| | From the President and Secretary General Professional policy is at the heart of much of WCPT's activities. For many individual physical therapists policy statements can seem a little removed from the everyday reality of practice, but they are important tools for furthering the development of the profession and informing health and social policy around the world. Many of WCPT's policies are supported by additional resources, such as guidelines or dedicated areas of the WCPT website to help facilitate implementation. One new resource that we hope will be a valuable addition is the A-Z glossary of terms used across our policies and guidelines. It has been developed to ensure consistency in terminology and to aid international interpretation across the profession (see below for further details). As we continue to take forwards the objectives from WCPT's strategic plan we anticipate further resources to support the policy work of WCPT and our member organisations, making sure they reflect the needs of the physical therapy profession and our patients/clients. Kind regards,
Marilyn Moffat and Brenda J Myers If you would like to use all or part of this e-letter for your own newsletters/websites then please feel free. We need your assistance to reach the profession around the world, so please send this e-update to your members. World Physical Therapy Day Work has started for this year's World Physical Therapy Day. The Movement for Health theme will remain at the core of the day with new materials being produced including a brand new Movement for Health logo and ready-to-print materials such as flyers and posters. Watch this space for further details and this year's campaign message ... Mark the 8th September in your calendar now! WCPT is pleased to announce the launch of its glossary. Supporting the work of the Confederation's policies and guidelines, it has been developed to aid international interpretation and promote a consistency in terminology used around the world. With over 170 fully referenced terms the glossary is a valuable tool for WCPT's member organisations, regions, subgroups and individual physical therapists. WCPT is encouraging the wide use of these international terms. The glossary may be accessed as: The glossary is not intended to be an exhaustive A-Z of terms used in physical therapy. Added to each of our member organisation pages on the WCPT website is a link to view WHO's noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) profile for that country. Visit the membership section of the WCPT website at www.wcpt.org/members. The International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL) is calling on people to "lend their leg" on 4th April to highlight the problems that landmines still cause around the world. Many physical therapists have worked in areas affected by landmines and treated people with amputations or other injuries relating to landmines. The ICBL writes about the Lend Your Leg campaign: "Lend Your Leg is strikingly simple. On 4th April, the UN Day for Mine Action and Mine Awareness, people all over the world will be asked to roll up their trouser legs showing solidarity with survivors of landmines and other explosive remnants of war, calling on the international community to eradicate these weapons for good". For further details go to www.icbl.org/index.php/icbl/Library/News-Articles/Lend_your_leg. To access the WCPT policy on The consequences of armed violence, landmines and other weapons of war go to www.wcpt.org/policy/ps-armed-violence Last month saw the publication of UNICEF's report, "State of the World's Children 2012: Children in an Urban World". The report looks at the urgent action needed to ensure children are afforded the amenities and opportunities they need to realise their rights and potential. The full report is available as a PDF in English, Spanish and French: Did you present at WCPT's congress in Amsterdam, World Physical Therapy 2011? If so, and you are submitting the research you presented for publication to one of our publishing partners, please notify the editor that the paper originated from a congress presentation. Publishers for WPT 2011 were: - Elsevier, including Physiotherapy, Manual Therapy, and Physical Therapy in Sport
- Maney, including Physical Therapy Reviews, Journal of Manual and Manipulative Therapy and International Musculoskeletal Medicine
- Wiley, Physiotherapy Research International
- Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy
IFOMPT Conference: registration open WCPT Africa Region: registration is now open for the Ninth WCPT Africa congress in Nairobi, Kenya 6th - 9th June 2012. The theme for the congress is Moving Physiotherapy Forward in Africa with the sub theme The Burden of Chronic Modern Non-Communicable diseases. www.ksphy.org/conference/ WCPT South America Region: the South America region congress will take place in Margarita Island, Venezuela 5th - 8th September 2012. http://wcptsar2012.jimdo.com/ WCPT European Region: register at the early bird rate for the Physiotherapy Education Congress 2012 in Vienna, Austria 8th - 9th November 2012. http://congress2012.physioaustria.at/. WCPT AWP Region: the Fifth Asia Western Pacific regional congress will be held in Taichung, Taiwan, 6th - 9th September 2013. Please email wcpt.awp@physiotherapy.asn.au for further details. INFORMATIONIf you are unable to access our website using the links within this email, you may need to copy and paste the hyperlinks directly into your internet browser. If you have problems reading this email please follow the link below for help. www.wcpt.org/eupdate | | | |
