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June 2016 Volume 22 Issue 3 Hello MSOT Members! The past few months have been busy for the MSOT Board of Directors! First of all, I would like to thank everyone who renewed their MSOT membership this year. I know that it has been a challenging time with the increase in COTM fees, but I am grateful to each and every one of you who have renewed or become new members this year. The MSOT Board of Directors is looking forward to continuing our advocacy efforts in the coming year! This spring, I had the opportunity to attend the Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists (CAOT) National Conference in Banff, AB in April. As MSOT president, I met with other presidents and executive directors from provincial associations. This year we focused on developing a national plan for resource sharing across provinces. In an effort to not duplicate resources and save time among our board volunteers, we have developed an online system for sharing resources, as well as a forum for staying up to date and in contact between conferences. I am hopeful that MSOT will be able to benefit from some of the amazing resources that have been developed in other provinces! MSOT hosted another successful OT Celebration Night on May 18 th . Thank you to all the members, clinicians, students, and guests who attended to support all the wonderful work that OTs have been doing across the province. We also want to once again congratulate the upcoming graduating class and wish them a great fieldwork placement over the summer! I hope each of you have a wonderful summer ahead! I hope you find some time to relax, take holidays, and enjoy the beautiful weather! Sincerely, Alana Hosegood, O.T. Reg. (MB) President – Manitoba Society of Occupational Therapists 1 In this issue: p.2—Occupational Therapy Celebration Night p.3—School Therapy Interest Group p.3—MSOT Board Volunteers Needed P.4 —Remembering Margaret Dickson p.5—Message from the College of Rehabilitation Sciences p.5—Team OT events p.6—Carfit p.7—Professional Development Opportunities p.7—Message from Student Occupational Therapists Update Enabling Ability by Building the Occupational Therapy Community. Connect I Enable I Grow
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June 2016 Volume 22 Issue 3
Hello MSOT Members!
The past few months have been busy for the MSOT Board of Directors!
First of all, I would like to thank everyone who renewed their MSOT membership this year. I know that it has been a challenging time with the increase in COTM fees, but I am grateful to each and every one of you who have renewed or become new members this year. The MSOT Board of Directors is looking forward to continuing our advocacy efforts in the coming year!
This spring, I had the opportunity to attend the Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists (CAOT) National Conference in Banff, AB in April. As MSOT president, I met with other presidents and executive directors from provincial associations. This year we focused on developing a national plan for resource sharing across provinces. In an effort to not duplicate resources and save time among our board volunteers, we have developed an online system for sharing resources, as well as a forum for staying up to date and in contact between conferences. I am hopeful that MSOT will be able to benefit from some of the amazing resources that have been developed in other provinces!
MSOT hosted another successful OT Celebration Night on May 18th. Thank you to all the members, clinicians, students, and guests who attended to support all the wonderful work that OTs have been doing across the province. We also want to once again congratulate the upcoming graduating class and wish them a great fieldwork placement over the summer!
I hope each of you have a wonderful summer ahead! I hope you find some time to relax, take holidays, and enjoy the beautiful weather!
Sincerely,
Alana Hosegood, O.T. Reg. (MB) President – Manitoba Society of Occupational Therapists
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In this issue:
p.2—Occupational Therapy Celebration Night
p.3—School Therapy Interest Group
p.3—MSOT Board Volunteers Needed
P.4 —Remembering Margaret Dickson
p.5—Message from the College of Rehabilitation Sciences
p.5—Team OT events
p.6—Carfit
p.7—Professional Development Opportunities
p.7—Message from Student Occupational Therapists
Update Enabling Ability by Building the Occupational Therapy Community.
Connect I Enable I Grow
June 2016 Volume 22 Issue 3
Occupational Therapy Celebration Night Thank you to everyone who attended this wonderful night! We were so happy to see attendance rise again to over 110 OT’s! Once again, Ace Burpee emceed the event and did so in fine form. This evening definitely celebrated OT’s in our province. It was also wonderful to have so many students attend! Thank you MSOT for putting on a night to celebrate OT in Manitoba!
