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Session Proposal

Functioning and Disability

Equalizing Access to Rehabilitation and Health Care Opportunities for Our Patients Living in Suburban and Rural Communities

Thursday, May 21, 2026
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM PT
Location: 212
Ideal Audience:Administrators, Physicians, Researchers, Residents/Fellows, Medical Students
Brief Session Description : This session will help learners to get familiarized with the WHO Community Based Rehabilitation strategy. In addition, learners will be able to reflect and discuss how they can integrate the WHO CBR strategy in their respective areas of practice. Using diverse experiences from experts who have developed and implemented CBR programs from diverse settings (i.e., academic, research and public health systems), learners will be exposed to the fundamental principles of CBR, and will be guided to build plans to incorporate the multi sectoral and multi disciplinary integration practices of CBR in their practices as residents, faculty, staff, or administrators.

Session Objectives:

  • 1. Describe the World Health Organization’s Community Based Rehabilitation (WHO - CBR) strategy. 2. Explain how the World Health Organization’s Community Based Rehabilitation (WHO - CBR) strategy applies to all Physiatrists/Rehabilitation specialists/therapists whether working in urban, suburban, or rural areas 3. List the major barriers to equitable health care and rehabilitation and learn novel ways in which certain communities around the world have overcome these barriers. 4. Formulate ideas on how the WHO CBR strategy can be implemented in our own clinical settings.
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