Gabriela Abbud
Contact
Term Other Teaching, Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine - Strategic Initiatives
- abbud@ualberta.ca
Associate Teaching Professor, Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine - Physical Therapy
- abbud@ualberta.ca
Overview
About
Gabriela holds a BSc PT from University of Sao Paulo, Brazil and a MSc in Exercise Science from Concordia University, Canada. She obtained her physiotherapy equivalence in Canada in 2009. Since then, she has worked in both the French and English environments, in different areas, including acute care, outpatient neurological rehabilitation and return to work. She joined the University of Alberta in 2013 as a teaching assistant for the Internationally Educated Physiotherapist Bridging Program while continuing to do clinical work. Gabriela has been a full-time teaching staff at the MScPT program at the Calgary Satellite since 2016. She is also the Calgary Clinical Education Coordinator, supporting physiotherapy placements across Alberta.
Research
Research interests: neurological rehabilitation, physical activity and community integration, aging, clinical education.
Courses
PTHER 518 - Clinical Placement II
Credit. Clinical practice in approved clinical affiliations.
PTHER 521 - Clinical Placement IV
Credit. Clinical practice in approved clinical affiliations. Can be combined with INT D 411 for an interdisciplinary placement for a combined weighting.
PTHER 565 - Aging and Physical Therapy
An examination of age-related changes, prevalent age-related conditions treated by physical therapists and contextual factors that influence the activity and participation of older adults. Prerequisites: PTHER 538, 544, and 566. Corequisite: PTHER 546.
Featured Publications
Physiotherapy Canada. 2014 January; 10.3138/ptc.2013-17
Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition. 2012 January; 10.1080/13825585.2011.628375
Gait and Posture. 2009 January; 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2009.05.013
Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research. 2006 January; 10.1590/S0100-879X2006000700014
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