Marie Westby
BSc.(PT), PhD
Biography
Dr. Westby completed her BSc. in physiotherapy in 1988 and her PhD in rehabilitation sciences at UBC in 2010. She has worked as a physiotherapist at the Mary Pack Arthritis Centre in Vancouver her entire career and published several articles, authored chapters and presented internationally on rehabilitation and exercise therapy for varied forms of arthritis and total joint arthroplasty (TJA). Dr. Westby is a MSFHR Health Professional Investigator and building on her doctoral and post-doctoral research, is evaluating the implementation and effectiveness of TJA rehabilitation quality indicators through patient and clinician-targeted toolkits. She strongly believes in patient oriented research and engages patients and clinicians in all aspects of her projects.
Evaluating the implementation and effectiveness of TJA rehabilitation quality indicator toolkits on quality of care, patient outcomes and patient and clinician experiences.
- Clinics in geriatric medicine -
- BMC health services research -
- BMC health services research -
- Arthritis and rheumatism -
- Arthritis and rheumatism -
- Osteoarthritis and cartilage -
- Physical therapy -