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Service Provider Fact Sheet: Rehabilitation Services for People Living With HIV
On March 11, 2010, the Government of Canada ratified the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) at the United Nations, “reaffirming the universality, indivisibility, interdependence and interrelatedness of all human rights and fundamental freedoms and the need for persons with disabilities to be guaranteed their full enjoyment without discrimination.”
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Interprofessional course for rehabilitation professionals

Continuing educational opportunities for rehabilitation professionals continue to evolve at the Canadian Working Group on HIV and Rehabilitation. CWGHR’s Interprofessional Learning (IPL) course for Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists and Speech-Language Pathologists has been on offer in select cities across Canada for a number of years bridging the world of HIV, disability and rehabilitation. For more information on this course please see Health and Social Care Providers\Professional Development.

While this course will continue to be offered as we move into the New Year, CWGHR is pleased to announce its adaptation to an online version that will be offered in the spring of 2009. Now, clinicians from across Canada can access information related to rehabilitation in the context of HIV from the comfort of their home, office or anywhere the internet can be accessed.

The content of the course covers a basic introduction to HIV, HIV as it relates to disablement issues, the framework for working within the realm of HIV, sensitive practice issues, and the role for rehabilitation in care, prevention, treatment and support. This course will feature an evidence based approach, problem based learning and opportunities for clinical queries regarding HIV and rehabilitation in an interactive format. For more information on this course and how you can register, please contact us directly at info@hivandrehab.ca.