Abstract
Work Disability Prevention (WDP), a recently recognized major health related social and financial burden, is in need of recognition and diffusion in search of appropriate solutions. Taking an opportunity given by a call for proposals from the Canadian Institutes for Health Research (CIHR), a team of researchers have developed an innovative training program in WDP. This transdisciplinary program, first worldwide in this field, was built by a Canadian team of researchers and funded by CIHR for two consecutive 6 years period, first located at the Université de Sherbrooke (Québec) then at the University of Toronto (Dalla Lana School of Public Health). The training program has rapidly gained an international recognition, recruiting advanced trainees from diverse disciplines and more than 15 countries in 4 continents. The program gives free education to the accepted trainees (PhD applicant level or higher), adding to the depth of their disciplinary knowledge the width of WDP. The part-time training program, mainly based on three consecutive summer sessions with preparatory e-courses, addresses many WDP topics and the following themes: methodological, socio-political, and ethical challenges. The team of more than 30 mentors is now also international from North America and Europe. Another recent starting educational effort is a training program for return to work coordinators based on validated competencies and given at the Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College in Toronto.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Similar content being viewed by others
Notes
- 1.
Institut de Recherche Robert Sauvé en Santé et Sécurité du Travail (IRSST), Réseau de Recherche en Réadaptation du Québec (REPAR), Fonds de Recherche en Santé du Québec (FRSQ).
References
Annulaire national des universités. (2001). Conférence des présidents d’université. France: L’Etudiant.
Buchbinder, R., Jolley, D., & Wyatt, M. (2001). Population based intervention to change back pain beliefs and disability: Three part evaluation. BMJ, 322, 1516–1520.
Certified Professional Disability Manager. (2012). Insurance Education Institute and the Disability Management Employer Coalition. Retrieved February 26, 2012, from http://www.ieatraining.com/programs.
Commonwealth Universities Yearbook. (2000). A directory to the universities of the commonwealth and the handbook of their association (p. 2000). London: John Foster House.
de Freitas, L., Morin, E., Nicolescu, B. (2012). Charter of Transdisciplinarity. International Center for Transdisciplinary Research, adopted at the First World Congress of Transdisciplinarity, Convento da Arrábida, Portugal, November 2–6, 1994. Retrieved February 25, 2012, from http://nicol.club.fr/ciret/english/charten.htm.
Gardner, B. T., Pransky, G., Shaw, W. S., Hong, Q. N., & Loisel, P. (2010). Researcher perspectives on competencies of return-to-work coordinators. Disability and Rehabilitation, 32(1), 72–78.
Henri, F., & Lundgren-Cayrol, K. (2001). Apprentissage collaboratif `a distance: Pour comprendre et concevoir les environnements d’apprentissage virtuels. Sainte-Foy: Presses de l’Université du Québec.
Holtzblatt, K., & Jones, S. (1993). Contextual inquiry: A participatory technique for system design. In D. Schuler & A. Namioka (Eds.), Participatory design: Principles and practices (pp. 177–210). Hillsdale: Erlbaum.
Lasnier, F. (2000). Réussir la formation par compétences. Montréal: Editions Guérin.
Loisel, P., Côté, P., Durand, M.J., Franche, R.L., Sullivan, M., Arsenault, B. et al. (2005). Training the next generation of researchers in work disability prevention: the canadian work disability prevention CIHR strategic training program. Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation, 15(3), 273–284.
Loisel, P., Hong, Q. N., Imbeau, D., Lippel, K., Guzman, J., MacEachen, E., & Anema, J. R. (2009). The Work Disability Prevention CIHR Strategic Training Program: Program performance after five years of implementation. Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation, 19(1), 1–7.
National Institute on Disability Management and Research. (1999). Occupational standards in disability management: Establishing criteria for excellence in Canada. Victoria: NIDMAR.
Pransky, G., Shaw, W. S., Loisel, P., Hong, Q. N., & Desorcy, B. (2009). Development and validation of competencies for return to work coordinators. Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation, 20(1), 41–48. doi:10.1007/s10926-009-9208-x (published online October 13, 2009.
Training for Return to Work Coordinators. (2012). Worksafe Victoria. Retrieved February 26, 2012, from http://www.worksafe.vic.gov.au/wps/wcm/connect/wsinternet/WorkSafe/Home/Returning+to+Work/return-to-work-coordinators/training-for-rtw-coordinators/.
Work Disability Prevention Program, Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College. (2012). Retrieved February 26, 2012, from http://www.cmcc.ca/page.aspx?pid=1020.
Work Disability Prevention Program, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto. (2012). Retrieved February 26, 2012, from http://www.training.wdpcommunity.org/.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2013 Springer Science+Business Media New York
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Loisel, P. (2013). Building an International Educational Network in Work Disability Prevention. In: Loisel, P., Anema, J. (eds) Handbook of Work Disability. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6214-9_28
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6214-9_28
Published:
Publisher Name: Springer, New York, NY
Print ISBN: 978-1-4614-6213-2
Online ISBN: 978-1-4614-6214-9
eBook Packages: MedicineMedicine (R0)