| | From the President and Secretary General This is the last e-update for 2012, and as the year comes to a close it is interesting to reflect on the progress made in achieving WCPT objectives and raising the international profile of physical therapy over the past 12 months. Highlights of 2012 included the relaunch of World Physical Therapy Day with a new look and new materials, the collection of data from member organisations to create an international profile of the profession, the Olympics and Paralympics focusing attention on the work of physical therapists, successful conferences and meetings across regions and subgroups, and WCPT's increasing visibility on social media. Communications is at the heart of what we do and as we move to 2013 this will become increasingly clear as we relaunch our website and continue to improve how we get our messages to you. 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. Photo competition - last chance! With next week's deadline of 5th December, this is your last opportunity to enter WCPT's 2012 photo competition. Focussing on the theme of World Physical Therapy Day, Movement for Health, WCPT is looking for images showing the importance of physical activity and the contribution the profession makes to keeping populations well, mobile and independent. If you think your photos project a positive image of physical activity, email us now at info@wcpt.org. A maximum of three entries may be submitted by any one individual. For full details of the competition go to www.wcpt.org/photo-competition. International Day of Persons with Disabilities Next week, 3rd December, is the International Day of Persons with Disabilities. The theme of the day for 2012 is Removing barriers to create an inclusive and accessible society for all. Over one billion people, or approximately 15 per cent of the world's population, live with some form of disability. Persons with disabilities, "the world's largest minority", often face barriers to participation in all aspects of society. Commemoration of the day provides an opportunity to address this exclusion by focusing on promoting accessibility and removing all types of barriers in society. For further information about the day and to see events around the world go to http://bit.ly/SnDXQR. Additional disability and function resources may be accessed via the WCPT website at www.wcpt.org/node/27545. Osteoporosis review journal Progress in Osteoporosis Volume 12 Issue 3 is now available on the International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) website. The publication allows readers to keep up with new information and research developments by providing critical evaluation of the most important literature in the field of osteoporosis published in the preceding few months. To access the publication you will have to register as a free member on the IOF website: www.iofbonehealth.org/progress-in-osteoporosis. The latest e-update from the WHO Global Campaign for Violence Prevention includes a report from the recently held 11th World Conference on Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion in New Zealand, http://bit.ly/UT9Ek6. WHO works with partners to prevent violence through scientifically credible strategies that are conceived and implemented in relation to causes at the levels of the individual, family, community and society. Find out more at www.who.int/violence_injury_prevention/violence/en/. Following this month's World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims, you can now see how the day was celebrated worldwide on 18th November at www.worlddayofremembrance.org/ For further information about road safety visit the Decade of Action for Road Safety 2011-2020 website at www.who.int/roadsafety/decade_of_action/en/. You can also read their latest e-update which includes reports of activities and initiatives taken by countries to progress the decade's global plan http://bit.ly/YtqomL. A new publication has been launched by the The Commonwealth Fund: International Profiles of Health Care Systems, 2012. It presents overviews of the health care systems of Australia, Canada, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Japan, Iceland, Italy, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United States. Each overview covers health insurance, public and private financing, health system organisation, quality of care, health disparities, efficiency and integration, care coordination, use of health information technology, use of evidence-based practice, cost containment, and recent reforms and innovations. Additional summary tables provide data on overall health care spending, hospital spending and utilisation, health care access, patient safety, care co-ordination, chronic care management, disease prevention, capacity for quality improvement, and public views.
The report is available for download at http://bit.ly/SgvHRj. The deadline for abstract submission for the 8th Interdisciplinary World Congress on Low Back & Pelvic Pain is just three weeks away, 20th December 2012. Submit your paper now at www.worldcongresslbp.com/call-papers. This international congress will take place in Dubai, 27th-31st October 2013. It is aimed at practitioners, academics, researchers and policy makers from all continents and from clinical areas as wide ranging as medicine, physical therapy, chiropractic, biomechanics, osteopathy, manual therapy, exercise therapy, myotherapy, orthopaedic, neuro-surgery and sports medicine. The call for abstracts is now open for the 6th Asia Western Pacific Region of WCPT Congress. Full details may be accessed at www.2013awp-acpt.org/home.html. The congress will be held 5th-9th September 2013 in Taichung, Taiwan. 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 | | | |
