Mt. Hood Community College and Pacific University have joined together again this year to acknowledge and honor the outstanding contributions that PTs and PTAs in the community make toward the education of our students. While we value the contribution of all of our clinical instructors, we again wish to recognize an individual for each program that has gone above and beyond the basic requirements.
Pacific University students and faculty are honored to present the Clinical Instructor of the Year Award to Chris Hoekstra, PT. Chris is the clinic director at Sherwood Physical Therapy.
Chris has been a clinical instructor for Pacific for many years. His clinic is in high demand as an internship site, and students always appreciate their time spent there. He is also an alumnus, so Pacific is very proud of him!
Students’ comments on Chris’ teaching skills include the following:
“Chris is a great clinician, but many people can be great clinicians. The trick (as a CI) is to be able to convert those clinical skills into an easily digestible format that students can comprehend.”
“My classmates are at a disadvantage because they did not get to have Chris as a CI!”
Congratulation Chris!
To read the full article http://www.epaperflip.com/aglaia/viewer.aspx?docid=4037357e26674cadb89330d5e41d8105
Monday, July 19, 2010
Monday, June 28, 2010
2010 Annual General Meeting
What a great weekend on the Columbia RIver Gorge! Thank you to all of the great faculty and site coordinators who attend. We were able to get a lot of work, sun and fun in one weekend. We look forward to seeing you at the next big event, our Dallas, TX symposium.
Friday, May 28, 2010
A Letter to NAIOMT from US Olymipc Speedskating Coach Laura Tietjen
Below is a letter from NAIOMT alumnus Laura Tietjen sharing some of her experiences from the 2010 Winter Olympics and the role NAIOMT and manual therapy played in her success.
My name is Laura Tietjen, I am a USC PT Alum from the Class of 1996. During 12 years of practice in outpatient orthopedics, I earned Board Certification in Orthopedics and studied manual therapy extensively with the North American Institute of Orthopedic Manual Therapy.
In July of 2008, I accepted a unique position with the US Olympic Speedskating team based out of Salt Lake City, Utah. At that time, the Dutch coach was searching for a manual therapist to treat the elite athletes on the National Team. My primary responsibilities were to the Long Track All Around [All Distance] Team. Two of my skaters were Chad Hedrick, five-time Olympic medalist, and Catherine Raney-Norman, four-time Olympian. This exceptional opportunity culminated in my participation in the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, BC in February! My position involved pre- and post-training and competition treatments with a strong emphasis on manual therapy, as well as implementation of athlete specific therapeutic exercises. I had the opportunity to be center ice during racing for the Olympic games to witness my athletes push toward their Olympic and career goals.
I came home from the Olympics with a medal of my own. After winning the Silver Medal in the Men's Team Pursuit Race, the four skaters of Team USA awarded me the Order of Ikkos Award. The Order of Ikkos was established to recognize coaches whose athlete’s medal during the Olympic Games. The USOC established the Order of Ikkos prior to the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games and provides the opportunity for athletes to recognize their coaches for their leadership and inspiration to achieve world-class performance. This medal is inspired by Ikkos, the first recorded Olympic coach in Ancient Greece. He is known for his coaching ability as he led two fellow Tarentine athletes to gold in the same event, Pentathlon. I was surprised and extremely honored to receive this award as a physical therapist and part of Team USA.
My role as the physical therapist for the US Speedskating Team gave me a unique opportunity to treat these elite athletes from a prehabilitative standpoint. Most athletes have participated in rehabilitation at some point or another in their life-long careers. But a manual therapy based evaluation and treatment in addition to athlete specific exercises incorporated into their training programs to prevent injuries was more novel to them.
While traveling with the team for the last two seasons on the World Cup circuit, I met and shared ideas with physiotherapists from around the world assigned to each team. As part of the High Performance Team for US Speedskating, I enjoyed a multi-disciplinary approach to establishing training programs for these elite athletes to maximize their chance of achieving their goals. I worked together with coaches including American two-time Olympic medalist, Derek Parra, and Dutch three-time Olympic medalist, Bart Veldkamp. I also collaborated with nutritionists, exercise physiologists, and physicians including Dr. Eric Heiden, arguably the greatest speedskater of all time winning an unprecedented Gold Medal in all five competitive distances at the 1980 Winter Olympic Games in Lake Placid, New York.
I'd like to take this opportunity to recognize and thank the entire NAIOMT faculty for their contribution to my education and commitment to lifelong learning. I'd especially like to recognize my clinical mentor, William H. O'Grady PT, DPT, OCS, COMT, FAAPM, FAAOMPT for his guidance and encouragement throughout my career.
My name is Laura Tietjen, I am a USC PT Alum from the Class of 1996. During 12 years of practice in outpatient orthopedics, I earned Board Certification in Orthopedics and studied manual therapy extensively with the North American Institute of Orthopedic Manual Therapy.
In July of 2008, I accepted a unique position with the US Olympic Speedskating team based out of Salt Lake City, Utah. At that time, the Dutch coach was searching for a manual therapist to treat the elite athletes on the National Team. My primary responsibilities were to the Long Track All Around [All Distance] Team. Two of my skaters were Chad Hedrick, five-time Olympic medalist, and Catherine Raney-Norman, four-time Olympian. This exceptional opportunity culminated in my participation in the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, BC in February! My position involved pre- and post-training and competition treatments with a strong emphasis on manual therapy, as well as implementation of athlete specific therapeutic exercises. I had the opportunity to be center ice during racing for the Olympic games to witness my athletes push toward their Olympic and career goals.
I came home from the Olympics with a medal of my own. After winning the Silver Medal in the Men's Team Pursuit Race, the four skaters of Team USA awarded me the Order of Ikkos Award. The Order of Ikkos was established to recognize coaches whose athlete’s medal during the Olympic Games. The USOC established the Order of Ikkos prior to the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games and provides the opportunity for athletes to recognize their coaches for their leadership and inspiration to achieve world-class performance. This medal is inspired by Ikkos, the first recorded Olympic coach in Ancient Greece. He is known for his coaching ability as he led two fellow Tarentine athletes to gold in the same event, Pentathlon. I was surprised and extremely honored to receive this award as a physical therapist and part of Team USA.
My role as the physical therapist for the US Speedskating Team gave me a unique opportunity to treat these elite athletes from a prehabilitative standpoint. Most athletes have participated in rehabilitation at some point or another in their life-long careers. But a manual therapy based evaluation and treatment in addition to athlete specific exercises incorporated into their training programs to prevent injuries was more novel to them.
While traveling with the team for the last two seasons on the World Cup circuit, I met and shared ideas with physiotherapists from around the world assigned to each team. As part of the High Performance Team for US Speedskating, I enjoyed a multi-disciplinary approach to establishing training programs for these elite athletes to maximize their chance of achieving their goals. I worked together with coaches including American two-time Olympic medalist, Derek Parra, and Dutch three-time Olympic medalist, Bart Veldkamp. I also collaborated with nutritionists, exercise physiologists, and physicians including Dr. Eric Heiden, arguably the greatest speedskater of all time winning an unprecedented Gold Medal in all five competitive distances at the 1980 Winter Olympic Games in Lake Placid, New York.
I'd like to take this opportunity to recognize and thank the entire NAIOMT faculty for their contribution to my education and commitment to lifelong learning. I'd especially like to recognize my clinical mentor, William H. O'Grady PT, DPT, OCS, COMT, FAAPM, FAAOMPT for his guidance and encouragement throughout my career.
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