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Special Rehab Grand Rounds

Identifying Long COVID in clinical practice: would you recognize it if you saw it?

Promotional poster for the 2024 Special Rehab Grand Rounds hosted by the Rehabilitation Science Research Network for COVID

Overview of the Special Rehab Grand Rounds:

The Rehabilitation Science Research Network for COVID held a Special Rehab Grand Rounds, Identifying Long COVID in clinical practice: would you recognize it if you saw it?, presented by Jessica DeMars, PT (Breathe Well Physio) on Thursday April 18th, 2024. The Network is supported by Temerty Faculty of Medicine. 

The learning objectives of this session were to:

  • Review symptoms and pathophysiology of Long COVID
  • Identify screening tools and Patient Reported Outcomes for people with Long COVID
  • Discuss safe rehabilitation principles in people with Long COVID

Over 100 people attended the Special Rehab Grand Rounds live. This included people with lived experiences, health care professionals, and researchers with an interest in COVID rehabilitation.

Physiotherapist Jessica DeMars
Jessica DeMars, PT, presenting at the Special Rehab Grand Rounds

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from the Special Rehab Grand Rounds!

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at the Special Rehab Grand Rounds!
Jessica DeMars, PT, presenting at the Special Rehab Grand Rounds
Jessica DeMars, PT, presenting on immediate and delayed symptoms of Post-Exertional Malaise (PEM) during the Special Rehab Grand Rounds

The Special Rehab Grand Rounds presented by Jessica DeMars (PT) was a successful event in alignment with the Network’s strategic priorities, including mobilizing knowledge transfer and exchange (KTE), building interdisciplinary capacity, and establishing new and strengthening existing research collaborations and partnerships national and international (clinical, research, community). A link to a recording of the Rounds is available on the Network YouTube Channel.