The following is a list of awards presented: • Mary Judd Research Award: Jacquie Ripat• MSOTRF Presentation Awards: Katie Kitchen, Cara Brown• 25 Year MSOT Member Award: Susan Hales• MSOT Professional Development Bursary: Brenda Semenko• Team OT MVP Award: Lauren Casey• Outstanding OT Award: Katie Kitchen• MOT 1 Award – Most Inspiring Professor: Theresa Sullivan• CAOT Citation Award: The Department of Family Medicine of the U of M• Fieldwork Roster of Honour: Alana Zenert, Bronwyn Fontaine, Eleanor Stelmack, Glen Grey,
Jordan Friesen, Kelly Mark, Adriana Moreno, Elizabth Stoesz, Corey Chambers, AnnakaVermeylen, Chandra Rossnagel, Lynn Jersak, Stephanie Warren, Josée Meunier-Baillargeon,Tressa Carritt, Dayna Yurkiw, Ashley Kreml, Alisia Roos, Jessica Kiryluik, Monique Cloutier,Diane Nicholson, Jane Lawler, and Marla Booth Lulashnyk
• CAOT Fieldwork Educator Award of Excellence:o The 2015 recipient Carolyn Klassen(Bergen)o The 2016 recipient Danielle Harling.
• Award for Professional Excellence in Fieldwork: Angela Wischnewski
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June 2016 Volume 22 Issue 3
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School Therapy Interest Group Year End Meeting
This interest group is for Occupational Therapists and Physiotherapists working in the school system across Manitoba
Please consider joining us on Tuesday June 21st, 2016 12:30pm Lunch at Stella’s - 1463 Pembina Hwy, Winnipeg
1:30 pm (approximately) meeting at College of Physiotherapists of Manitoba – 1465 Pembina Hwy
Please RSVP [email protected] to confirm seats for lunch Topics include: knowledge translation, documentation and storage of files, and
open forum for questions and discussion
Volunteers Needed! MSOT is looking for:
• Current Affairs and Advocacy Co-Chair• Public Relations Co-Chair
MSOT is a volunteer organization dedicated to working for you! Consider giving back by joining the board!
Interested? Email: [email protected]
June 2016 Volume 22 Issue 3
Margaret Dickson
Margaret graduated from the Occupational Therapy program at the University of Manitoba in 1993 and joined the Seven Oaks Hospital Rehab Department in July of that year. She spent the next 18 years as part of the SOGH family. She lived everyday devoting herself to fulfilling the needs of others. Margaret loved her chosen profession. Her passion was working with “neuro” patients something she was privileged to do for most of her career. Margaret was truly client centered. She did not just “treat” people. She walked alongside and joined with both her patients and their families in their rehabilitation journey. A co-worker described Margaret as getting to know her clients inside and out. Her genuine interest in the people around her was always clear to see. Ever mindful of the individuals she worked with, Margaret’s smile and enthusiastic greeting brought a smile to the face of both her clients and co-workers. Margaret demonstrated what caring with compassion and integrity really means. Margaret was not just known as an excellent
and caring clinician but she was also known as a thoughtful and talented colleague. Many of the SOGH family benefitted from both Margaret’s talent in the kitchen and her creative sewing ability. It was not uncommon to find a box of cookies in the office or a treat left on your desk, fresh baked from Margaret’s kitchen. Margaret worked at Seven Oaks until her illness required her to take a break in 2011. During the time that followed Margaret kept close to her with the SOGH family at gatherings and pot lucks. As a tribute to Margaret her SOGH rehabilitation family has created a cookbook in Margaret’s memory. All proceeds from the sale of the cookbook will be allocated to a fund to establish a lasting memorial to Margaret at SOGH. If you are interested in purchasing a cookbook the cost is $15. Please contact Laury Jasper, Manager of Rehabilitation Services at 204-632-3158 or [email protected]
Submitted by Bev Lomatski, O.T. Reg. (MB) Manager of Therapeutic Services, Seven Oaks General Hospital
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“Eat…Sit…Share” “A compila3on of recipes in celebra3on of a
beau3ful soul”
June 2016 Volume 22 Issue 3
Message from the College of Rehabilitation Sciences…
Thank you MOT admissions interviewers!
A total of 231 people applied to the Masters of Occupational Therapy program at the University of Manitoba for the 2016-2017 school year. This is our highest number for the MOT program to date!Of these 231 applicants, 86 were interviewed in 3 separate interviewers (by a student, a clinician, and a faculty member).
