This May, for National Physiotherapy Month, Ontario Physiotherapy Association members share the impact of physiotherapists’ scope of practice on their communities. Wanda Chen, PT: "Being able to communicate a diagnosis increases patients’ understanding and trust in their therapy program and leads to better treatment outcomes. In addition to communicating a diagnosis, being able to [...]
This May, for National Physiotherapy Month, Ontario Physiotherapy Association members share the impact of physiotherapists' scope of practice on their communities. Pamela Houghton, Physiotherapist: "I am a retired physiotherapist as of 2022. I was registered with the College in Ontario (CPO) for 29 years. I worked as a full professor teaching and doing research [...]
This May, for National Physiotherapy Month, Ontario Physiotherapy Association members share the impact of physiotherapists' scope of practice on their communities. Helen Razmjou, PT, PhD: "The Advanced Practice Provider (APP) role was developed in Ontario to maximize health human resources with the goal of streamlining access to care for patients with shoulder conditions, and [...]
Last week the Ontario government released the 2017-2018 Budget and it included several references to physiotherapist and expansion of programs that promote access to physiotherapy. Investments involving physiotherapy include: increased funding to inter-professional primary care, community/home care, central intake assessment centres to decrease wait times for total hip and knee replacement surgeries, increased use [...]
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