Policy list by category

Categories

Education
Professional issues
Professional practice
Social issues

• Policy statement: Education

• WCPT guideline for curricula for physical therapists delivering quality exercise programmes across the life span

• WCPT guideline for delivering quality continuing professional development for physical therapists

• WCPT guideline for physical therapist professional entry level education

• WCPT guideline for qualifications of faculty for physical therapist professional entry level education programmes

• WCPT guideline for standard evaluation process for accreditation/recognition of physical therapist professional entry level education programmes

• WCPT guideline for the clinical education component of physical therapist professional entry level education

Professional issues

• Articles of association

• Policy statement: Autonomy

• Policy statement: Description of physical therapy

• Policy statement: Direct access and patient/client self-referral to physical therapy

• Policy statement: Ethical responsibilities of physical therapists and WCPT members

• Policy statement: Health human resources

• Policy statement: Infection prevention and control

• Policy statement: Informed consent

• Policy statement: Occupational health and safety of physical therapists

• Policy statement: Patients’/clients’ rights in physical therapy

• Policy statement: Physical therapist practice specialisation

• Policy statement: Physical therapy records management: record keeping, storage, retrieval and disposal

• Policy statement: Protection of title

• Policy statement: Quality services

• Policy statement: Reciprocity - mutual recognition

• Policy statement: Regulation of the physical therapy profession

• Policy statement: Relationships with other health professionals

• Policy statement: Research

• Policy statement: Standards of physical therapist practice

• WCPT ethical principles

• WCPT guideline for physical therapy records management: record keeping, storage, retrieval and disposal

• WCPT guideline for standards of physical therapy practice

• WCPT guideline for the development of a system of legislation/regulation/recognition of physical therapists

Professional practice

• Endorsement: The International Federation of Sports Physiotherapy Guideline on Doping

• Policy statement: Community based rehabilitation

• Policy statement: Direct access and patient/client self-referral to physical therapy

• Policy statement: Evidence based practice

• Policy statement: Infection prevention and control

• Policy statement: Informed consent

• Policy statement: Physical therapist practice specialisation

• Policy statement: Physical therapist support personnel

• Policy statement: Physical therapists as exercise experts across the life span

• Policy statement: Physical therapy records management: record keeping, storage, retrieval and disposal

• Policy statement: Physical therapy services for older people

• Policy statement: Primary health care

• Policy statement: Private practice

• Policy statement: Relationships with other health professionals

• Policy statement: Research

• Policy statement: Standards of physical therapist practice

• WCPT guideline for curricula for physical therapists delivering quality exercise programmes across the life span

• WCPT guideline for physical therapist practice specialisation

• WCPT guideline for physical therapy records management: record keeping, storage, retrieval and disposal

• Endorsement: The United Nations Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment

• Endorsement: The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

• Endorsement: The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child

• Endorsement: The United Nations Standard Rules on the Equalisation of Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities

• Policy statement: Disaster management

• Policy statement: Female genital mutilation

• Policy statement: Patients’/clients’ rights in physical therapy

• Policy statement: The consequences of armed violence, landmines and other weapons of war

• Policy statement: Torture

Definitions: Policy, Guideline, Endorsement

Updated on: Wed 19 Oct 2011