T. "Best Practices in Rehabilitation: Creation, Application, and Evaluation" |
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Musculoskeletal Rehab
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Neurorehabilitation I & II
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System-wide Rehab Practices
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| Dr. Cheryl Cott -- "Using Focus Groups to Examine Client Centered Rehabilitation" |
Ms. Mary Lewis -- "Coordinated Stroke Strategy" |
Ms. Mimi Lowi-Young and Dr. John Flannery -- "Determining Regional Planning Priorities in Rehab" |
| Ms. Deborah Kennedy -- "New Clinical Findings: An Exploratory Analysis of WOMAC" |
Ms. Sara McEwen -- "The Rehab Education Program for Stroke (REPS) Project: Overview" |
Dr. Mark Mason and Ms. Charissa Levy -- "Admission Criteria: Are We Speaking the Same Language?" |
| Dr. Sue Gowans -- "Ability of Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty Patients to Meet Post-Op Physiotherapy Goals" |
Ms. Janet Craik -- "Research Evidence in Stroke Rehabilitation: Enabling Environmental Contexts" |
Mr. Andrew Roberts and Dr. Carol Mulder -- "Data Warehousing: A Tool for Best Practices Research" |
| Ms. Brenda Mori -- "Relationship between Measures of Function in Pre- and Post-Op Elective Primary Total Hip Replacement" |
Dr. Rosa Ip -- "Traumatic Brain Injury: Long-Term Outcome" |
Ms. Rosemary Oliver -- "Home Safety Assessment and Intervention: An Outcome Measure" |
| Ms. Linda Li -- "Physiotheraphy Management of Low Back Pain: An Exploratory Survey" |
Ms. Lynda Dunal -- "Factors Associated with OT Workload in Chronic Care Settings" |
Dr. Susan Rappolt and Ms. Maria Tassone -- "Learning& Implementing Change in Rehab Therapies" |
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Ms. Gaye Walsh -- "Providing a Continuum of Care in Neurorehabilitation: Two Unique Programs" |
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| Ms. Tricia Harvey and Ms. Stephanie Elgie -- "MS Resource Referral System" |
| Ms. Jo-Anne Howe -- "Development and Evaluation of a New MS Health Promotion Program" |
| Dr. Kathryn Boschen -- "Examining Successful Rehab of Adults with Spinal Cord Injury" |
| Plenary Presentation -- Dr. Susan Jaglal and Ms. Jan Walker. "Epidemiological and Utilization Variables in Rehabilitation in Ontario" |
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Panel Discussion: Issues and Solutions for Enhancing Best Practices
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| Ms. Kathy Clarke, Ministry of Health and Long Term Care |
Dr. Michael Evans, Department of Family Medicine, University of Toronto |
Dr. John Frank, Canadian Institutes of Health Research |
| Ms. Sandra Hanmer, COTA Comprehensive Rehabilitation and Mental Health Services |
Ms. Patricia McPhail, Consumer Representative |
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*Note: Some presentations may not be available on this web page because of concerns over copyright or publication-agreement violations. Delegates may contact those presenters directly if they have questions.
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The GTA Rehab Network gratefully acknowledges the following organizations, which helped to make the conference possible:
Collaborators -- Graduate Department of Rehabilitation Science, University of Toronto; St. John's Rehabilitation Hospital; Toronto Rehabilitation Institute; and West Park Healthcare Centre
Sponsors -- Ontario Neurotrauma Foundation and Toronto Rehabilitation Institute Joint Program of Research
Exhibit -- Ontario Rehabilitation Technology Consortium |
