March 30, Toronto, Ont. – On March 24, CMCC held it’s annual Practice OpportUnity event at the Holiday Inn, Markham, Ont. Discussion panels this year, focused on topics involving practice realities and encompassing inter-professional collaboration.
The day featured a number of guest speakers from various health care disciplines, including keynote speaker, Dr. Heather Tick, MA, MD.
First on the agenda, was the Practice Realities Panel Discussion session, hosted by the Ontario Chiropractic Association. Drs. Adam Bletsoe, Tejinderpaul Dhotar, Farah Hirani Esmail and Shima Shahidy guided this discussion moderated by Dr. Moez Rajwani. These chiropractors offered insights gleaned from their own integrative practice paradigms and their work with practitioners from other disciplines.
A variety of practice issues for graduating DCs to consider were put forth for the benefit of fourth year chiropractic students, as well as students of all levels.
The morning session was followed by the keynote address given by Dr. Heather Tick, an integrative medical practitioner and Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of Arizona, Department of Family and Community Medicine. Dr. Tick’s work is centered on the integrative treatment of chronic pain, and it was from this that she drew to support her formidable and informative presentation.
Dr. Tick was also a panel member for the afternoon discussion on interprofessional collaboration. Other panel members were Dr. Karen Weyman (Assistant Professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto), Dr. Jaan Reitav (clinical psychologist and Professor in the department of clinical diagnosis at CMCC), Dr. Brian Budgell, (chiropractor, Professor and researcher at CMCC) and Dr. Linda Woodhouse, (physiotherapist and Assistant Professor in the School of Rehabilitation Science at McMaster University). The discussion was moderated by Drs. Deborah Kopansky-Giles and John Triano.
The panel was given two case studies in pain management and was asked to demonstrate principles of interprofessional collaboration by approaching both cases as a team. Some points that were made for the audience dealt with defining reasonable goals, recognizing and harnessing alliances that the patient has established with at least one care giver on the team, focusing on function when developing treatment strategies, and finding ways to support and help the family in dealing with the patient’s problems.
The event also included an extensive trade show consisting of products and services that support the chiropractic profession, and featuring a number of chiropractic practitioners from across Canada seeking associates in practice.
Practice OpportUnity '10 was a busy undertaking that was well attended and informative for students, practitioners and guests alike.
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