ACOTUP - Newsletter - Issue 24

RESS RELEASE: Montreal:

To stay current with

what’s happening at McGill’s School of Physical &

Occupational Therapy (SPOT), check out the

School’s website

or join the group on

Facebook or LinkedIn.

All OT’s who plan to attend the CAOT Conference in

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May, in Winnipeg, please save-the-date for a McGill

Alumni Reunion wine and cheese! FridayMay 29 starting

at 5:30 p.m. – check out the details at the registeration

desk when you arrive. Come and reconnect with your

alma mater!

Congratulations to the first graduates of our interprofes-

sional, Online Graduate Certificate Program in Chronic Pain

Management, the newest of the School of Physical & Occu-

pational Therapy’s Online Graduate Certificate programs.

The program is offered in English and in French (graduates

completed the course in the language of their choice).

These first graduates come from a range of professional

backgrounds including occupational therapy, physical ther-

apy, nursing, medicine and psychology and are working

healthcare professionals from across Canada. Daniela

Frabasile, OT, explains the benefits of the evidence-based

skills, tools and knowledge she has acquired during the pro-

gram and how applicable they have been to her practice; her

comments and more can be found in this website video.

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challenges which were overcome included the translation of

all materials, group work and feedback for students in two

languages, creating a rich and interactive online interdiscipli-

nary environment, continuing education accreditation.

The program is growing each year, and the location that

current students come from now covers five out of the seven

continents. In addition, this program that is hosted by the

School of Physical & Occupational Therapy, is approved for

Continuing Medical Education credits in Canada and the

United States.

To the Graduates: May you continue to grow and excel

in the world of OT and the evoloving interprofessional world

of healthcare!

MCGILL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PHYSICAL AND

OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY

Sarah C. Marshall, Director’s Academic Associate with contributions from M. Slanik