Our 2023 Agenda

Inspiring and Leading Collaboration Through Partnerships and Innovation

Speakers: Lynne Sinclair, MA(Ad Ed), BScPT and Maria Tassone, MSc, BScPT

Using the power of stories, Lynne and Maria will share reflections of recent collaborations, partnerships and innovations centred on the physiotherapy profession. Their intention is that participants will leave with a renewed sense of hope and inspiration for their personal and professional lives.

DATE
March 31 - April 1, 2023

LOCATION
Delta Hotels Toronto Airport & Conference Centre
655 Dixon Road, Toronto, ON M9W 1J3

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Session Descriptions

8:15 am

Evolving Practices in Physiotherapy: The Utility and Utilization of Imaging

Speakers: Jack Miller, BScPT, Dip. MT(NZ), MClSc, DPT, FCAMPT, Rob Werstine, BA, BSc, MSc, DPT, FCAMPT- Advanced Practice Physiotherapist

This highly interactive presentation will fully engage the audience in an inspiring discussion of the role of diagnostic testing within existing and future roles for Ontario physiotherapists. The program will present the expansion of advanced practice physiotherapy roles and the advocacy of professional associations in assisting this growth with a focus on Ontario’s current and future opportunities.

 Learning Objectives:

 1. Identify examples of how Physiotherapists can utilize diagnostic imaging and Laboratory testing to help patients and the health care system in Ontario

 2 .Identify the close relationship between Imaging and Laboratory testing and why these two extended scope activities complement each other

 3. Discuss advocacy opportunities for Physiotherapists to raise awareness that imaging is a valuable and necessary tool for Physiotherapists to help decrease load on Primary Care and decrease health costs 

10:15 am
Concurrent Sessions

Using the Arts to Make Your Learning Visible: Fostering Critical Reflexivity in Physiotherapy

Speakers: Martine Quesnel, PT, BSc, MScPT, Stephanie Lurch, PT, BScPT, M.Ed Adult Education and Community Development

What have you learned about yourself, your assumptions and their impact on others? Personal development is a story about how we change and grow. In this workshop, participants will engage in experiential learning through the arts to foster their ongoing development as critically reflexive learners and healthcare practitioners.

Learning Objectives:

1. Develop skills in critical reflexivity as it relates to PT and healthcare.

2. Integrate self-reflection, critical reflexivity and feedback to optimize learning and PT practice.

Physiotherapy in Primary Health Care: Improving Health Access and Outcomes

Speakers: Emily Stevenson, RPT, Praful (Binny) Handa, PT, MScPT Philemon (Phil) Tsang, MSc, MPT, PhD, Brian Pearce, PT, MScPT

The integration of physiotherapy in primary health care teams currently plays a key role in providing access to individuals who otherwise would not; the model of service delivery has continuously evolved to meet the needs of our communities, and the integration of physiotherapy within and across primary care in OHTs will be a key strategy for improving health outcomes.

 Learning Objectives:

 1. Understand the evolution of the model of care in primary health care teams to adapt to changing client needs, including the incorporation of virtual care

 2. Understand strategies in primary health care teams for providing the right care at the time by the right provider, when it comes to physiotherapy access

 3. Appreciate the role, and emerging opportunities, of physiotherapy in improving pain management in primary care

Experiencing and Responding to Microaggressions; Stories and Strategies Shared from the BBIPOC Student Collective

Panelists: Conner McQueen, BKin, MScPT Candidate and Zeina Abu-Jurji, BHSc, MScPT Candidate

This session will outline the perspectives of BBIPOC physiotherapy students in Canada to explore the lack of representation in physiotherapy. There will be opportunities to reflect on microaggressions experienced by BBIPOC students. This session will outline strategies to mitigate the effects of microaggressions from the perspectives of BBIPOC students.

