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September 2014 |
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From the President and Secretary General |
As the early bird deadline for registration at the WCPT Congress is upon us, our thoughts are turning to May 2015 in Singapore. We want as many people as possible to register for the congress, and to experience the largest international physical therapy gathering. The early bird rates (available until 2nd October) provide a means of reducing the financial burden of attending a WCPT Congress. We are also thinking of Singapore because the WCPT General Meeting takes place just before the congress, and we are now preparing materials ready for our member organisations to consider. For example, there are new initiatives to report on and policy statements to approve. You can already see the new statements on disability and non-communicable diseases, ready for approval, on our website. The General Meeting is the best opportunity to hear the views and perspectives of member organisations – it is the most important landmark in WCPT's calendar. 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. |
Congress early bird deadline - last chance! |
| The deadline to register at the early bird rate for the WCPT Congress 2015 is fast approaching! You have just two days until Thursday 2nd October to save up to 20% on your registration fee: www.wcpt.org/congress/registration. Find out what's on and take a look at the preliminary programme at www.wcpt.org/congress/programme/prelim. With daily overviews highlighting all the main sessions, you can now start to plan your days at congress and build your own personal itinerary. |
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World Physical Therapy Day 2014 |
World Physical Therapy Day 2014 has been an overwhelming success! Around the world the profession promoted this year's "Fit to take part" message. Congratulations to all who held events promoting the profession and the vital role it plays in global health. Reports from WCPT member organisations about activities held to celebrate the day will be added to the WCPT website shortly. Although we cannot promise to be able to feature all reports received on the WCPT website, please let us know about your celebrations by emailing a brief report and photos to info@wcpt.org. | 
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Webcasts |
Parkinson's
The World Parkinson Coalition (WPC) is delivering its first ever WPC Scientific Update via a free webcast - this online programme will include six sessions and six free CME/CEU credits from 30th September to 2nd October 2014. It is designed for the international Parkinson community to learn about the exciting scientific advances made over the last year since the Coalition's 2013 congress. For more information go to: bit.ly/1rjaU1C. The International Society of Physiotherapy Journal Editors (a network affiliated with WCPT) is looking for wide participation in its webinar on "Transparency in reporting clinical trials" on Tuesday 11th November 2014, at 11am GMT. Editors and academics will speak on the challenges of implementing clinical trial registration, and a new statement aimed at promoting better reporting of trials. For more information contact Christine Lin clin@georgeinstitute.org.au. |
World PT Day on #physiotalk |
WCPT first took part in its first physiotalk Twitter chat on World Physical Therapy Day on the 8th September - the chat was fast and furious with: · 1,327,791 impressions · 805 tweets · 128 participants To find out more about the World Physical Therapy Day #physiotalk go to: bit.ly/1yxS6Sg. For more general information about physiotalk go to: bit.ly/1oiQmT5 | 
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MedBridge |
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Prevention of child abuse campaign |
The Women's World Summit Foundation (WWSF) has launched its annual campaign and call to action "19 Days of Activism for prevention of abuse and violence against children and youth 1-19 November". The main theme of the 2014 campaign is addiction and substance abuse. | 
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World Spine Day |
| Every year on 16th October people from around the world join together to raise awareness on World Spine Day as part of the Bone and Joint Decade's Action Week. The theme for 2014 is "Straighten Up and Move", focusing on the importance of proper posture and movement in maintaining good spinal health- help promote WSD by sharing a #spineselfie! Find out more at: www.worldspineday.org |
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MOVE Week |
Yesterday saw the start of MOVE Week in Europe. The objective of the week is to promote the benefits of being active and participating regularly in sport and physical activity. During MOVE Week, hundreds of events will take place simultaneously across Europe in a week-long festival of sport and physical activity. MOVE Week offers physical therapists in Europe the opportunity to keep up the "Movement for Health" momentum of World Physical Therapy Day - find out more at: www.moveweek.eu. | 
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Forthcoming events |
South America Region of WCPT: the Congreso Latinoamericano de Fisioterapia y Kinesiología (CLAFK) will be held 27th - 29th October in São Paulo, Brazil. www.clafk2014.com.br The Asia Pacific Action Alliance on Human Resources for Health (AAAH) will hold its 8th Conference on 27th - 31st October 2014 with the theme "Move ahead: Strengthening HRH strategies and action towards universal health coverage in post-2015 era". www.mbedcraft.com/aaah/ |
