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If you have any interesting ideas or stories involving a therapist, event or Sport Physio Alberta, we would love to hear from you, please contact us at shari@runninginjuryclinic.com
Portable Tables
SPA has 6 portable tables available for rent. If you are hosting a course or doing a workshop that needs extra beds, this might be perfect for you!
$20.00/day per bed or $80.00 for all 6 beds/day.
Attention all students and physiotherapists: Positions available on Sport Physiotherapy Alberta Executive!
Our executive is proud to announce the opening of 3 positions available on the committee. We are looking for volunteers to help on our executive, if you are keen and enthusiastic we need you! We are especially looking for individuals who live OUTSIDE of Calgary. It is hard to provide services to all of our members when all of the executive currently live in Calgary.
Student Rep - Responsible for informing students of Sport Physiotherapy Alberta's latest news and events and helping to organize events and courses at the University.
Regional Rep - Responsible for helping to integrate Sport Physiotherapy Alberta's courses and events in their area through advertising and promotion. This position also involves representing members in the area and sharing their ideas with the board.
Community Events Coordinator - Responsible for helping to promote Sport Physiotherapy Alberta in the community by helping to organize various events throughout the community such as volunteering at local charity running races or sporting events.
If you are interested in sport physiotherapy, then this is a great position for you! The time commitment is minimal. Performing the duties of your position will not exceed a few hours every one or two weeks and attendance at meetings requires 2 hours of your time approximately every 2-3 months.
If you are interested in one of these positions Apply Now! Application requires that you write no more than a one page submission of your interest and involvement in sport physiotherapy, why you would make a good Sport Physiotherapy Alberta committee member and what ideas you have to contribute to the executive. Submit your application via email to Shari MacDonald, Chair at shari@runninginjuryclinic.com. .The committee will meet to discuss the applicants and you will be notified if you have been successful!
Feel free to contact Shari if you have any questions regarding the committee or your application.
Need to update your concussion knowledge?
A new consensus statement on concussion in sport has been released. The SCAT form (Sport Concussion Assessment Tool) has also been updated. See the Appendices of the article for the new SCAT2 form.
Consensus Statement on Concussion in Sport 3rd International Conference on Concussion in Sport Held in Zurich, November 2008 
At the Annual council meeting on June 1, 2008, the contact and combative sports categories were reviewed and revised as follows: For the Certificate exam the contact sport list has been updated to be: hockey, lacrosse, rugby, soccer and football. The combative sport list has been updated to be: wrestling, boxing, taekwondo, karate and judo.
Sport Physiotherapy Alberta continues to work to present the Sport First Responder course in Calgary and Edmonton. The Sport First Responder is now the standard required in the education programs of Sport Physiotherapy Canada and the Canadian Athletic Therapy Association. Again a reminder to all those interested in doing their Sport Medicine Certificate and Sport Medicine Diploma exams that as of August 2007, you must have your Sport First Responder Course to be a Certification Candidate. Once you are a certification candidate, you may then apply for your Sport Medicine Certificate.
Are you on the mentor list?
Mentors are needed to help certification candidates progress through the examination process.
A mentor is responsible for:
- having a working knowledge of the education syllabus and exam process
- determine the candidates current knowledge and skill level and suggest a proposed plan for the candidate to obtain the necessary objectives
- provide resource material as necessary for both theoretical and practical components of the syllabus
- meet with the candidate regularly (every 50 hours or at least every 3 months) to review and discuss progress and to fill out a progress report
- review logbook entries with the candidate and make recommendations for further pursuits
- make a recommendation to SPC on the candidate's readiness to attempt the exam
Sample mentor report and recommendation forms are available from SPC or in the SPC educationsyllabus.
If you are not on the list and are qualified, why not mentor someone and get yourself on the list.