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- 12 Aug 2011
If we consider that disability is a social construction being located in environmental barriers to active community participation, then it follows that disability is a breach of our right to full community participation (a fundamental human right according to the UN Charter). Read more »
The New Zealand Rehabilitation Association is pleased to collaborate with the National Institute of Rehabilitation Research (NIRR-NZ) and the University of Otago Rehabilitation and Disability Research Theme to offer this conference which will focus on innovation in rehabilitation, and in particular applications of novel technologies including virtual reality, and other ways to promote engagement in rehabilitation. Read more »
William Levack has been doodling again. Doesn't he have anything better to do with his time? This week: Strawberry Shortcake in Year 2025. Read more »
- 03 Nov 2010
Halding et al. (2010) conducted a phenomenological study to investigate the everyday experience of living with COPD in a group of people attending a 12-week pulmonary rehabilitation programme. The results from their study suggested that the social relationships that form during group-based pulmonary rehabilitation may be of great significance for patients in terms of coping and wellbeing. Read more »
This month I visited the National Rehabilitation Hospital in Washington, DC, and posted video blog about the facilitaties available to therapists at this center. Read more »
One of the best presentations I attended at the recent 2010 ACRM-ASNR Joint Education Conference in Montreal was provided by Dr Jeffrey Kreutzer and his team from Virginia Commonwealth University. Dr Kreutzer and colleagues have been working for many years now on support and intervention strategies for families of people with acquired brain injury. Read more »
- 03 Nov 2010
The New Zealand Autism Spectrulm Disorder (ASD) Guidelines were published by the Ministry of Health in April 2008. This website was created to disseminate information in the guidelines on the recognition and referral of ASD. Read more »
- 03 Nov 2010
As someone who teaches health professionals about critical appraisal of research and its application to clinical practice, I was immediately interested in the content of this textbook. In my experience (and this of course is a massive generalisation) clinicians tend to already have a good understanding of general research design and knowledge about how to appraisal individual studies (e.g. randomised controlled trials and the like). What clinicians can be more uncertain about are issues such as how to distinguish a good systematic review from a bad one, how to read a meta-analysis, how to critically appraisal a clinical guideline, and what to do with qualitative research. Read more »
- 02 Nov 2010
Reviews of two post-World War Two movies on rehabilitation and community reintegration after acquired disabilities: The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) and The Men (1950). Read more »
- 03 Oct 2010
The AACRM prize ($1000 plus the cost of travel expenses to attend the award presentation) has been established to honour persons representing professional excellence in any area related to Rehabilitation Medicine in regional and rural settings in Australia or New Zealand. This prize is intended for use towards educational or professional pursuits, such as to attend conferences or scientific meetings. Read more »
William Levack
