Saskatchewan Physiotherapy Association
118 - 1121 College Dr # 118 S7N 0W3 Saskatoon, SK, Canada

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Thank you for all your kind words and support to our Award winners! We are proud of their achievements! Please consider nominating someone deserving for next year's Awards! We certainly hope that we will be able to gather all together in 2021 to celebrate the Award winners, and see everyone in person! Until then, take care and stay safe!

The winner of the Joyce Manton Award for Leadership and Professional Involvement goes to DR. SUSAN TUPPER! Susan fulfills many roles in the province, including positions in the Saskatchewan Health Authority in Pain Quality Improvement and Research, and Clinical Standards and Professional Practice; lecturer at the School of Rehabilitation Science; advisor and mentor for graduate students; and Chair of the Board of Directors for the Saskatchewan Pain Society. Susan is a propone...nt of evidence-based pain care, and has been involved in a number of ways. Most notably, as reported by her nominators JoAnn Nilson and Janice Block, Susan has been highly involved in the development of the recently validated and published "Pain Treatment Planning Questionnaire", for use with people who have bleeding disorders. Susan has led and developed pain education seminars for health care practitioners in the SHA. In addition to educating HCPs, Susan developed "Understanding and Managing your Pain", an education session for adult outpatients who have chronic pain and need assistance with independent general pain management strategies. Susan has also been instrumental in an initiative to further educate HCPs working in long-term care facilities with patients that have cognitive impairments and chronic pain. Susan is completing a Provincial Pain Assessment and Treatment Provincial Clinical Standard for the SHA with the assistance of a provincial multidisciplinary working group and is a wonderful ambassador for physical therapists in this arena. As Chair of the Saskatchewan Pain Society, Susan has been indispensable in the development of the SaskPain newsletter and website. Susan is very clearly a leader in the profession in our province by demonstrating a commitment to pain education for the benefit of Saskatchewan citizens. She is an exemplary professional whom other physical therapists respect and admire. Congratulations Susan on all of your successes, and on winning this Award! See more

Hello all! You should have received a survey in your email inbox from us recently regarding the use of tele-rehabilitation for primary physiotherapy services. Please take the the time to answer this short survey- we really want to hear your opinion on this popular and timely topic! If you didn't receive an email, or need it re-sent, please let us know! Surveys are due at noon on Tuesday October 27!

The physiotherapy profession is ready to discuss potential solutions: http://saskphysio.org//adverti/Physiotherapy_Questions.pdf

Learn more about the current challenges in accessing physiotherapy services and potential solutions: http://saskphysio.org/.../adv.../Physiotherapy_Questions.pdf

Learn more about potential solutions for improving access to physiotherapy care for Saskatchewan residents at http://saskphysio.org//adverti/Physiotherapy_Questions.pdf

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