Safe
Safe: care that reduces risk of unintended harm to patients as a result of physiotherapy services.
Here’s Why Patient Safety is Important
Sandi N. Kossey, PT, BScPT, MHA, Senior Director, Canadian Patient Safety Institute
CPA Leadership Division Executive Committee Member since 2014, CPA Member...
Students and young professionals, the Team Canada Chief Therapist for Rio 2016 has some advice for you
December 8, 2016
After 35 years in physiotherapy, Lois Pohlod shares some tips on how to work with elite athletes
My greatest achievement is how I’ve managed to get the most out of my career as a physiotherapist by working with active Canadians. It is very rare that a physiotherapist can make a living ...
My greatest achievement is how I’ve managed to get the most out of my career as a physiotherapist by working with active Canadians. It is very rare that a physiotherapist can make a living ...
Spreading Awareness Through Social Media: Darren Brown, P.T.
February 23, 2017
Feeling like it's hard to stay on top of new information in our practice? Feeling like you're the only one working in your area? Want to be more involved, but don't know where to start? Social media can help.
In the January/February issue of your magazine Physiotherapy Practice, we profiled five...
Getting Called to Trial as a Fact Witness
October 24, 2017
Imagine how you would react when one morning, you open a letter addressed to you and it is a lawyer calling you to trial as a fact witness. The letter requires that you provide evidence about a patient that you treated two years ago. As you keep reading, it requests that you “kindly reserve these...
REP 22 - Learning in the 21st Century
April 8, 2019
Tim Paquette
Today’s learners not only have a wide variety of ways to access professional development, they can also do so 24/7.
Expectations of learners in present-day society have risen exponentially. They want self-directed learning, available anytime and anywhere.
Onl...
Today’s learners not only have a wide variety of ways to access professional development, they can also do so 24/7.
Expectations of learners in present-day society have risen exponentially. They want self-directed learning, available anytime and anywhere.
Onl...
Professional Development
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FREE Upcoming Webinar
Physiotherapy for Diastasis Recti - For more information, please click here
Courses and Conferences
Please note that the CPA Women’s Health Division does not endorse any listed courses. It is the individual’s responsibility to ensure that courses meet the required competen...
Professional Development
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CALL FOR MENTORS: PAIN SCIENCE DIVISION (PSD) MENTORSHIP PROGRAM
The PSD is committed to providing resources and opportunities for professional development in the field of pain, with the ultimate objective of raising the quality of physiotherapy care for Canadians living with pain. To this end, ...
Professional Development
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Online Courses and E-learning
General Topics
Physiotherapy and Older People – variety of online course topics available on Physiopedia
Diverse topics crucial to caring for older adults
Provincial Geriatrics Leadership Ontario – compendium of educational offerings
Portal of Geriatrics Online Ed...
Congress 2018
Visit https://www.montreal18.ca/ for more information.
Click here for the Sponsorship and Exhibitor Prospectus.
The Largely Unknown Profession: The P.R.T.
May 5, 2016
Pierre-Yves Lauzon, P.R.T.
I would like to take this opportunity today to talk about my profession, which is still largely unknown to the general public and the medical world.
Who we are
Physical rehabilitation therapists are Quebec health professionals who work in physiotherapy.1 This means t...