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October 2015 |
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See how World Physical Therapy Day was celebrated |
Once again, World Physical Therapy Day has been a huge success with celebrations taking place around the world. Thank you to all WCPT member organisations and physical therapists who have sent in their reports about activities held to celebrate the day. This year's "Fulfilling potential" message was enthusiastically taken up around the world and used as the focus of the day. | 
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WCPT Look Forward Together |
| Have your say in the strategic direction for WCPT and take part in our poll. Earlier this week WCPT launched the first of a series of online polls to gain opinion from member organisations and the physical therapy community. This is part of the WCPT Look Forward Together consultation, and will inform a new strategic plan to determine the Confederation's direction to the year 2021. The first poll asks: "What do you see as the most exciting opportunities for physical therapy?" |
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IFOMPT Conference 2016: call for abstracts |
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MedBridge |
| One of WCPT's education partners, MedBridge, is offering a yearly subscription at a discount of more than 50%. A yearly subscription gives you unlimited access to: · continuing education: 400+ courses taught by industry-leading professionals, such as Adriaan Louw, Chad Cook, Jennifer Bottomley, and many more. · patient education: customisable for all levels of health literacy, featuring 3D models and animated videos explaining common conditions · home exercise programmes: thousands of exercises to create easy-to-build HEPs to help your patients get better, faster. |
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WCO-IOF-ESCEO congress |
The World Congress on Osteoporosis, Osteoarthritis and Musculoskeletal Disease will take place 14th - 17th April 2016 in Malaga, Spain. To submit an abstract go to: www.wco-iof-esceo.org/abstracts. Deadline for submissions is 15th January 2016. To view the programme and register go to: www.wco-iof-esceo.org/ | 
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Review of the CIOMS International Ethical Guidelines |
The draft of the revised CIOMS International Ethical Guidelines for Biomedical Research Involving Human Subjects is now open for public consultation. A review of the guidelines by physical therapists would help to ensure that the new draft meets the needs of physical therapists and the subjects of their research. |
