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Newsflash
May 2009:
1.
May
28-30/09 McKenzie Institute will be at the
Drop by
booth 41 to see us!
2. Be sure to
visit The World Confederation for Physical Therapy new website: http://www.wcpt.org/
3. Great news! The Cochrane Library, as part of a pilot project, is now available throughout Canada to everyone with Internet access. As of April 15, and until the end of 2009, everyone is one click away from the wealth of information contained in the Library. Practitioners, researchers and patients alike will be able to make informed decisions what treatments work best. Thank you for signing our petition last year!
Visit www.thecochranelibrary.com and spread the word to your friends and colleagues about this great announcement. The more people who use the Library in the coming months, the better chance we have of obtaining a permanent license and making Canada-wide access a reality into 2010 and beyond!
Mary Ellen Schaafsma, M.H.A., Executive Director, Canadian Cochrane Network and Centre
1 Stewart Street, Rm 227, Ottawa, ON K1N 6N5
Phone: (613) 562-5800 ext 5224; Fax: (613) 562-5659
Email: mschaafs@uottawa.ca www.ccnc.cochrane.org
March 2009
University MDT scholarship for Graduating PT Students University of Toronto.
Congratulations to Samantha Roeland for being awarded the 2009 McKenzie Scholarship for U of T.
The challenge was to discuss whether The McKenzie System should be more widely used as a method of diagnosis and treatment in Canada?”. Samantha's response included references to the reliability and efficacy of MDT as well as its focus on self treatment. She highlighted the importance of classification and the prognostic value of centralization as well as giving some key references from the literature.
She has won free
tuition for the McKenzie courses Parts A thru to D. We look forward to
seeing more of Samantha as she makes her way through the course series.
Read her
winning entry
here!
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NOVEMBER 2008 **
Dear
Newsflash Recipient
International Journal of Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy
The
Editorial Review Board of the Journal invite you submit articles or case
studies for publication in the International Journal of
Stephen May
We are delighted to advise that Stephen May has
attained his PhD. This was achieved with his very significant work
relating to “Development of Aspects of Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy”.
On behalf of you all, I extend our sincere congratulations to Dr May.
MII Physician Courses
Hans van Helvoirt of our Benelux Branch has been appointed
to the panel of Physician Course Instructors.
The Institute has commissioned two additional
non-residential Diploma Clinical Venues:
1.
2.
Mark Miller has relocated to
Scott Herbowy will continue to be a Principal Mentor,
and Kimberley Greene and Michelle Spross have been appointed Clinical Mentors
to work with Scott.
New
We congratulate Eduardo Cordero of Canada who
has recently successfully passed the Final External Examination of the Diploma
Associate Faculty
The following Faculty have withdrawn from active
instructing and have been appointed MII Associate Faculty:
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Gwynne
§
Alessandro Aina,
§
Dimitris Chrysanthopoulos,
MII Faculty Appointments and Promotions
We congratulate the following Faculty on their
appointment and promotion effective
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David Vandeput (
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Anja Franz (
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Georg Supp (
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Greg Lynch (
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Reto Genucchi (
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Cora Aytona (
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David Oliver (
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David Pleva (
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Stuart Horton (
Rio 2009
Registrations
for the conference are on budget. For those of you who have registered,
we strongly encourage you to secure your hotel accommodation. The availability
at the Sheraton Rio is limited. If you wish to stay at another hotel,
please feel free to contact our onsite conference managers, Congrex (email mdtconference@congrex.com.br),
who will be able to advise you on alternative accommodation.
Head Office – Christmas Period
During the
period between Christmas and New Year, MII Head Office will be closed.
However, emails will be monitored and any urgent matters will be attended
to. The Head Office will re-open on
This will
be the last Newsflash for 2008. As such, I take this opportunity to wish
you and your families a very Happy Christmas and successful 2009. I also take
the opportunity to thank you for your ongoing support of our worldwide
Institute and Robin McKenzie’s Method of
Kind
Regards
March 2008: News from McKenzie Institute International
New Branch of McKenzie Institute International
We
are pleased to announce that effective
McKenzie Institute
Yoshihiro
Iwasada has successfully completed his Probationary Faculty training programme
and is now a Junior Instructor affiliated to our branch in
Associate Faculty
Helen
Macdonald of
International Education Committee
The
Committee which comprises Helen Clare (Chair), Kathy Hoyt, Nico de Bruine, Andrew Holdom, Stephen May, Richard Rosedale and
Grant Watson, recently met in
International
from Dr Ted Dreisinger, Chairman of the International
The International
We have also posted on the website research the
Foundation funded last year. We encourage researchers to apply for
funding in this current funding cycle. Application forms are available on
the Foundation website. The deadline for receipt of research proposals is
Ted Dreisinger, PhD - Chairman of the Board
11th International Conference in Mechanical
Diagnosis and Therapy - Brazil 2009
The
conference programme for
An outstanding panel of key note speakers in the field of musculoskeletal
medicine has been assembled and there will also be Grand Rounds sessions
involving all the key note speakers following patient assessments and
evaluations by Robin McKenzie.
Don’t forget to
mark “