Dear member
MCFD’s next Continued Medical Education event is on the rehabilitation of muscle injuries by Specialist in Sports Medicine Dr Danica Spiteri.
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Dr. Danica Bonello Spiteri has a unique background, being both a lifelong athlete, as well as a Sports and Exercise Medicine (SEM) specialist doctor. Having completed her medical degree in Malta, she has specialised in Leeds, UK where she has worked in a multitude of sports and sporting events, including the Olympics and Paralympic Games. She has been a doctor for the England Football Association, working with the u/17 women and u/15 men. In Malta, she works with ailments related to sports injuries and various musculoskeletal conditions, along with other sports related illness.
She is also very interested in movement biomechanics especially running technique and relationship to chronic injury and reduction in performance.
Her keen interest is related to movement re-patterning in the rehabilitation of various musculoskeletal injuries, that may at times have become chronic, resulting in pain, reduced mobility and reduced quality of life, in both the young as well as the elderly.
Dr Danica is an International Triathlete, practicing her sport to a high level in her free time.
She has represented Malta in Sports for over 25 years, winning various awards, namely 15th place in the commonwealth games in triathlon. She has won a number of age group medals, including gold medals, over various years.
She was the winner of the ‘Sportswoman of the Year’ in 2011 and the winner of the ‘SportMalta Award’ in 2012, along with the ‘Sportsmanship Award’ in 1998, and has won the Malta National Triathlon Championship for 13 years.
Title: Rehabilitation of Muscle Injuries
Date: 14th September
Time: 2000hrs CET.
Location: The Notch Conference Centre, San Gwann
Directions: https://www.google.com/maps/place/The+Notch+Conference+Centre/@35.9058066,14.4827085,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x130e45e5516fcdb7:0xe9e5d34c088c7b93!8m2!3d35.9058028!4d14.484922
Parking available
Presentation will be followed by refreshments.
Registration by 11th September: by email to [email protected], cc [email protected]
Event is free for paying members of MCFD
Members with pending membership fees are solicited to contact office secretary Louise Agius on [email protected] to sort things out. Family Doctors who have not paid their membership dues and non-members who wish to attend will be asked to pay 30 eur for the event.
GP Trainees are encouraged to enroll as associate members, and they can attend this and upcoming CME events https://mcfd.org.mt/specialist-training/continuing-medical-education/mcfd-educational-events with no additional costs.
Online link for the event will be posted later.
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Regards
Dr Jason Bonnici MD FMCFD Dipl. Fam. Pract. (MCFD) Honorary Secretary
Malta College of Family Doctors
E: [email protected]
A: The Professional Centre, Triq tas-Sliema, Gżira. GŻR 1633
W: mcfd.org.mt