Over the summer we will be working hard to establish ourselves as a viable option for membership in the coming year. This will almost certainly mean some changes to the format of some of our existing modes of communication, including the newsletter and website. We anticipate our first newsletter as the PSD to come out to members in October of this year.
In the meantime, we will be doing our best to keep the content of our website as fresh as possible. We would still love to hear from you, our visitors, and enjoy receiving your feedback. More to follow in the coming months.
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Message from Gloria:
The first general membership meeting of the CAPM will take place on Wednesday May 28, 6.45 a.m. to 7.45 a.m. during the CPS Meeting in Victoria (May 27-30)
This is a breakfast meeting before the opening session of the Education Day which precedes the official Conference
We will be voting in the elected Board of Directors of CAPM and additional nominations are still needed (to reflect good regional and multi-disciplinary representation)
Please email your nomination by May 26 to Dr. Eldon Tunks at etunk@mountaincable.net.
You can also make this nomination at the meeting.
You are welcome to attend the Breakfast meeting, even if you are not yet sure of the benefits of becoming a member of the CAPM.
For further information, contact Gloria Gilbert , PT at gloria@downtownlcinic.ca
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While we're on this subject, for those of you going to CPA Congress, be sure to go visit our co-chair Neil Pearson for an eye-opener on the Friday morning of congress. We've got some breakfast nibbles for you, and Neil would love the opportunity to meet and talk to those of you interested in what the new PSD will have to offer. All for now!
]]>If you are interested in the reasons behind our new direction, I would suggest you either head on over to Dave's blog for a brief explanation, or look to our newest newsletter in the Archives section.
We hope you will all take the 3-4 minutes to complete the survey. The results from our first member survey two years ago were very promising, and we hope to surpass those results this time around. Let's make this dream a reality for all of us.
]]>Click on the 'Archived Newsletters' link at the side and take a look at our most recent offering. This one comes with some brilliant contributions from a couple of our readers. It really is a must-read for anyone interested in pain science. As usual, we welcome your feedback and contributions.
We're still looking for your submissions to our next newsletter! We know some of you have some great perspectives on pain and PT practice, and we want to share it with the country and the world. Please send anything you wish to share regarding pain and PT to Dave or Neil (email addresses in the right hand column) before November 20, 2007 for inclusion in our next newsletter!
We hope you enjoy the information.
February 19, 2007: The results are in!
Our online survey closed last week, with 54 total respondents over the month. Many thanks to those of you who took the time to provide us with your input. This information will be invaluable as we decide on our future course of action. The winner of the Caudill book has been notified by email.
The results were very encouraging. A summary follows:
All but 1 respondent were registered physiotherapists, with one respondent currently a PT student.
The majority of our respondents were from BC (31.5%) and Ontario (24.1%), with smatterings from other provinces: Saskatchewan and Quebec ( 7.4% each), Alberta and Manitoba (5.6% each), Nova Scotia (3.7%), PEI and Newf0undland with 1 respondent each. Internationally, we had 2 respondents from each of Australia and the UK, and 1 from each of the US and Egypt. Nice to know we have some international appeal!
53.7% of respondents hold a BScPT. 13% (7) respondents hold a Master's degree, and 9.3% (5) respondents hold a PhD.
91.3% of respondents said that they regularly access our on-line newsletter Nociception? This is very encouraging given the time that goes into producing it.
The question on our future direction was split perfectly between the three response options provided of a) become an official non-profit, b) become a Division of CPA and c) become a sub-group of the Canadian Pain Society. At an executive teleconference yesterday, the motion to move forward as an official non-profit in Canada was passed unanimously after due consideration of each option. We now begin the process of formalizing our executive structure and applying for federal non-profit status. More to come on this as things unfold, so keep your eyes on the website and the newsletters.
91.5% of respondents are CPA members, with 8.5% each also being members of CPS and IASP.
88.9% of respondents would support the CPPSG collecting a nominal yearly fee of not more than cdn$20. Look for this to become a reality before year's end.
86.8% of respondents supported the idea of an e-store being hosted on the CPPSG website, as an additional fundraiser (which will help keep membership costs under control), and as a way to showcase novel pain control products that have adequate scientific rationale. This idea will be considered further at a later date.
Finally, over 90% of respondents supported the idea of having the CPPSG provide web-based or teleconference-based educational opportunities and/or a national symposium with pain and PT as its theme. These ideas are currently being strongly considered, and more information should be available on-line or in the newsletter soon.
This is an exciting time for the CPPSG. Keep your eyes peeled to the website and newsletter for future updates.
Thank you for visiting! We hope you will find our site useful and informative.
The Canadian Physiotherapy Pain Sciences Group (CPPSG) is a non-profit group of like-minded Physiotherapists in Canada who share a passion for understanding and managing pain and pain-related disability.
Our Mission:
“The Canadian Physiotherapy Pain Sciences Group is firmly committed to helping all members of the physiotherapy profession and the public face the challenge of pain by facilitating, promoting and distributing science-based understanding, education and creative solutions.”The goals of the CPPSG are:
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