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PRESS RELEASE
: Montreal: To stay current with what’s
happening at McGill’s School of Physical & Occupational
Therapy (SPOT), check out the School’s website
www.mcgill.ca/spotor join the group on Facebook or
LinkedIn.
Dr. Annette Majnemer
, Director of SPOT and Vice-
Dean (Education - Faculty of Medicine) will be leading a
Canadian network on chil-
dren with brain development
problems. She and her team
have secured funding to the
tune of $25 million from
CIHR and other sources for
the CHILDBRIGHT network
project.
NEWS FROM McGILL UNIVERSITY
ing members of the health care community due to over-
coming and continuing to overcome their own obstacles.
In relation to this, I was amazed and inspired to see the ex-
citing new areas that OT is emerging into, including being
leaders in addressing poverty, homelessness, "sanism", and
weight bias.” -
Annie Mo, Year 2 McMaster MSc(OT) Stu-
dent
“The 2016 CAOT conference was an amazing oppor-
tunity to connect with clinicians from across the country,
as well as fellow students. Presentations at the conference
were inspirational, informative and thought-provoking. The
opportunity to learn about current research within the oc-
cupational therapy profession was invaluable.” -
Chelsea
Tidd, Year 1 McMaster MSc(OT) Student
“Although paper presentations and posters were com-
pleted on specific topics related to occupational therapy
practice (ex. client population, practice context, diagnosis),
I found that key messages were able to be applied to the
profession as a whole as well as my own student practice.
A number of sessions I attended focused on client engage-
ment and participation in addition to advocating to other
stakeholders within the therapeutic process. These sessions
in particular provided information related to strategic goal
setting (HARD collaborative goal setting tool) as well as es-
tablishing a framework for supporting student mental health
within public and private institutions. I was able to utilize
the research reported in such sessions to address my own
learning needs with respect to my student- and future-prac-
tice initiatives.” –
Holly Robson, Year 2 McMaster
MSc(OT) Student
The Year 1 students were
permitted to take time from
their clinical fieldwork experi-
ence to attend conference, but
both were encouraged to at-
tend specific sessions relevant
to the practice area from their
practicum. Thus, the sites bene-
fitted with the students return-
ing to practicum with information to share with their
preceptor and other team members.
All students supported by awards were expected to
share their experiences with their peers and their applica-
tions indicated a variety of approaches for doing this –
blogs, presentations, and a YouTube video were all pro-
posed and implemented.
The awards represent a way to set the stage for lifelong
learning and engagement with the profession. It is our hope
that these travel
awards will be-
come an annual
offering to sup-
port students in
their develop-
ment as occupa-
tional therapists.