RHSC 583 – Applying Research to Practice

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Course Description

This course is intended to enable practitioners to critically review recent research in different areas of rehabilitation practice, and theories or research for knowledge transfer, under the guidance of a content expert (e.g. leadership and management, cardiac rehabilitation, ethics in practice). RHSC 501 – Evidence for Practice is the pre-requisite. RHSC 583 topics vary year to year based on the interests and needs of MRSc learners.

Learners in the Master of Rehabilitation Science program may take the 1.5 credit courses up to 4 times (for a total of 6 credits) as long as each course taken is on a different topic. Critiquing research is a required pre-requisite for assessing the transferability of new knowledge to practice.

Course Objectives

Upon successful completion of this course learners will be able to:

  1. Critique research and/or theories on the course topic,
  2. Develop plans/approaches for transferring new knowledge on the topic to rehabilitation practice, and
  3. Critique plans/approaches for transferring new knowledge on the course topic to health care contexts.

Topics

2025/26

January 5 – February 22, 2026: “Pain Management” (1.5 credits, 7 weeks) 

Instructor: Heather Hollman

February 23 – April 7, 2026: “Ethics in Practice” (1.5 credits, 7 weeks) 

Instructor: To be confirmed

May 11 – June 28, 2026: “Mental Health” (1.5 credits, 7 weeks) 

Instructor: Debi Francis

Course Readings

References for the required core RHSC 583 readings will be provided to learners in the course site in Canvas. They can be accessed electronically through the UBC library starting on the first day of the course.

NOTE: In Workday, in addition to the course code and section number (i.e., RHSC 583 Sec 025), you will notice that each instance of the course that you can register in will have a letter appended to it (either A, B, C, or D). This lettering is used for learners’ transcripts, to denote the (up to four) separate times a learner has taken RHSC 583. When registering, please choose according to section number (i.e., Sec 025).