Research Grant Update
Drs. Ranita Manocha, Larry Katz, Krista Best, William Miller, François Routhier, Victor Lun, and Steven Macaluso obtained the 2022 CASEM Research Grant.
With the help of this grant, the team, led by Dr. Manocha, built on the Improving Canadians’ Walking Aids Skills, Learning, and Knowledge© (ICanWALK©) app, bringing it from 6 modules to 20 modules. This app teaches patients, caregivers, healthcare professionals, and healthcare trainees how to fit and walk with a variety of walking aids such as crutches and walkers, using interactive self-recorded videos.
The app is currently available as a free download, so make sure to try it out with your patients and students! More information on the app is available at https://icanwalk.info.
Podium Presentations:
Tanweer M*, Bibi N*, O’Brien M*, Katz L, Best K, Manocha RHK. A novel interactive video-based teaching app to increase walking aid knowledge in medical students. Hotchkiss Brain Institute Summer Student Symposium, Calgary, Alberta, August 23, 2023.
Tanweer M*, Bibi N*, O’Brien M*, Katz L, Manocha RHK. Usability of a novel interactive peer-to-peer video-based app for teaching medical students about walking aids. Canadian Organization for Undergraduate Health Research National Symposium, Calgary, Alberta, August 20, 2023.
Tanweer M*, Bibi N*, O’Brien M*, Katz L, Manocha RHK. Usability of a novel interactive peer-to-peer video-based app for teaching medical students about walking aids. Canadian Organization for Undergraduate Health Research Calgary Symposium, Calgary, Alberta, August 16, 2023.
Bibi N*, Tanweer M*, O’Brien M*, Katz L, Manocha RHK. A novel interactive mobile application enhances nursing students’ walking aid knowledge. McCaig Institute Summer Student Symposium, Calgary, Alberta, August 16, 2023.
O’Brien M*, Best K, Miller WC, Routhier F, Katz L, Barnabe C, Manocha RHK. The effect of a novel, mobile device-based app for walking aid skills training on functional balance, mobility, and balance confidence. AGE-WELL EPIC Conference, Mobility & Transportation Session [Virtual], May 30, 2023.
O’Brien M*, Wilde K*, Miller WC, Katz L, Barnabe C, Manocha RHK. The effect of a novel app-based walking aid skills training program on balance confidence, balance, and mobility. 8th Annual McCaig Institute Meeting on Musculoskeletal Diseases, Calgary, Alberta, May 12, 2023.
O’Brien M*, Wilde K*, Katz L, Barnabe C, Manocha RHK. The effect of a novel app-based walking aid skills training program on balance confidence, balance, and mobility. CSM Graduate Research Day, Calgary, Alberta, April 26, 2023.
Poster Presentations:
Bibi N*, Tanweer M*, O’Brien M*, Katz L, Best K, Manocha RHK. A novel mobile application is a feasible tool to teach nursing students about walking aids Hotchkiss Brain Institute Summer Student Symposium, Calgary, Alberta, August 23, 2023.
Tanweer M*, Bibi N*, O’Brien M*, Katz L, Best K, Manocha RHK. A novel interactive video-based teaching app enhances walking aid knowledge in medical students. Hotchkiss Brain Institute Summer Student Symposium, Calgary, Alberta, August 23, 2023.
Tanweer M*, Bibi N*, O’Brien M*, Katz L, Manocha RHK. Usability of a novel interactive peer-to-peer video-based app for teaching medical students about walking aids. McCaig Institute Summer Student Symposium, Calgary, Alberta, August 16, 2023.
Ma-Phan, A*, O’Brien M*, Manocha RHK. Development of teaching modules for navigating stairs with walking aids. Alberta Innovates High School Youth Research Poster Symposium, Calgary, Alberta, August 15, 2023.
O’Brien M*, Best K, Miller WC, Routhier F, Katz L, Barnabe C, Manocha RHK. The effect of a novel, mobile device-based app for walking aid skills training on functional balance, mobility, and balance confidence. Hotchkiss Brain Institute Research Day, Calgary, Alberta, May 25, 2023.
O’Brien M*, Wilde K*, Miller WC, Katz L, Barnabe C, Manocha RHK. The effect of a novel app-based walking aid skills training program on balance confidence, balance, and mobility. 8th Annual McCaig Institute Meeting on Musculoskeletal Diseases, Calgary, Alberta, May 12, 2023.
Trainee Awards:
Mahrukh Tanweer. Best Podium Presentation, Canadian Organization for Undergraduate Health Research National Symposium 2023
Mahrukh Tanweer. Best Poster Presentation, Canadian Organization for Undergraduate Health Research National Symposium 2023
Trainees:
- Anson Ma-Phan, High School Student
- Nadia Bibi, Nursing Undergraduate Student
- Mahrukh Tanweer, Kinesiology Undergraduate Student
- Maureen O’Brien, MSc Medical Science Candidate