Webinars

Have you ever encountered a patient who you suspected was experiencing family violence? Have you ever had a patient tell you that a family member was abusive and been uncertain how to respond?

Many physiotherapists learned the 3-part model of evidence-based practice during their entry to practice education, with overlapping circles representing best available evidence, provider expertise, and patient values and circumstances. This presentation will discuss the alignment of these 3 elements, and importantly, present solutions for when they don’t align.  Is there a new way to view this old model to help us make better clinical decisions?

Dr. Roach will draw on her research related to how colonization, adverse childhood experiences and intergenerational trauma impact cognitive development and cognitive decline later in life, to increase attendees’ understanding of:

Social media use among regulated health professionals is increasingly common. With increasing activity there has also been an increase in concerns and complaints received by health profession regulators related to professional conduct on social media platforms.

When reading quantitative studies comparing interventions, it is important to remember the common sources of bias, and to be able to identify when a bias has been “baked-into” a study design.

This thought-provoking webinar discusses the issue of weight stigma in physiotherapy practice.

This session will raise awareness of medical trauma and the ongoing implications of such trauma among members of gender and sexual minority communities. Highlighting common missteps and providing practical suggestions for inclusive practice will help participating physiotherapists to adopt and expand inclusive language and practices.

Although it can be easy to identify when an interaction with a health professional doesn’t “feel right”, defining professionalism can be difficult. Can a person “learn” to be a professional? If so, how can we develop our professionalism skills? How has the concept of professionalism changed over time? How does culture and context factor into a person’s understanding of what it means to be a professional?

The first webinar in a three-part series on evidence-based practice. What is evidence? How do we know what we know? Is there one true, knowable reality? The first chapter of the series talks about the big picture of what we mean when we talk about evidence.

The physiotherapy profession became a self-regulated profession in Alberta, governed by the then College of Physical Therapists of Alberta, over 35 years ago. Decades later, does professional self-regulation still matter?