Arthritis Society Canada is committed to supporting healthcare professionals in the most up-to-date arthritis identification, care, and management best practices.

Clinical Practice Skills for Inflammatory Arthritis (CPSIA) is a professional development program that has evolved with the evidence and the learning needs of today’s interprofessional team. The program progressively develops the participants’ clinical practice skills over a 5-day period through a blend of online, didactic, interactive and experiential learning on the most prevalent arthritis conditions. Participants who complete all program requirements receive a Certificate of Program Completion issued by Arthritis Society Canada.

Our rehab focused in-person program concentrates on applying assessment and treatment skills that build upon knowledge gained in the virtual program. There will be extensive opportunities to practice these skills with each other and with volunteer patients living with inflammatory arthritis. It will support the learning of those who provide client-centred healthcare to people with arthritis across a continuum of settings and stages of disease. (The program does not address childhood arthritis).

Many of the program’s graduates go on to successfully complete the Advanced Clinician Practitioner in Arthritis Care (ACPAC) program.

Available as Full Program (Virtual plus In-person Days) or Virtual Sessions only:

3 Virtual Sessions:
Monday, June 2nd – 12:30 pm – 4:00 pm ET
Wednesday, June 4th – 12:30 pm – 4:00 pm ET
Monday, June 9th – 12:30 pm – 4:00 pm ET

2 In-Person Days:
Thursday, June 19th – 8:30 am – 5:00 pm ET
Friday, June 20th – 8:30 am – 5:00 pm ET

Location for In-Person Days:
Dept Physical Therapy, University of Toronto
500 University Ave. Toronto, ON, M5G 1V7