Sheri Robertson
One of the advanced practice clinicians behind Ortho Collective, working alongside orthopaedic surgeons.
Proposed focus: spine assessment, clinical reasoning and conservative care. Event participation to be confirmed.
Spine Education
for Clinicians.
Bring clinical reasoning, conservative care and the neurosurgical perspective into one shared conversation.
- Location
- Thunder Bay, ON
- Duration
- Five hours
- Expected price
- Approx. $350 CAD
- Date & venue
- To be confirmed
Who it’s for
Proposed audience: chiropractors, physiotherapists, family physicians, nurse practitioners and registered massage therapists involved in spine care.
What you’ll work toward
Proposed learning outcomes — final program to be confirmed.
- Build a structured approach to assessing spine presentations.
- Discuss red flags and when specialist assessment may be appropriate.
- Understand the neurosurgical perspective on referral and surgical decision-making.
- Connect conservative care, rehabilitation and communication in a coordinated care plan.
A focused, five-hour program
Proposed agenda · 300 minutes including a 15-minute break. Start time to be confirmed.
- 30 min
Welcome & clinical foundations
Shared language for spine care and patient assessment.
- 60 min
Assessment & clinical reasoning
Case-based discussion of presentations, examination findings and referral decisions.
- 60 min
The neurosurgical perspective
Proposed contribution: surgical referral criteria, information that makes a referral useful, and what surgery can and cannot address.
- 15 min
Break
Connect with local clinicians.
- 75 min
Conservative care & rehabilitation
Care planning, exercise progression and communication across professions.
- 60 min
Shared cases & questions
Apply the session themes to cases and discuss coordinated follow-up.
Meet the teaching perspectives
The event faculty and session assignments are being finalized. Founder profiles below are from Ortho Collective; teaching contributions are proposed.
Shayda McCurdy
One of the advanced practice clinicians behind Ortho Collective, working alongside orthopaedic surgeons.
Proposed focus: rehabilitation planning, exercise progression and collaborative care. Event participation to be confirmed.
The surgical perspective
Name, credentials and biography will be added once confirmed.
Proposed contribution: explain referral assessment, the clinical and imaging information that supports surgical decisions, the limits and potential benefits of surgery, and community care before and after specialist assessment.