The incredible support from the occupational therapy community is very much appreciated. Thank you to the following students, clinicians, faculty, and support staff who made this day possible:
Alana Konkin, Alexandra Moser, Alexandria Simms, Alisia Roos, Andrea Worcester, Angela Romanyshyn, Archie Cooper, Branigan LePla, Brittan Van Belleghem, Camilla Thorne-Tjomsland, Carly Gacek, Charmayne Dubé, Danielle Vigier, Ed Giesbrecht, Ellen Stafford, Erica Ramos, Erika Hunzinger, Erin Roach, Gayle Restall, Georgia Belanger, Jacquie Ripat, James Abbey, Jessica MacLean, Jillian Neusitzer, Jodene Neufeld, John Nyhof, Jonathan Przybyl, Julie Brown, Kale Lutomsky, Kathleen Vo, Katie Spooner, Kay Moliner-Garcia, Kazia Nault, Kendall Wilson, Kristen Stefanson, Kumuena Tekasala, Kyrsten Godard, Lauren Casey, Leanne Leclair, Leslie Johnson, Linda Merry Lambert, Lisa Diamond-Burchuk, Lori Muzychka, Margaret Anne Campbell-Rempel, Mitchell Paul, Nicole Vercaigne, Pam Bachewich, Samantha Pollock, Sarah Briggs, Sarah Hibbert, Sarah Walkey, Sherrilyn McLaughlin, Stacey McRuer, Stephanie Chu, Susan Hales, Sylvie Punga, Teresa Allison, Teresa Wong, Theresa Sullivan
Interested in interviewing next April? Send an email to [email protected] or [email protected] to be added to our “call for interviewers” email list.
Submitted by: Lisa Mendez, Chair Admissions and Selections Committee
Department of Occupational Therapy, University of Manitoba
Based on our knowledge, Team OT has participated in the following events thus far: CIBC run for the cure, October 4th, 2015 Reading in Schools (Shaughnessy Park School) October 22nd, 2015 Winnipeg Harvest, October 1st and 14th, 2015 Heart and Stroke Ironman Curling Bonspeil, Feburary 5 - 7th, 2016 Trek for Tourette Walk, March 20th, 2016 Gutsy Walk, June 5th, 2016 If you have participated in an event as part of Team OT, and/or plan on organizing a team for an event, please let us know ([email protected]) so we can promote your cause and increase the awareness of OT within the community.
Submitted by Lauren Casey MSOT MOT2 student representative
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Team OT Events
June 2016 Volume 22 Issue 2
CarFit: OT students learn to keep drivers safe on the road
Can you see clearly out your car windows? Are you able to reach all the controls and adjust the seatbelts so they’re secure and comfortable? For many older Manitobans, these are issues that can have an impact
on their driving. Last week a group of occupational therapy students in the College of Rehabilitation Sciences in the Faculty of Health Sciences at U of M spent an afternoon in a parking lot at the Bannatyne campus learning about these issues as part of the CarFit program. CarFit is an educational initiative that provides a quick, comprehensive review of how drivers – particularly older ones – work together with their vehicles. Originally developed in the United States, the CarFit program operates as a partnership between the Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists
(CAOT) and the Canadian Automobile Association (CAA). For Randi Vandale, an occupational therapist and CarFit coordinator, the program can provide help and tips for the older driving demographic. “CarFit often benefits elderly or aging adults looking for more information to help them drive safely,” Vandale said. “It could be drivers of any age, but usually those who are starting to question or feel a little bit iffy on the road.” Older adults currently represent the fastest growing portion of the driving population, with roughly 2.7 million drivers over the age of 65 on Canadian roads today. Research suggests that older drivers are among the safest on the road but as people age, they’re more likely to suffer serious injuries due to greater fragility. For Lisa Diamond-Burchuk, an instructor in the Department of Occupational Therapy, CarFit provides a comprehensive approach to what students are already learning in the classroom. “Students take the CarFit program as part of the Occupational Analysis course where they’ve been learning how to apply the client’s anatomy to the demands of the task and the environment of the car and how it fits,” she said. “This is the perfect way of pulling it all together for them because they have to consider the anatomy, they have to consider what’s required in order to drive, and they have to consider the condition of the car that’s being driven.” For occupational therapy students like Emilie Britton, CarFit also shows how they will be able to help their clients as future health care professionals. “It’s really nice to be able to see the skills we’re learning in the classroom and apply it in a real life situation and to see how clients’ disabilities may have an impact on their ability to drive,” Britton said. “It’s interesting that the ergonomics that we learned for a home environment can be applied into a vehicle environment.”
