Scientific Program Committee

Terms of Reference

1) Membership:

i) The members of the Scientific Program Committee are as follows:

Past Chair
Chair
Vice Chair
Members at large X 2
CPD committee member
Chair of Finance committee
Chair of Rehabnet
Research committee member
Local Arrangement chair
Resident member

Other members are welcome who express an interest, without a specific title, may sit on this committee.

ii) It is understood that there is a succession of members to take over chair. That is, Vice Chair takes over when Chair becomes Past Chair, and the Member at Large that has been on the committee as Member at Large the longest becomes Vice Chair. The second Member at Large then becomes first Member at Large, then a new person is recruited to fill the position of second Member at Large. Members at Large will be nominated by the Chair with approval of the Executive (or President).

iii) The Scientific Program Committee chair shall have a term of 3 years. Re-appointment on recommendation of the CAPM+R president may occur. The chair may choose to step down after 2 years.

iv) All members of the Scientific Program Committee will be in good standing with, and full members of, the Canadian Association of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. Resident members may sit on the committee, but under normal circumstances will not have a title. However, under special circumstances, a resident member may be considered for second Member at Large so that when time comes for becoming Vice Chair and eventually Chair, that member will be full member.

2) Reporting:
The Scientific Program Committee shall be responsible to the Board of the CAPM+R. At the Annual meeting, the chair will report to the Board.

3) Meetings:
The committee shall meet annually at the Annual Meeting of the CAPM+R, and periodically as needed via teleconference or electronic mail.

4) Activities:

i) The committee shall plan the events and scheduling for the Annual meeting of the CAPM+R.

ii) The committee shall plan the scientific program, consisting of call for abstracts, review of abstracts, and acceptance or rejection of these abstracts.

iii) The chair of the committee shall chair the Scientific Program of the meeting, which also includes these presentations by the winners of the resident contests, and of the student contest(s) if time permits for scheduling and if the student is present at the meeting.

iv) The committee will assign time for the SIG groups to meet, but will have no other involvement in the SIGs. That is, the SIGs will decide on content in their meetings, will not request funding from CAPM+R for their activities, and will not regulate the SIG leaders. However, up to 2 SIG groups will be accepted to have their sessions become part of the main Scientific Schedule of the CAPM+R meeting. These applications from the SIGs will be on a first come, first serve basis, and the application must be in to the Chair by nine months before the meeting.