Focused symposia

The International Scientific Committee is delighted to announce the focused symposia for World Physical Therapy 2011.  They include speakers from all of WCPT's five regions and will ensure that delegates are exposed to up to date research and knowledge from around the world.

Title Speakers

Advancing International Post-Professional Educational Standards: Learning from the IFOMPT Experience

Alison Rushton (United Kingdom), Darren Rivett (Australia), Karen Beeton (United Kingdom), Jan Pool (Netherlands), Jackie Sadi (Canada)

Cochrane Systematic Reviews - Enabling Evidence-Based Physiotherapy after Stroke

Jan Mehrholz (Germany), Alex Pollock (United Kingdom), Anne Moseley (Australia), Rebecca States (United States of America)

Concept to Practice: "Moving Physical Therapy Forward using the ICF

Alan Jette (United States of America), Reuben Escorpizo (Switzerland), Soraya Maart (South Africa), Okochi Jiro (Japan)

Development of Evidence-Based Recommendations for Physical Therapy Diagnosis and Treatment

Philip van der Wees (Netherlands), Chris Maher (Australia), Christopher Powers (United States of America), Aimee Stewart (South Africa), Ann Moore (United Kingdom)

Early Physical Exercise and Walking in ICU: Accept the Challenge!

Christiane Perme (United States of America), Rik Gosselink (Belgium), Alice Jones (Hong Kong)

Exercise and Cancer: The Evidence To Date and Future Direction

Juliette Hussey (Ireland), Julie Walsh (Ireland), Ciara Feeney (Ireland), Margaret McNeely (Canada), Sharon Kilbreath (Australia)

Fit-Active-Habits: Measuring Fitness and Physical Activity in Cerebral Palsy

Margaret O'Neil (United States of America), Kristie Bjornson (United States of America), Roslyn Boyd (Australia), Annet Dallmeijer (Netherlands), Deborah Thorpe (United States of America)

Forging Links to Moral Action: Reaching Beyond Boundaries

Laura Lee (Dolly) Swisher (United States of America), Gail M Jensen (United States of America), Clare Delany (Australia), Jeanette Praestegaard (Denmark), Aziz Ahmad Adel (Afghanistan),

Future Trends in Cardiac Rehabilitation

Arto Hautala (Finland), Bo Fernhall (United States of America), Tetsuya Takahashi (Japan), Mikko Tulppo (Finland), Sumio Yamada (Japan)

Global Physical Activity Transitions: Emerging Measurement and Therapeutic Opportunity?

Mark Tremblay (Canada), Vincent Onywera (Kenya), Shuichi Obuchi (Japan), Esko Malkia (Finland)

Increasing Practice after Stroke to Optimise Rehabilitation

Catherine Dean (Australia), Louise Ada (Australia), Gert Kwakkel (Netherlands), Luci Teixeira-Salmela (Brazil)

International Clinical Education: Bridging Global Communities while Developing Professional Competency

Celia Pechak (United States of America), Gail Wainwright (Canada), Carilus Okidi (Kenya), Banakar Hampanna (India)

Management Quality Achieving Excellence in Physiotherapy Service Provision

Robert Jones (United Kingdom), Fiona Jenkins (United Kingdom), Janice Mueller (New Zealand), Rosalie Boyce (Australia), Ina Diener (South Africa)

Physical Therapy Leadership in Disability and HIV: Sharing International Perspectives

Stephanie Nixon (Canada), Gabriela Abbud (Brazil), Julie Hard (Canada), Hellen Myezwa (South Africa), Kelly O'Brien (Canada)

Qualitative Research Evidence: How Does it Contribute to Evidence-Based Practice?

Christine Carpenter (United Kingdom), Simon Igo (United Kingdom), Patty Solomon (Canada), Franziska Trede (Australia)

Spinal Manipulation - Evidence for Physiotherapist Delivery of Effective Procedures

Duncan Reid (New Zealand), Timothy Flynn (United States of America), Wayne Hing (New Zealand), Chris McCarthy (United Kingdom), Pieter Westerhuis (Switzerland)

Teaching People about Pain

Lorimer Moseley (Australia), David Butler (Australia), Michael Thacker (United Kingdom), Adriaan Louw (United States of America)

Web-Based Resources to Support Evidence-Based Physiotherapy

Rob Herbert (Australia), Catherine Sherrington (Australia), David Scalzitti (United States of America), Lucie Brosseau (Canada), Rob de Bie (Netherlands)

Programme subject to change

 

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Updated on: Mon 29 Mar 2010