Overview
The PT Cross Canada Checkups are designed to stimulate discussion and keep rehabilitation professionals up to date on the COVID19 pandemic and relevant research, initiatives, and resources.
The sessions are hosted every Tuesday & Thursday at 7 PM Eastern Time
To receive links to upcoming sessions, please e-mail rehabcovid19@gmail.com
Next Session – May 21 at 7PM EST
Topic: WCPT Briefing Paper and how COVID-19 and how lack of access to rehabilitation is affecting individuals
Speakers: Dr. Mike Landry & Phil Sheppard
E-mail: rehabcovid19@gmail.com for link
Session Reviews and Videos
2020.03.22 – Session 1
The Role of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation in COVID19 Response
Dr. Mike Landry, PT, MBA, PhD & Phil Sheppard PT, MSc, DrPH (Candidate)
Session overview: 2020.03.22 – Rehab COVID19 SIT REP – Session 1 (Role of PT)
Download Session 1 from Cross Canada Checkup Google Drive
2020.03.24 – Session 2
Telerehabilitation – Jenn O’Neil PT, PhD (Candidate)
Download Session 2 from Cross Canada Checkup Google Drive
2020.03.26 – Session 3
In-Clinic Emergency Care – Sandy Brennan, PT
Download Session 3 from Cross Canada Checkup Google Drive
2020.03.29 – Session 4
Physiotherapists in COVID-19 Assessment Centres – Mike Sangster, PT, BScPT, DPT, Clinical Specialist (Pain Science)
Download Session 4 from Cross Canada Checkup Google Drive
Session Resources
http://policy.nshealth.ca/Site_Published/Provincial/newsdetails.aspx?content.QueryId.Id=76730
2020.03.31 – Session 5
Emergency Preparedness & Response Principles + WHO / UKEMT Initiatives
Pete Skelton, PT (UKEMT/HI) & Bronwen Connolly, PT Critical Care (Queen’s University Belfast / UKEMT)
Resources From Session
2020.04.02 – Session 6
Cross Canada Checkup & Discussion
Dr. Mike Landry, PT, MBA, PhD & Phil Sheppard, PT, MSc, DrPH (Candidate)
There is no video from this session
2020.04.05 – Session 7
Quarantrain.org
Joost Van Wijchen, PT
Download Session 5 from Cross Canada Checkup Google Drive
2020.04.07 – Session 8
April 7 – New Challenges Demand New Initiatives: How Ottawa Valley Physiotherapy and Renfrew Victoria Hospital are Teaming Up to Tackle COVID-19
Patrick Cayen, PT, MBA & Jenn St. Michael, PT
2020.04.28 – The role of physiotherapist assistants (P.T.A.) and physical rehabilitation therapists (P.R.T.) during the Covid-19 pandemic in Canada
Sandra Lamb & Annie Bélanger
2020.05.05
Title: Impact of COVID-19 on Providing Physiotherapy Services to Northern Manitoba First Nations Communities
Speakers: Priscilla Flett and Allana Beavis
Topic: The speakers will describe the impact of COVID-19 on the provision of Physiotherapy services to remote, fly-in First Nations communities in northern Manitoba. The speakers will highlight the inequities in terms of access to Physiotherapy services experienced by these communities and how they are exacerbated in the wake of COVID-19.
2020.05.12
Title: CPA Board of Directors & COVID-19: Personal Experiences from the Present & Perspectives for the Future
Speakers: Viivi Riis, Amanda de Chastelain, and Jason Coolen
Topic: Join three representatives from the Canadian Physiotherapy Association’s Board of Directors as they speak from their own physiotherapist perspectives on what changes they are facing right now and where they anticipate things moving in physiotherapy in light of COVID-19. We’ll hear from those working in three different settings: hospital, home care, and private clinic.
Time: 7:00 PM EST
COVID19 Online Courses
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine – COVID19
Resources
Telerehabilitation Resources
Telerehabilitation Checklist April 2020
COVID-19 Up to Date Information
WHO COVID19 website for information, resources and situation reports
WHO COVID19 Dashboard – Up to date information on the number of people affected and deaths
WHO – Critical preparedness, readiness and response actions for COVID-19
Government of Canada – COVID19 Website for Updates, prevention, advice and information
Government of Canada – Epidemiological Data on COVID19
WCPT – Information and resources on COVID19
Canadian Physiotherapy Association (CPA) – COVID19 Resources
Role of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation in COVID19 Response
Research on COVID19
The Lancet – Offering Free resources
Cochrane – Special Collection: Coronavirus (COVID-19): evidence relevant to critical care