 Learning Objectives:

 1. Explore why conversations about race/ethnicity are important to the profession and professional development

 2. To reflect on microaggressions experienced by Black, Brown, Indigenous, People of Colour (BBIPOC) physiotherapy students across Canada

 3. Discuss strategies to mitigate effects of microaggressions from the perspective of current BBIPOC physiotherapy students

11:00 am
Plenary Session

Exploring Ontario’s Physical Therapy Recent Graduates’ Experience with Resilience in the First Few Years of Clinical Practice

Presenters: Noah Mandel, MScPT, BSc, CSCS, and Logan Weigel, MScPT, BSc

Taylor Durham, BScHK, MScPT, Jessica Young MScPT, Matthias Purvis BScHK, MScPT, Shalom Okorosobo MScPT, BScHK, Euson Yeung, BScPT, MEd, FCAMPT, PhD, Melanie MacKinnon, HBScKin, MScPT, MClSc

The transition from student to independent clinician can be challenging mentally and emotionally. While resilience may help to combat this adversity, little is known about the levels of resilience in this population. This session provides details regarding the extent of resilience in new graduate physiotherapists as well as the factors that influence resilience.

12:30 pm
Rapid Fire - High Speed Research Rally

One Year Later: Adoption and Utilization of Telerehabilitation for Outpatient Physiotherapy Services. Perspectives from Key Decision Makers in Ontario

Presenter: Sharon Gabison, BSc, BScPT, MSc, PhD

Additional Authors: Abrar Patel, HBSc, MScPT, Kayla Teeter, BScKin, MScPT Aparnaa Nandakumar, BScKin, MScPT, Michael Arcuri, BAKin, BEd, MScPT, Raven Ridsdill-Miller, BScKin, MScPT, Alison Bonnyman, MScRS, BScPT 

During COVID-19, many physiotherapists utilized telerehabilitation (TR) to ensure continuity of care. However, little is known about the adoption and utilization of TR from a decision maker’s perspective. We explored the perspectives of key decision-makers contributing to the adoption, development, implementation, evaluation, and integration of TR in Ontario outpatient physiotherapy settings.

Towards An Inclusive MSc(PT) Curriculum: Mapping and Analysis

Presenters: Sarah Wojkowski, MScPT, PhD, and Faryal Zahir, MScPT

Additional authors: Jasdeep Dhir, PT MClSc(MT),TDPT, Jenna Smith-Turchyn, MScPT, PhD, Patricia Miller, PhD, PT, Aleema Tahir, MScPT, Katie Gasparelli, PT, Conner McQueen, BKin, MScPT Candidate, Leonardo Giron, BSc, MScPT Candidate, Tracy Blake MScPT, PhD

To systematically map existing learning opportunities, classroom activities and resources related to health justice and Indigenous Health that exist within the current MSc (Physiotherapy) curriculum at McMaster to identify additional opportunities to introduce, reinforce and apply these concepts.

The Development of the Assessment of Clinical Performance (ACP) 2.0

Presenters: Brenda Mori, BScPT, MSc, PhD and Sarah Wojkowski, MScPT, PhD

Additional Authors: Andrew Daly, BScKin, Kathleen E. Norman BScPT, PhD

Clinical education and assessment of students' performance during clinical placements are key components of Canadian entry-to-practice physiotherapy curriculum and important in developing entry-level physiotherapy practitioners. This session will describe the ACP 2.0 and report on the process used to develop a revised version of the ACP based on the 2017 Competency Profile.

Delivering Home Care Physiotherapy in an Increasingly Virtual World

Presenter: Pegah Akbari, MScKin, MScPT

Additional Authors: Alexander Djuric, HBSc, MScPT; Julia Meliambro, HBSc, MScPT; Edward Ludlow, BSc, MScPT; Bilaal Rasool, HBSc, MScPT; and Shivam Vyas, HBSc, MScPT; Courtney Bean BSC, BCsPT; Stephanie A. Nixon, BA, PhD; Sandra M. McKay, MBA, PhD 

This presentation will outline our research exploring first-hand experiences of homecare physiotherapists in navigated the transition to a virtual care model in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. We explore how roles and abilities to facilitate patient care were impacted and the themes that emerged through our semi-structured interview model.

