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GP035: Year in Review on Balance with Phil Sheppard

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Tune in as Krysta and Phil reflect on what 2019 was like for them both personally and professionally. They talk about lessons they learned and how they will apply them in 2020. They also discuss the important topic of barriers to participate in global health (GH) work. From financial, to social, to self-imposed pressures. Phil provides insights into how he overcame these barriers to really seize a career in GH work. Thank you all for another amazing year for the Global Physio Podcast!!!

Contact me: globalphysiopodcast@gmail.com
Thank you to the Global Health Division (our sponsor): https://physiotherapy.ca/divisions/global-health-division

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GP034: Train the Trainer with Anik Goulet

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Anik has had an extensive career in Global Health from her first experiences in Haiti, to Afghanistan, Kenya, and more. Her career has the common thread of education including clinical education and training the trainer. Her description of what life can be like on deployment is both captivating and informative. Through her global health work she has gained a deep appreciation for her life and continues to work towards improving health globally. Don’t miss out on this wonderful episode!

Resources:
Anik Goulet’s e-mail: anikgoulet(at)gmail.com
Krysta Wark’s e-mail: globalphysiopodcast(at)gmail.com
Global Health Division (our sponsor): https://physiotherapy.ca/divisions/global-health-division

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GP033: Health Governance with Dr. Raphael Lencucha

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Raphael has done extensive work in the area of health policy and governance including mental health policy in Canada and Tobacco Control Policy across many countries such as Brazil, Philippines, Zambia, Kenya, Malawi, Indonesia and is recently starting a project in Mozambique and Zimbabwe. In this episode you will learn about health governance and how we as rehabilitation professionals can influence policy. We cover the very important topic of mental health and agree that everyone who works with people needs to consider the psychosocial component of the individuals they are working with. He emphasizes the special ability of rehabilitations professionals to understand the environment in which an individual lives and how to optimize their participation in activities of daily living.

His participation in research started through the study of social relationships of individuals living with schizophrenia. He went on to develop an interest in tobacco control and how this impacted public health. He passionately discusses trends in tobacco control and that there is often a pursuit of profits over public health. You absolutely cannot skip this episode! A very informative interview filled with captivating insights.

Resources:

To e-mail Krysta: globalphysiopodcast(at)gmail.com

Our amazing and official sponsor: https://physiotherapy.ca/divisions/global-health-division

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GP032: Bioethical Considerations with Dr. Matthew Hunt

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Follow along as Matt describes his career trajectory in Global Health and how he ended up researching bioethics. He shares many words of wisdom and excellent advice for anyone pursuing a career in Global Health and humanitarian work.

Resources mentioned:

Here are some books about rehab and ethics:

Kornblau, B. L., & Burkhardt, A. (2012). Ethics in rehabilitation: a clinical perspective. Slack Incorporated.

Purtilo, R., Jensen, G. M., & Royeen, C. B. (2005). Educating for moral action: A sourcebook in health and rehabilitation ethics.

And about global health ethics:

Pinto, A. D., & Upshur, R. E. (2013). An introduction to global health ethics. Routledge.

Benatar, S., & Brock, G. (Eds.). (2011). Global health and global health ethics. Cambridge University Press.

Website Matt mentions that covers health ethics geared towards humanitarian aid: www.humanitarianhealthethics.net

To e-mail Krysta: globalphysiopodcast(at)gmail.com

Our amazing and official sponsor: https://physiotherapy.ca/divisions/global-health-division

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GP031: Evaluating Health Equity with Chantal Camden

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Chantal Camden discusses her efforts in helping provide equitable access to health services for children. She enlightens us on the various barriers to access of services that some children might face and it may surprise you that it’s not just financial and location dependent. She talks about a project she is working on to help remove some of these barriers. We ultimately discuss health equity. The World Health Organization states that health equity means: “ideally everyone should have a fair opportunity to attain their full health potential and that no one should be disadvantaged from achieving this potential.”

