2016-03-19 05:42:36
Dose of reality
The OCA Practice Realities Panel held at the Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College in February featured a panel of field practitioners providing some real-life lessons in professional development and practice building. Members of the panelists included: Dr. Hillary Allen (left), co-owner of Cobourg Orthopaedic and Sports Injury Clinic in Cobourg, Ont.; Dr. Sarah Simison (second from left), chiropractor at Peak Health and Wellness in Brooklin, Ont.; and Dr. Scott Wilson (right), chairman and CEO of Physiomed, a network of interdisciplinary paramedical health clinics. Dr. Ayla Azad (second from right), a member of the CMCC faculty, moderated the panel. In the discussions, panel members emphasized patient-centred care as key to driving positive patient experiences. Education, confidence and accountability, according to Wilson, will also help build patients’ trust, which ultimately leads to referrals.
Global awardee
Dr. Scott Haldeman, president of World Spine Care, has been given the Distinguished Service Award by the Global Alliance for Musculoskeletal Health of the Bone and Joint Decade. Haldeman, a Canadian-born chiropractor and neurologist, was recognized for his achievements in reducing the burden of musculoskeletal disorder. The vision of the Global Alliance is “a society where prevention, treatment and care of people with musculoskeletal disorders is of a high standard and consistently accessible in order to improve the health-related quality of life for people with, or at risk of, musculoskeletal disorders.” Haldeman is past president of the North American Spine Society, the American Back Society, the North American Academy of Manipulative Therapy, and the Orange County Neurological Society, and is currently chairman emeritus of the Research Council of the World Federation of Chiropractic. The Global Alliance is an initiative of the World Health Organization.
Researcher of the Year
Dr. Greg Kawchuk (left), associate professor in the faculty of rehabilitation medicine at the University of Alberta, is the recipient of the 2016 George B. McClelland, DC, Researcher of the Year Award by the American Chiropractic Association (ACA). ACA’s immediate past president, Dr. Anthony Hamm (right), presented the award to Kawchuk. The Researcher of the Year Award is in recognition of Kawchuk’s contributions in fostering “the development, growth, understanding and knowledge of chiropractic tenets that have led to significant enhancement of the chiropractic paradigm.” The award was presented at the ACA’s National Leadership Conference held in Washington, D.C., from Feb. 24 to 27. Kawchuk also delivered the prestigious McAndrews Leadership Lecture at the conference.
New professorship in Newfoundland
Dr. Diana De Carvalho is the latest addition to the Canadian Chiropractor Research Foundation’s chiropractic research professorship appointments, joining Memorial University in St. John’s, N.L, as an assistant professor in the faculty of medicine. The appointment took effect November 2015. De Carvalho also has a cross-appointment in the School of Human Kinetics and Recreation The new professorship was made possible through a $500,000-donation from the CCRF, which supports clinical, biomedical and health services research, as well as population health studies, according to news release from Memorial University. Dr. Drew Potter, chair of the CCRF, said the recent appointment demonstrates CCRF’s ongoing support for chiropractic research. “Her work highlights the detrimental effects of our increasingly sedentary lifestyle and the need to support high-level research through the CCRF,” Potter said. In the photo are: (L-R) Dr. Heather Carnahan, dean, School of Human Kinetics and Recreation; Dr. Drew Potter, chair, CCRF; Dr. Diana De Carvalho, assistant professor, Faculty of Medicine; Dr. James Rourke, dean, Faculty of Medicine.
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