Identifying Relevant Competencies to Inform an Indigenous Health Curriculum

Presenters: Katie Gasparell, BSc PT and Patricia Miller, PT, PhD

Additional Authors: Jenna Smith-Turchyn, PT, PhD; Joshua Grawbarger, BSc HKin, MScPT; Corey Goldberg, BCom, MScPT; William Shantz, BPHE, MScPT; Slava Kozlov, HBKin, MScPT; Christman Hsu, MA, MScPT; Brendan Dano, HBKin, MScPT

Health and socioeconomic inequities exist between Indigenous and non-indigenous populations in Canada. No review exists highlighting the Canadian physiotherapy entry-level curriculum requirements and how they compare to other countries. A scoping review was conducted to identify entry-level competencies related to Indigenous health (IH) across countries and apply findings to Canadian PT programs.

Presenter: Mina Mladenovic, PT Resident, MSc PT

Additional Authors: Lindsey M. Coughlan MScPT, Madeleine J. Simmons MScPT, Lauren A. Murray MScPT, Jessica K. Manuel, MScPT, Nicole D. Taylor MScPT, Callie Berlet, MScPT, Luciana Macedo, PT, PhD, Sinead Dufour, PT, PhD, Greg Spadoni PT, MScPT

This paper systematically reviewed and meta-analyzed the evidence on physiotherapy interventions for lumbopelvic (LPP) pain during pregnancy. There is compelling evidence to support the use of exercise, TENS, manual therapy, and multimodal interventions as first line treatments in order to improve patient perceived pain ratings, disability, and quality of life in pregnant individuals with LPP.

Physiotherapy Interventions for Lumbopelvic Pain During Antepartum: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials

Presenters: Kimberly Aranas, MScPT, Lina Al-Habyan, MScPT

Additional Authors: Narmeen Akhtar, BHSc, MScPT Candidate, PT Resident; Isabel Ng, BHSc, MSc, MScPT Candidate, PT Resident; Haleema Noor, BSc, MScPT Candidate, PT Resident; Mae Poirier, BHSc, MScPT, TDPT, MCISc MT; Sarah Wojkowski, MScPT, PhD, Jasdeep Dhir, BScPT

This scoping review examined existing Canadian entry-level competencies for physiotherapy related to health justice, and how these compare to entry-level competencies related to health justice in other countries.

Entry-To-Practice Competency Expectations for Health Justice in Canadian Physiotherapy Curricula: A Scoping Review

The Oasis model of aging well in community: Perspectives of a physiotherapist working upstream in partnership with older adults

Speaker: Vincent DePaul, BHSc PT, PhD

The Oasis Model was originally developed with older adults living in a Kingston apartment building. The Oasis Project Team have partnered with older adults and others to spread Oasis across Ontario and BC. Vince DePaul, Project Co-lead, will share his experiences as a physiotherapist working on this community-focused healthy aging initiative.

 Learning Objectives:

 1. To describe the Oasis model of aging well in naturally occurring retirement communities

 2. To share experiences and learnings from a physiotherapist’s perspective related to community development, program co-design, and interprofessional and intersectoral partnerships

2:15 pm
Concurrent Sessions

Developing Future Physiotherapists: Perspectives from a Clinical Education Lens

Speakers: Brenda Mori, BSc PT, MSc, PhD, Jasdeep Dhir, PT, MClSc(MT), TDPT, FCAMPT, Martine Quesnel PT, BSc, MScPT

In this interactive session, we will share perspectives from students, clinicians and university programs on capacity building, the learning environment and transition to practice through a clinical education lens. We will discuss how clinical education is key to developing our future physiotherapy colleagues.

