Scientific Committee

Biography

Alison has been recognized for her teaching contributions and received the Killam Teaching Prize (2020), the Faculty of Medicine Distinguished Achievement Award for Excellence in Education (2014), and the Physiotherapy Association of British Columbia (PABC) Award for Excellence in Education (2012).

As the Associate Head of the MPT Program, Alison has leadership responsibility for the entry-to-practice Master of Physical Therapy (MPT) program. This includes responsibilities related to the MPT students, faculty and clinical faculty, instructors, and patient partners who contribute in the educational program. Alison is responsible to evaluate and develop the MPT curriculum and is committed to ensuring that the MPT curriculum is delivered in compliance with the National accreditation standards and is responsive to changes in health care delivery.

Alison’s interest in the use of technology in teaching and learning, and administrative leadership have supported the expansion of the MPT Program to a distributed education model with effective delivery of the MPT Program and its curriculum across multiple sites. She actively engages in and contributes to Physical Therapy national organizations including extensive contributions with Physiotherapy Education Accreditation Canada (PEAC) (Board President, Accreditation Committee member, Peer-review Team member, and Chair of the PEAC Standards Review Committee which developed the 2020 Accreditation Standards); subject matter expert committees for the development of the 2017 National Physiotherapy Competency Profile and the 2019 National Physiotherapy Entry-to-Practice Curriculum Guidelines; and Chair of the Canadian Council of Physiotherapy University Program’s (CCPUP) Curriculum Committee.