The University of Alberta Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine, located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, is home to North America's only free-standing faculty of rehabilitation medicine[1][better source needed] and is composed of three departments, 11 research groups, six student clinics and programs and five institutes and centres.
The Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine became the first institution in Canada to offer a graduate degree in physical therapy (MSc PT) in 1979.
The list of leaders of the rehabilitation professions that have come from the Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine includes the President of the World Federation of Occupational Therapy, the President of the Canadian Association of Occupational Therapy, the President of the Canadian Physical Therapy Association, The Faculty currently offers five degree programs:[2] A range of continuing professional education (CPE) programs for working clinicians are also offered.
Classes (lectures, seminars and labs) are delivered either face-to-face or by real-time web/video cast technology to view professors from other campuses.
The Occupational Therapy program first self-funded a pilot program for 12 students in Calgary to address the need for engagement of preceptors and practitioners in Southern Alberta, and to meet occupational therapy needs in surrounding rural areas.