Updates

A lot going on, especially in classes, but even more stuff outside of class.

• If you happen to read this in the next few minutes, flip over to ABC for the Bob Woodruff Iraq Special. It should be very interesting and I believe they will be talking about rehab of soldiers coming back from Iraq, hence the mention here. Here is a link to ABC Video, click on "Bob Woodruff: Re-Learning After Injury" or "Long Journey to Recovery" among others.
  
• On April 20-22 of this year, the APTA will be hosting a Real World Physical Therapy Seminar in Baltimore, MD. This is designed to help the transition from student to New Professional.
  
• Funds and other responsibilities are going to prevent me from going to this event but if you can get there it is definitely worth getting to. WCPT issues a warm invitation to physical therapists from around the world to come to Vancouver from June 2-6 2007 to participate in its 15th International Congress, which will be held at the Vancouver Convention and Exhibition Centre. If you register by the end of tomorrow you can save a decent amount of money (about $145 US).
• Journal Clubs are a great thing to get started at your programs or clinics (or anywhere else). Formats can vary greatly, but the general premise is a group of individuals sharing interesting articles that they have found or all discussing one article. This is something we currently do as assignments in class but with the importance of research due to the ever changing field in which we work in this is something that should be done more often.
• Who has a marathon on a Monday? Boston does... (I'm a Yankee fan if you couldn't tell)... I wanted to volunteer for this marathon but I have classes that day, grr...
  

All the best to you and yours!