International development

Establishing new physical therapy education programmes in countries where none exist is a challenge, as is recruiting faculty staff when establishing these programmes, or when trying to raise the entry-level qualifications of education programmes to an international standard.

This page includes news, updates and occasionally requests for short-term faculty or other support from physical therapy education programmes striving to develop in accordance with WCPT guidelines.

• Associate/Assistant Professor in Physiotherapy in Nepal (September 2010)
• Senior lecturer in Fiji (July 2010)
• Physiotherapy lecturer/tutor in Nepal (April 2010)
• Read about the development of the physical therapy education programme in Suriname as profiled in the HVO Winter 2009-2010 Newsletter