Malcolm Peat

Malcolm Peat
Born (1932-04-04)April 4, 1932
Dundee, Scotland
Residence Canada
Nationality Canadian, British
Fields Rehabilitation, Community Based Rehabilitation, Physical Therapy, Human Anatomy, International Development, Movement Analysis
Institutions Glasgow Royal Infirmary, University of Manitoba, University of Western Ontario, Queen's University
Alma mater University of Manitoba
Known for International Development, Disability, Rehabilitation, Community Based Rehabilitation, Community Development, Physical Therapy, University Educational Development

Malcolm Peat (PhD, MSc, BPT) is a Professor Emeritus of Queen's University. He has been a pioneer in the development of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation academically in Canada and has been responsible for the design, development, implementation and evaluation of disability and rehabilitation practices throughout the world. He was the first Canadian physical therapist to obtain a doctoral qualification and to assume Directorship of a Canadian university school of rehabilitation (University of Western Ontario), and the first to develop and implement university graduate studies in Rehabilitation in Canada.

Education

Early Professional

Between 1960 and 1970 Peat was Advisor to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and British Advisor to the Ministries of Health in South and South East Asia. His involvement in the British International Development Program in India, Burma, Thailand and the Philippines, for the Government of the United Kingdom, included developed educational programs in Rehabilitation in Southeast and South Asia. For this work he was named a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE).

Peat’s early academic professional contributions in Canada were in human movement analysis with seminal contributions made in electromyographic and anatomical[2] studies of the shoulder[3] and normal[4] and pathological gait analysis.[5]

Academic Posts

Peat began his academic career in 1971 as Lecturer, then Assistant Professor in the School of Medical Rehabilitation, Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba From 1976 to 1984, he was Associate Professor, then Professor and Director of the Program in Physical Therapy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Western Ontario. In 1984, he became Professor and Director of the School of Rehabilitation Therapy, and Associate Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences at Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario. He also was the Associate Dean, Office of International Programs until his retirement.

International Development

Peat has been responsible for furthering the design, development, implementation and evaluation of disability and rehabilitation worldwide. He was the Founding Executive Director of the International. Centre for the Advancement of Community Based Rehabilitation, a Centre of Excellence[6] funded by Foreign Affairs, Government of Canada. Many of these activities have been in Asia,[7] in Countries of Conflict and Post-Conflict in Central and Eastern Europe,[8] and Central America.[9] He has worked with Ministries of Health in various countries in the development of disability policies, policy frameworks and legislation for community based rehabilitation (CBR), scope of practice guidelines, and the formal establishment of CBR within public health systems. Peat also strengthened the capacity of universities[10] and civil society groups in the development of curricula for personnel (students and faculty) and in preparing professionals for community practice. Peat’s extensive experience in policy development, human resources planning, gender equity, training, legislation and accreditation in the area of disability and CBR within health, social and education sectors have made him highly respected in the international community.

Awards and honours

Awards for International Development

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Malcolm Peat, ICACBR, Queen's University
  2. ↑ Peat, M. (1986). Clinical Anatomy of the Shoulder Complex. Physical Therapy 66(12): 1855-1865.
  3. ↑ Peat, M. & Grahame, R.E. (1977). A method of electromyographic analysis in soft tissue lesions affecting shoulder function. American Journal of Physical Medicine 56 (5) 223-240. PMID 910880
  4. ↑ Peat, M., Dubo, J., Winter, D.A., et al. (1976). Telemetered electromyographic-temporal analysis of gait; normal locomotion. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 57: 415-420. PMID 962568
  5. ↑ Peat, M., Dubo, J., Winter, D.A., et al. (1976). Telemetered electromyographic-temporal analysis of gait; hemiplegic locomotion. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 57: 421-425. PMID 962569
  6. ↑ Final Narrative Report (1998). International Centre for the Advancement of Community Based Rehabilitation, A CIDA Centre of Excellence, Project NO. 011352 S39341.
  7. ↑ Final Report (2009). Governance of Social Development/Care Centres in Post-Tsunami Sri Lanka, CIDA Project #A-032760-006-PR1
  8. ↑ Final Narrative Reports, Community Based Rehabilitation Development in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina (2006). The War Victims Rehabilitation Project in Bosnia and Herzegovina (2001). CIDA Projects # Z-020384 and Z10280
  9. ↑ Community Based Rehabilitation and Economic Development Project in Guatemala
  10. ↑ Final narrative Report (2000). Education & Policy Development in Disability, Canada-Latvia Collaboration, CIDA Baltic Initiatives Program, Project NO. 7112
  11. 1 2 , Canadian Physiotherapy Association
  12. ↑ , Ontario Physiotherapy Association
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