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Aims: To evaluate the impact of an evidence-based online module on Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) on self-reported physical therapist (PT) knowledge, skills, and practice. Methods: Fifty PTs completed a questionnaire before and after the completion of the online module, with 41 PTs completing the same questionnaire 2 months later. The questionnaires included items rated using a 7-point Likert Scale and short open-ended questions. Results: There was a significant effect of Time for 17 out of 18 items on self-reported knowledge, and all 19 items for self-reported skills. Post-hoc analyses indicated that mean scores at Time 2 and Time 3 were higher than the mean scores at Time 1. Forty-six (92%) participants reported an increase in their confidence to provide evidence-based services. Forty-three (86%) participants indicated their intentions to modify their evaluative practices (e.g., involving children in goal setting) and their management of DCD (e.g., using the best practice principles, providing resources to families). At the 2-month follow-up, 19 (46%) participants had returned to the module to review information (e.g., video, resources) or to download handouts. Conclusions: The online DCD module appears to be an effective knowledge translation strategy to increase PTs' self-reported knowledge and skills, and to support evidence-informed practice. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective Strict adherence to a gluten-free diet is the only treatment for coeliac disease. The gluten-free diet is complex, costly and impacts on all activities involving food, making it difficult to maintain for a lifetime. The purpose of this cross-sectional study was to evaluate the difficulties experienced, the strategies used and the emotional impact of following a gluten-free diet among Canadians with coeliac disease. Methods A questionnaire was mailed to all members ( n = 10 693) of both the Canadian Celiac Association and the Fondation québécoise de la maladie cœliaque in 2008. Results The overall response rate was 72%. Results are presented for the 5912 respondents (≥18 years) reporting biopsy-confirmed coeliac disease and/or dermatitis herpetiformis. Two-thirds never intentionally consumed gluten. Women reported significantly greater emotional responses to a gluten-free diet but, with time, were more accepting of it than men. Difficulties and negative emotions were experienced less frequently by those on the diet for >5 years, although food labelling and eating away from home remained very problematic. Frustration and isolation because of the diet were the most common negative emotions experienced. Conclusions The present study quantifies the difficulties experienced, the strategies used and the emotional impact of following a gluten-free diet. It highlights the need to improve the training and education of dietitians, other health providers and the food service industry workers about coeliac disease and a gluten-free diet, with the aim of better helping individuals improve their adherence to a gluten-free diet and their quality of life. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Presents the society for vascular and biology abstract in Toronto, Ontario. 'Safety of inferior vena cava filters in renal transplant patients,' by R.G. To, J.R. Bartholomew, J.W. Olin and M.J. Sands; 'The vector-Doppler: evidence for a breakthrough?' K.H. Labs, M. Aschwanden, B. Dunmire; 'Effect of norepinephrine on the diameter-pressure characteristics of hand veins,' by B.E. Shykoff.

Reports on the history of the Toronto Film Society in 1948. Motion pictures produced during the period; Members of the organizing committee; Notable films shown by the group.

Highlights the Symposium 2004 of the International Waterlily and Water Gardening Society in Toronto, Ontario. Benefits of the symposium to gardeners; Host hotel of the event; Tour of the attendees to gardens.

Details events scheduled for the annual joint meeting of the American Physical Society and the American Association of Physics Teachers that will be held at the Royal York Hotel in Toronto, Ontario during January 21-24, 1985. Location of the hotel; Where the ceremonial session will be held; Plenary session highlighting symposia, including the topics of astronomy and optics; Workshops; Exhibition planned by the American Institute of Physics. INSET: Invited papers and special sessions.

Presents the calendar of activities for the Symposium 2004 of the International Waterlily and Water Gardening Society in Toronto, Canada.

Discusses the prevention of surgical errors by marking patients' bodies with a pen to designate the site of surgery. Case in a Toronto hospital in which surgeons drilled a hole in the wrong side of a patient's head; Report by neurosurgeon Mark Bernstein that a full disclosure of the error was made to the patient's family, and that no legal action has been taken; Data provided by the Canadian Medical Protective Association to the Canadian Orthopedic Association on wrong-side surgery; View that disclosing errors in surgery is ethically the right thing to do.

Discusses the highlights of the 2001 Association for Childhood Education International Annual Conference held April 3 to 6 in Toronto, Ontario. Conference theme; Presentations; Panel discussions; Other events and activities.

Discusses the success of the 2001 Association for Childhood Education International Annual Conference held April 3 to 6 in Toronto, Ontario. Conference theme; Organizers; Attendees; Activities; Accomplishments.

Reports on increases in medical malpractice insurance rates in Ontario, Canada as of November, 2000. How the fees are set by the Canadian Medical Protective Association; Statement that taxpayers will cover the cost of the increase; Use of regional rating, an attempt to link fees to the medicolegal climate, to decide changes in fees.

Reports that Ontario physicians are taking money from the Canadian Medical Protective Association (CMPA) legal settlement reserves to prevent large fee increases. Expectation that CMPA fees on the doctors will rise by less than 14 percent in 2001, instead of the anticipated 50 percent; Problems involving the CMPA decision to use a regional rather than national method of setting rates; Introduction of cost-containment measures.

Mentions that the Ontario government, Ontario Medical Association, and Canadian Medical Protective Association (CMPA) reached an agreement that ensures Ontario doctors will remain under the CMPA for malpractice coverage. Issue of regional rating and fees; Comment of Dr. John Gray of the CMPA.

Provides updates on Canada's theater industry as of Spring 2000. Fundraising efforts of Creative Trust in Toronto, Ontario; Productions for the 36th annual Charlottetown Festival; Death of Mira Friedlander, a theater critic.

Provides information on the 10th anniversary of Fringe Festival of Independent Dance Artists in Toronto, Ontario for the year 2000. Artists who will participate in the festival; Activities of the festival.

Reports that the Princess Margaret Hospital in Toronto, Ontario is considering whether to ask patients to sign waivers stating their awareness of the risks involved in joining a lengthy waiting lists for radiation treatment. Causes of the long waiting lists; Variation in the waiting times between referral to an oncologist and the start of treatment across Canada; Recommendation of the Canadian Association of Radiation Oncologists.

Presents information on issues discussed in the December 1998 issue or the journal "Applied Cognitive Psychology." Information on the meeting of the Society for Applied Research in Memory and Cognition in Toronto, Ontario; Discussion on the concept of false memories; Relation of memory-recovery procedures on the emergence of false memories; Information on recovered memories.