The Osteoporosis Care Gap:
Managing High Risk Patients

DATE: Friday, October 22, 2010
8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Holiday Inn Harbourview, Dartmouth

Topics to Include:

 NEW THIS FALL: 2010 Osteoporosis Canada Clinical Practice Guidelines
 Up to date information on osteoporosis, risk factors and diagnosis
The Care Gap: What we can do to help fracture and other high risk patients
 Nutrition for healthy bones
Exercise intervention for various stages of osteoporosis
Medications and supplements for the management of osteoporosis

Speakers:

Carla Purcell, nurse educator, Dartmouth

Sharron Steeves, physiotherapist, Moncton

Diane Thériault, rheumatologist, Dartmouth

Anne Marie Whelan, pharmacist, Halifax

Other speakers to be determined

Target Audience:
Family physicians, specialists, dietitians, physiotherapists, pharmacists and nurses
with an interest in osteoporosis and/or fracture care. Students in these disciplines
also welcome. The program will include break out sessions by discipline.

Space is Limited. Register Early.
Osteoporosis:
Closing the Care Gap
DATE: Friday, October 28, 2011
8:30 am to 4:00 pm

Holiday Inn Express, Charlottetown

Topics to Include:
• Up to date information on osteoporosis, risk factors and diagnosis
• The Care Gap: What we can do to help fracture and other high risk patients
• Nutrition for healthy bones
• Medications and supplements for the management of osteoporosis
• Exercise and physical activities for people with osteoporosis
Target Audience:
Family physicians, specialists, dieticians, physiotherapists, pharmacists,
nurses, and resident care workers with an interest in osteoporosis and/or
fracture care. Students in these disciplines are also welcome.

Space is Limited. Register Early.


Speakers:
• Shani Gillespie, Dietician, Murphy’s Pharmacies, Charlottetown
• Sharron Steeves, Physiotherapist, Moncton
• Diane Thériault, Rheumatologist, Dartmouth
• Yolande Mcgeoghegan, Pharmacist, Murphy’s Pharmacies, Charlottetown

Course Registration Fee:
• Early Bird Registration: $65 (before October 7, 2011)
• Late Registration: $75 (after October 7, 2011)
• $20 Early Bird or $25 late fee for registered university or college students

For more information contact: pei@osteoporosis.ca

We wish to thank Amgen Canada for providing financial support
towards this educational forum.

Mulligans Course- New Brunswick October 2011

This two day seminar deals with Brian Mulligan’s concept of the application of mobilization with movement (MWM), a new and exciting approach in manual therapy. Seminar participants can expect a syllabus high on practical application with a clear understanding of the rationale for use of MWM’s in both the spine and lower extremities.

 

Following this course, Physiotherapists should be able to effectively apply the techniques in their own practices and expect immediate positive patient outcomes.

This “hands-on” course is focused towards Physiotherapists who have achieved at least an intermediate level of experience in manual therapy and wish to broaden their skills yet further. Physios are advised to dress for a lab course and bring a mobilization seat belt for technique practice.

 

Course Text

A complete syllabus of techniques will be included in the course fee. Brian Mulligan’s text Manual Therapy NAGS, SNAGS MWM’s Etc. is recommended reading. Additionally, a further reading list, clinical practice guidelines and selected relevant articles will be made available to all students.

 

Listing of Canadian Mulligan courses and products is available at www.mulliganconcept.ca and pre-course reading references at www.bmulligan.com .

 

Tax receipts and course certificates will be distributed at the completion of the seminar.

 

Course fee

The course fee is $450. 00. This fee covers the cost of the course instruction, the course syllabus, and nutrition breaks.

Lunch is on your own.

Cancellation fee is $75.00 (Accepted up to 2 weeks prior to Seminar)

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Mail to:

 

Chris Mercer

Keystone Physiotherapy

P.O. Box 790

Moncton, NB

E1C 8N6

 

E-mail: cd_mercer@hotmail.com

 

Cheques Payable to: Chris Mercer

Registration Deadline: Sept. 9, 2011

 

Cancellation accepted up to two weeks prior to seminar date with fee of $75.00

 

LIMITED ENROLLMENT

REGISTER EARLY

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