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Dalhousie’s Disability
Management Certificate
T
he School of Occupational
Therapy has recently
added a new component
to its educational opportunities,
the
Disability Management
Certificate
. This series of four (4)
courses addresses specific objec-
tives relevant to the education of
prospective consultants in the
field of disability case manage-
ment and vocational rehabili-
tation. All four undergraduate
courses are delivered via distance
learning technology year-round,
and our course instructors are
highly qualified disability man-
agement consultants themselves.
While the main paradigm of
the certificate program is
grounded in the health, rather
than the medical model, its
conceptual basis has roots in the
biopsychosocial sciences. Dis-
ability management involves the
facilitation of a team-oriented
approach to provide effective,
efficient and safe coordination of
services required to assist injured
and ill individuals to attain their
maximum level of functioning
and ability to return to work. The
goal of the Disability Manage-
ment Certificate program is to
prepare teammembers to: provide
effective, efficient and safe coor-
dination of services; facilitate a
team-oriented approach; convey
understanding of the health
impact of injury and illness on
work; and understand and
integrate decision-making and
organizational skills in the
disability management process.
In addition, this program
responds to changes in work-
place health and safety programs,
legislation, regulations, and in
the health care system in general,
providing our students with a
cutting edge preview of the
practice of disability manage-
ment.
For more information visit:
/
healthprofessions/occupational-
therapy/programs/disability-
managementcertificate.html
Western School of
OT: going global
ACOTUP/ACPUE is a national organization
that promotes and develops occupational therapy
education and research with an understanding
of issues in a global context.
NEWSLETTER – ISSUE 19 – 2014
T
he 2014 Western University vision is “going global” in
education and research. The School of Occupational
Therapy (OT) has 20 years of established global
education connections in occupational therapy field placements.
For example, in the past two years, under the leadership of
professorAnn Bossers and the fieldwork team, OT students have
participated in placements in India, Scotland, England,
Singapore, and Barbados. Other international efforts include:
Norway
Since 2011 we have expanded global innovations in
graduate student exchange in occupational therapy, occupational
science, and international public health between Western and
two universities in Norway (Norwegian University of Life
Sciences and the Faculty of Health Sciences, Oslo Askerhus
University of College of Applied Sciences). Global and Local
Issues in Occupation is a three week intensive graduate course
in occupational science, offered to master’s or PhD students in
international public health, occupational science, health and
rehabilitation science, and occupational therapy. (Note: inter-
ested parties can contact Dr. Lynn Shaw,
, for
more information on graduate student registration in the Global
and Local Issues in Occupation course).
We are also partnering with Norway to expand opportunities
for graduate student research projects, faculty exchange, and
development of an international curriculum with a focus on
mobility in the high north. In 2012, faculty members Drs. Trish
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Dr. Sherrilene Classen and Lana van Niekerk showing the i-Des vSIM C200 SP
driving simulator.
