USask Medical & Physical Therapy Alumni

I was pleased to be asked to write a short piece for this second issue of the newsletter.  Since I retired and we moved to Gabriola Island in BC life has been good,  but I haven’t written much more than a shopping list in years.  Gabriola is a great place to live – beautiful ocean and trees, great [...]

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Greetings from Associate Dean School of PT Dr. Liz Harrison and Director Dr. Angela Busch Everyday we watch the progress on the new Academic Health Science Building project – the new home for the School of Physical Therapy!  All of us have been aware of the limitations in our physical spaces and know that all [...]

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  Ina van der Spuy                     Ph.D. Candidate (McGill), M.Sc.(P.T.), B.Sc. Hons. (P.T.), B.Sc.(P.T.) (Stellenbosch) Ina van der Spuy joined the faculty at the School in September 2010, coming from Montreal where she recently submitted her PhD thesis at McGill. The topic of her research was the identification of indicators of recovery following major surgery in the elderly. [...]

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Alison Matsyk Stapleford Physiotherapy, Regina Alistairs Wilson Courtside Sports Medicine & Rehab Allison Stene St. Pauls Hospital Amanda Baran Parkridge Center, Saskatoon Amanda Petrie CBI Preston Centre, Saskatoon Andrea Willenborg Royal University Hospital Angela LaFontaine Cypress Regional Hospital, Swift Current April Appleyard Victoria Hospital, Prince Albert Apryl Taillon Saskatoon City Hospital Arin McFadden Moose Jaw Union [...]

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2010 Provost’s Prize for Innovative Practice in Teaching and Learning We are very proud of contribututions made by School faculty members, Arlis McQuarrie and Peggy Proctor to an interprofessional project awarded this past fall. The interprofessional team from Physical Therapy, Medicine, Nursing, Nutrition, Pharmacy, Clinical Psychology and Social Work (U of Regina) were awarded the University of Saskatchewan 2010 Provost’s Prize for [...]

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My name is Myles Dmyterko.  I graduated from the School of Physical Therapy at the University of Saskatchewan in 2006.   Upon graduation I accepted my first job at the Regina General Hospital and I have been there ever since.  I currently hold a rotating position so my experiences have consisted of most areas seen in [...]

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Melissa Andersen Kimberly Ardell Kara Batty Danielle Blain Pamela Boechler Sunjit Chhokar Regan Cooley Stephanie Coons Stephanie Costron Katie Crockett John De Padua Lisa Evans MacKenzie Fast Melissa Fry Whitney Gervais Brittany Gillis Jim Guidinger Marlyn Hermanson Christopher Hetke Regan Hildebrandt Tanielle Hilderman Kimberly Hyde Danielle Johnston Karlie Kachur Janine Lange Steven Mach Leah MacNaughton Simone Mann Jocelyn McArthur Jamie Mucha [...]

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School of Physical Therapy Student Award recipients: Melissa Andersen:  V. J. Cottrell Award Kim Ardell:  J. Manton Award Kara Batty: Paediatric Division of the CPA Award Dr. Scott Butcher: Faculty Advisor PTH for 992 Major Project Award recipients Danielle Blain: PTH 992 Major Project Award Stephanie Costron:  PTH 992 Major Project Award Lisa Evans:  PTH 992 [...]

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   The School of Physical Therapy was pleased to celebrate the accomplishments of graduate Maralyn Hermanson this past fall,  our recipient of the Arthritis Society Talmage E. Hunt Gold Medal in Physical Therapy for 2010.  The award is sponsored by the Saskatchewan Division of the Arthritis Society in recognition of the work of Dr. T. E. Hunt in the establishment of [...]

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Your alma mater has finally joined the Facebook age with Angela Busch setting up a Facebook group for alumni of the School.  According to the networking website:  “Facebook is a social utility that connects people with friends and others who work, study and live around them.”  In the first 2 weeks of initiating the Alumni [...]

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