6.50	Medical Rehabilitation

Director: Emily Etcheverry, PhD
Graduate Chair: Brian MacNeil, PhD
Administrative Assistant: Amelie Findlay
General Office: R106-771 McDermot Avenue
Telephone: (204) 789 3927
Fax: (204) 789 3927
Email: amelie_findlay@umanitoba.ca
Website: umanitoba.ca/medrehab

Academic Staff

Program Information
The School of Medical Rehabilitation currently offers an M.Sc. (Rehabilitation) degree program. The purpose of this program is to conduct and promote basic and clinical research directed towards prevention of disability, improvement and restoration of functional capability altered as a consequence of injury or disease, and alleviation of pain associated with injury and disease and primary prevention.

The diverse research programs and facilities of the School offer opportunities for graduate education in the areas of neuroscience, cardiorespiratory function, exercise physiology, musculoskeletal function, and human occupation. Through proximity to a range of clinical settings and strong collaborative links the program offers particular opportunities to engage in clinically relevant research. Graduates of this program have gone on to advanced clinical practice and administrative positions within the health care system. Because of the strong research emphasis, graduates are well prepared for doctoral study.

Fields of Research
The School has several diverse but complimentary programs of research in the areas listed above which are directed to: assessing outcomes of therapeutic interventions by single centre clinical trials; furthering understanding of the physiological basis of current rehabilitation clinical practice; developing new strategies to restore function or to substitute for functional losses, as well as to improve mobility and enhance physical adaptation to functional losses; developing new strategies to manage functional impairment; developing rehabilitation-related interventions to minimize secondary impairments and promote life long health; developing innovative rehabilitation interventions, including novel physical therapies and rehabilitation engineering products; and understanding the mechanisms of workplace injury, developing strategies to prevent injury and decrease morbidity consequent to work-related injury developing interventions for primary prevention of disease related to physical inactivity.

Research Facilities
The School of Medical Rehabilitation is located at the Bannatyne Campus in downtown Winnipeg. This campus is adjacent to the Health Sciences Centre, a major teaching hospital complex, with rehabilitation-related facilities for pediatric, adult and geriatric patients including physiotherapy, occupational therapy, rehabilitation engineering, prosthetics and orthotics. The school has a number of world-class research laboratories conveniently located in the Rehabilitation Hospital of the Health Sciences Centre and the Bannatyne Campus of the University of Manitoba.

M.Sc. (Rehabilitation)

Admission
In addition to the minimum course requirements of the Faculty of Graduate Studies found in the Graduate Studies Regulations Section of this Calendar, admission requirements include a baccalaureate degree in Physical Therapy, or Occupational Therapy, or Respiratory Therapy, or a baccalaureate degree in an area related to rehabilitation, and an academic record which meets the entrance requirements of the Faculty of Graduate Studies. Preference will be given to persons with an entry level professional degree in Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, or Respiratory Therapy.

Application Deadlines
The School of Medical Rehabilitation allows students to begin their program on either September 1 or January 1. For admission for each of these start dates, Canadian/U.S. students should send their applications with complete supporting documentation to the School of Medical Rehabilitation no less than three (3) months before the intended start date. Non-Canadian students should send their applications with complete supporting documentation to the School of Medical Rehabilitation to arrive no later than seven months (7) before the intended start date.

Program Requirements
Program requirements are those of the Faculty of Graduate Studies found in the Graduate Studies Regulations Section of this Calendar.

Second language reading requirement: None

Expected time to graduate: Two years

Ph.D.
The School of Medical Rehabilitation does not offer a Ph.D. Program

Ph.D. in Applied Health Sciences
The School of Medical Rehabilitation, along with the Faculty of Physical Education and Recreation Studies, Faculty of Human Ecology, and Faculty of Nursing, now offers a multi-faculty Ph.D. in Applied Health Sciences. Information on this program may be found in another section of this calendar.