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City: UOttawa Students (Private), ON  Dates: May 30 – 31, 2026
Type: Part A Course #: CA26A012
Instructor: TBD
Course Cost: $695.00
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UOttawa Faculty of Health Sciences
200 Lees Avenue
Ottawa, ON K1S 5S9
 Cosponsor: Luc Brisson

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RIVATE COURSE: This course is reserved for UOTTAWA final year PT students. We are offering a Part A on 06-07JUN for licensed, local area clinicians.

The course includes two pre-requisite online training components and 2 live in-classroom days. Live instructed sessions are not recorded and registrants are required to attend all sessions to attain a Certificate of Completion. Times listed are in Eastern Time. A digital/fillable pdf version of the Part A manual will be provided for this course.


Session 1: Online - complete on your own at your own pace. Approximately 7 hours. To be completed by 19MAY, 2026.

Session 2: 20MAY (WED) 4:00pm until 8:30pm ET / delivered online, with live instruction

Session 3: 30MAY (SAT) 8:00am until 5.30pm ET / S3 takes place at the clinic.

Session 4: 31MAY (SUN) 8:00am until 5.00pm ET / S4 takes place at the clinic.

Course Status: Accepting Registrations.

This course introduces the theoretical aspects and concepts of the McKenzie Method in Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy (MDT), as it is applied to the musculoskeletal system. The focus of this course is the assessment, classification and management of patients with complaints of low back, related referred pain and functional limitations. The principles of MDT and how they apply in the context of the biopsychosocial framework of managing patients with musculoskeletal pain and functional limitations will be a key focus. The participants will explore and extensively practice the MDT assessment, classification and management process through lectures, workshops, discussions, and patient demonstrations. The classifications of Derangement, Dysfunction and Postural syndromes are described in detail and appropriate management plans are discussed, with emphasis on the use of patient self-treatment procedures and education. Indications for the use of clinician procedures will also be discussed and the procedures demonstrated and practiced. Follow-up patient demonstrations will illustrate the reassessment process and allow participants to get a realistic feel and understanding of the impact of the MDT system on differing patient presentations over 2-3 treatment sessions.

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