Keynote papers

A series of occasional papers dealing with important professional, practice and policy issues relevant to physical therapists across the world and to the development of physical therapy internationally. Keynotes are written by independent authors and are intended to generate discussion. They do not necessarily represent WCPT's opinion.

• Community based rehabilitation
• Continuing education
• Direct access and self-referral
• Disability issues
• Evidence based practice
• Health classifications
• Promotion
• Systems of regulation

Community based rehabilitation (CBR)

• Changing concepts of CBR 1 - The WHO review
• Changing concepts of CBR 2 - Implications for physical therapists

Continuing education

• Identifying the need
• Organising programmes

Direct access

• Direct access and self-referral
  • Reference list for direct access and self-referral Keynotes

Disability issues

• Physical disabilities - The rights of people with disabilities

Evidence based practice (EBP)

• An overview
• The New Zealand experience

• Critical appraisal skills:

  • How to tell whether an article is worth reading
  • Criteria for deciding the quality of an article
  • Are study results good enough to be generalised

• Clinical guidelines:

  • An introduction
  • Developing the guidelines

Health classifications

• An introduction to the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF)
  • Introduction to ICF - English version
  • Introduction to ICF - Spanish version
• Using the ICF in clinical practice

Promotion

• Getting publicity and dealing with the press
• Writing press releases

Systems of regulation

• Systems of regulation in physical therapy