Written by: Marshall Wiebe (originally published in UM Today on May 2, 2016)
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Randi Vandale, Occupational Therapist and Carfit Coordinator, instructs a group of OT students
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Crisis and Trauma Resource Institute Inc. (for more informa+on visitwww.ctrins+tute.com)
Mindfulness Counselling Strategies— Activating Compassion and Regulation: June 16 & 17, 2016 Trauma—Strategies for Resolving the Impact of Post-Traumatic Stress: July 4 & 5, 2016
Save the Date!! Occupational Therapy Adult Mental Health Networking Tea: October 18, 2016, 1-4:15, St. Boniface Hospital, Education Building, The Parlour at 431 Tache Ave. Guest Speaker TBA In-person attendance only with focused networking opportunities Please RSVP: Amy Collins (204) 477-3125 [email protected] All OT’s are welcome. Further information to follow in the fall.
The Client-centered Strategies Framework (CSF) encourages Occupational therapists to use a variety of strategies at the Macro level with a view of bringing about changes that will enable client-centered practice (Restall, Ripat & Stern, 2008). Restall, et al. (2008) ascribe to Covey’s concept of a circle of influence and assert that a clinician can access her circle of influence to achieve Macro-level goals. The clinician can use their connections in the community to negotiate and collaborate with individuals with further or greater influence and connections, thus broadening the clinician’s circle of influence. The ultimate goal is for the clinician to access processes that occur at the political, organization and societal levels (Restall et al., 2008).
As part of our macro level project from our Advanced Enabling course at the University of Manitoba, our group of 5 OT students took on the idea to address stigma and clinical strategies that could be used when working with the FASD population. This was done in partnership with Healthy Child Manitoba and MB FASD center. A three- part presentation designed to inform future health care professionals of the issues faced by individuals living with FASD with regard to access to the health care system. The presentation was written by the group, and presented to all health sciences students at the University of Manitoba Bannatyne Campus on March 24th 2016. Seventy seven people were present, and the group of students comprised medical students, though the majority were Occupational therapists. In retrospectively reflecting on the process and project, we came to understand that, as students,we need to learn more about the FASD population, and about stigma surrounding FASD in order to be effective health care professionals and provide health promotion strategies.
Written by: Alana Konkin, Nicole Vercaigne, Lauren Casey, Shelly McNicol & Sarah-Michelle Senécal
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Professional Development Opportunities
Message from Student Occupational Therapists
June 2016 Volume 22 Issue 2
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SPOTLIGHT on OT SERIES: Are you working in a new OT position? Perhaps in a new position that is not specifically for OT, but OT is a great fit? Do you know someone who is contributing to Manitoba’s OT community through new and innovative strategies? Or maybe you just want to share your experience as an OT in Manitoba with MSOT members? Submit your story to [email protected]
Editorial Policy… the Update is published 6 +mes a year and is distributed the first week of February, April, June, August, October and December. Statements, claims and opinions made in ar+cles and adver+sements are those of the author or adver+se and do not necessarily reflect the views of MSOT members or execu+ve. Submissions are also subject to editorial changes.
2016 MSOT ADVERTISING RATES All submissions are due on the 10th of the month prior to the month of publicaCon.
Please email submissions to [email protected]
* PLEASE NOTE ADVERTISING RATES HAVE CHANGED *
Please contact MSOT to discuss your advertising needs. Email: [email protected] or call (204) 957-1214, Ext. 21
ONE TIME ADVERTISING:
1) Email blast to all MSOT members : $1002) Newsletter: full page $200, half page $100, small ad $253) Web post (in members-only area of website): $200/mth4) OT Celebration Night (annually in May): full page $300, half page $150
PACKAGES: 1) Email blast package: $250 (pkg. of 3 within a 6 month period, same ad2) 2) Email blast + web post: $250 3) Email blast + web post + full page newsletter ad: $350