To participate in the research study we discuss on the episode, please follow this link:
https://is.gd/SCOOPPPSTUDY

To e-mail Chantal: chantal.camden(at)usherbrooke.ca
To e-mail Krysta: globalphysiopodcast(at)gmail.com

Our amazing and official sponsor: https://physiotherapy.ca/divisions/global-health-division

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GP030: From Field Work to Research with Mathieu Simard

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Mathieu is currently working on a PhD at McGill University in Canada. He has ample experience working in Global Health and his experiences led him to a desire to answer a big question in his research. Join our conversation as he depicts his research and gives incredible nuggets of wisdom for those pursuing a career in Global Health.

Resources mentioned:

Career website: https://reliefweb.int/jobs

It can be searched with specifications (always good to filter physical therapy, physiotherapy and rehabilitation since the search engine does not gather them under a single search tree. It is also possible to search by level of experience, regions or countries, organisation, etc).

Humanity and Inclusion (HI) website, Canada section:  https://hi-canada.org/en/index
International Medical Corps: https://internationalmedicalcorps.org
Rehabilitation International: http://www.riglobal.org
Global Health Division of the Canadian Physiotherapy Association: https://physiotherapy.ca/divisions/global-health-division
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GP029: Burden of Disease with James Bardy

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James draws on years of experience in Global Health (GH) as an Occupational Therapist to depict to the listener specifics of his GH work with NepalAbility and the burden of disease in Nepal. We go on to discuss how this applies not just to Nepal, but on a global scale.

NepalAbility website: http://www.nepalability.org
Global Health Division website: https://physiotherapy.ca/divisions/global-health-division
To buy Hilary Crowley’s new book, e-mail her here: hcrowley@mag-net.com
To learn more about Samuha: www.samuha.ca

My e-mail: globalphysiopodcast@gmail.com

 

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GP028: Career Progression with Michèle Goulet

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Michèle describes her progression from working as a registered nurse in Canada, to working for Médicins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) abroad, to now going back to school for a Masters of Public Health degree at the University of British Columbia in Canada. She describes the benefit of consolidating her skills working in Canada first prior to working abroad in both Haiti and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Following these two deployments, she decided to return back to Canada to complete her degree in Public Health. She explains why she chose to do this degree and what she’s learned so far. We’re excited to hear where her career will take her next!

Resources:

Homepage

Official Sponsor of the podcast: The Global Health Division of the CPA 
https://physiotherapy.ca/divisions/global-health-division

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GP027: Health Coaching with Dr. Crystal Frazee

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We delve into what health coaching is, how it helps your clients and how you can get into health coaching right away and in the future. Dr. Crystal Frazee is passionate about helping women with pain. She has many skills that she implements in her practice, including health coaching.

I also take the time to open up to you, the listeners. I ask you to please e-mail me (globalphysiopodcast@gmail.com) text or audio files telling me how you faced your fears and what resulted from that. I would love to hear from you all!

Resources shared:

Books: 
Trainings:
Affordable, for health care providers. Great for serving the general population. Very strong in coaching communication skills.
Women’s health coaching using an integrative medicine approach
Health and Wellness Coaching Website:
https://ichiwc.org
Contact Crystal: crystal@mindfulpainrelief.org or visit www.mindfulpainrelief.org

Official Sponsors: The Global Health Division of the CPA 
https://physiotherapy.ca/divisions/global-health-division

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GP026: Global Physiotherapy with Dr. Emma Stokes

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Join the president of the World Confederation of Physical Therapy (WCPT), Dr. Emma Stokes, as she discusses the importance of professional associations, global policy change, young physiotherapists as leaders and where she sees physiotherapy in the future. We discuss some of the many initiatives WCPT is working on and mention the Database of Volunteers and Experts (DOVEs). This interview is bound to inspire you! You could run into Emma and many other incredible physiotherapists in Geneva, Switzerland at this year’s WCPT Congress. Thanks for listening!

Resources:
https://www.wcpt.org/doves
https://www.wcpt.org
https://www.wcpt.org/congress
https://physiotherapy.ca/divisions/global-health-division