Divisions
The CPA’s special interest and clinical practice Divisions offer significant value-added benefits to members.
Division memberships are available to CPA members for a small additional fee (free for student members). To add a Division to your membership, please contact us at 1-800-387-8679 or send ...
Leadership Team
Meet your 2016-2017 Leadership Executive!
Joe Putos
Chair Vacant
Chair-elect Emma Plater Newsletter Editor Kinjal Parikh Assistant Newsletter Editor Megan Hudson Treasurer Sunny Ma Secretary
Swapnil Rege Resource Rep, Strategic Planning Vacant
Vice Chair V...
Chair Vacant
Chair-elect Emma Plater Newsletter Editor Kinjal Parikh Assistant Newsletter Editor Megan Hudson Treasurer Sunny Ma Secretary
Swapnil Rege Resource Rep, Strategic Planning Vacant
Vice Chair V...
Professional Development
Guides for the Leadership Division's curriculum development:
Framework for Professional Development of Leadership Core Competencies
Logic Model for Leadership Education Series
Leadership Checklist
Workshops
Leadership Education Series
The Leadership Division has developed a three-part Leadersh...
Here's Why Equitable Physiotherapy is Important
April 28, 2016
On November 4th, 2015, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was asked why having a gender balanced cabinet was so important. His response was simple – “Because it is 2015”. (1)
This succinct answer made me pause to reflect on my own career as a physiotherapist. Could I provide such a pointed answer if s...
What PTs Need to Know About Working With PTAs
May 11, 2016
When I first began my physiotherapy (PT) career, I worked in a clinical area with a wonderful physiotherapist assistant (PTA). We hadn’t learned much about this role in school and I wasn’t quite sure what I could assign to this person. Wasn’t I supposed to be able to do all of this stuff myself?...
EVERYTHING YOU WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT TWITTER, BUT WERE AFRAID TO ASK
August 13, 2015
If you don’t use Twitter, CPA’s Senior Practice Manager Chantal Lauzon empathizes with you. She had “no interest” in being a part of a social media platform where celebrity updates and a seemingly infinite stream of information is the norm.
But in early February, she changed her mind. I sat down ...
Practice Resources
Member Content
Book Review
The Innovator’s Prescription: A Disruptive Solution for Health Care by Clayton M. Christensen, Jerome H. Grossman & Jason Hwang
Leadership Checklist
A checklist developed by the Leadership Division for leadership using Emotional Intelligence, Appreciative Inquiry and Transformatio...
Health Care Technology Today
July 8, 2016
Check out this fascinating series of posts about technology from APTA’s May 2016 PTinMOTIONmag.org (© 2016 American Physical Therapy Association. All rights reserved).
COULD ‘BIORESORBABLE’ SENSORS HELP INDIVIDUALS RECOVER FROM BRAIN INJURY, SURGERY?
They melt in your brain, not in your hand.
S...
#QualityPT: Did We Take a Wrong Turn Somewhere?
June 23, 2016
I recently reviewed some interesting passages from a book where the main purpose was simple, menacing, and genius, all wrapped into a bound set of 592 pages. This Idea Must Die: Scientific Theories That Are Blocking Progress, edited by John Brockman, is a collection of essays where the authors ha...
An Olympic-level contribution: Greg Redman shares what it's like to support elite athletes
July 14, 2016
What’s your physio story?
I grew up in South Africa. When I was 11, I started my own lawn cutting business. One of my five clients was a physiotherapist who treated all of the top rugby players and athletes in the country. I remember thinking, “That’s not really a job, she’s just lucky to do that...