Learning Objectives:
1. Share perspectives from key stakeholders about clinical education opportunities.
2. Discuss differing viewpoints on engaging and offering clinical education opportunities.
3. Develop strategies to build and enhance capacity in clinical education.

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From Frailty to Resilience: Best Practice Rehabilitative Care for Older Adults Living With/At Risk of Frailty

Presenters: Nicole Gallagher, PT, BScPT and Gabrielle Sadler, LSSBB, MScPT, BScPT, RPT

Physiotherapists, as a key part of the interprofessional team, are essential to addressing the needs of our aging population. This session will introduce physiotherapists to a framework that gives them the tools to provide rehab best practice care to the older adults they serve, regardless of location of care.

Private Practice – Getting ready for the future 

Speakers: Charlotte Anderson, MScPT, PhD, Owner ALPHA Health Services, Zeina Abu-Jurji, BHSc, MScPT Candidate, Courtney Bean, BSc, BSc PT, DPT (cand), Derek Debassige, RPT, BHScPT, BKin, and Jim Foley, BHSc PT

The Private Practice community has a front row perspective on the changing health needs of the community and the new intersection between private and public sectors. In this session, a panel discussion (student, sole practitioner, multiple clinic owners) will explore how change has impacted the private practice sector from the lens of their practices, what has been learned and what the path is moving forward.

Learning Objectives:

1. To describe the current context in the private practice sector.
2. To highlight the student perspective of this sector (Zeina)
3. To discuss the key role PT can provide in moving the health system forward and the interplay of the private and public sector.
4. To speak to the need for strong business acumen (need for support in building these skills)
5. To suggest opportunities to support the community of practice and ultimately lead to improved health for patients and communities

Moral Distress: What It Is & How to Respond

Speakers: Professor Tracy J. Trothen, FISSR and Betty Carr-Braint

Moral distress affects all of us. We will explore the meaning of moral distress, moral injury, and values. We will introduce some of the many ways that truth and reconciliation through an Indigenous lens, call us to understand moral distress as a community issue, not simply an individual one.

 Learning Objectives:

1. Discuss moral distress and moral injury
2. Explore values & moral factors that influence and shape values
3. Engage an Indigenous lens and Truth & Reconciliation

3:00 pm

Can physiotherapist-led, interprofessional models of care help address challenges facing our health system? A panel discussion

Panelists: Jordan Miller, PT, PhD, Tom Doulas, PT, Ian Gilchrist, PT, PhD, Susan Robarts, BSc, BHScPT, MSc, Emily Stevenson, RPT, Andrews Tawiah, PhD, MSc, BScPT

The health system is facing severe challenges with increasing demand for services and a shortage of health professionals. Our panelists will discuss current research and practice innovations involving team-based models of care aimed at addressing our health system’s most urgent needs.

 Learning Objectives:

 1. The latest evidence on interprofessional models of care using physiotherapists as the first point of contact.

 2. Approaches to designing and implementing interprofessional models of care with physiotherapists as the first point of contact.

 3. Common challenges, barriers, and facilitators to implementing and operationalizing interprofessional models of care with physiotherapists as the first point of contact. 

9:00 am
Plenary Session

Structured Networking

Learn from clinicians, owners, management, leadership, researchers, and advocates amongst our profession. They work across all sectors of the health care system, including private practice, home care, primary care, hospital and more.

Find out more about what it’s like to work with in different practice areas, including musculoskeletal, oncology, neuro, chronic conditions, seniors’ health, amputee rehab, and more!

Networking Guests include:

•  OPA’s President Oren Cheifetz

•  Board members Magda McCaughan, Kiera McDuff, and Susan Robarts

•  Leaders in the profession including: Charlotte Anderson, Courtney Bean, Derek Debassige, Jim Foley, Amy Hondronicols, Carrie Lau, Amanda Smart, Sarah Tam Lee, Sarah Wojkowski 

1:00 pm