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Standards & Official Documents
Practice Tools
Registration Resources and Forms
Rostering & Authorized Activity Resources
Practice Assessment Resources
Create your Portfolio Resources
Physiotherapist Support Personnel Resources
Professional Conduct Resources
Patient Resources
Practice Scenarios
Perspectives Newsletter
Webinars & Podcasts
E-Learning Modules
Annual Reports
Accessibility Resources
Council Resources
Quality and Safety Resources
Other Resources
Useful Links
Standards and Official Documents
A comprehensive list of all official documents, including Legislation, By-Laws, Standards, Guides and Practice Tools. Available in English and French.
Practice Tools
Risk Competence Model
Risk Management Cycle
Risks in Physiotherapy Practice
Risk Management Tools Framework
Record Keeping Check List
Registrant Pandemic Planning Kit
Entering a Practice
Starting a Practice Checklist
Leaving a Practice
Registration Resources and Forms
Application Documents
Application for Registration Guide
Application for Registration Form
Independent Practice Application Form
Moving to Independent Practice Application Package (Form and Guide)
(for holders of a Current Provisional Practice Certificate or Provisional Practice with Restrictions Certificate)
Provisional Practice Information
Provisional Practice Monitoring Agreement
Provisional Practice with Restrictions Information
Provisional Practice with Restrictions Plan and Agreement
Provisional Practice Application Form
Provisional Practice Monitoring Tool
Employment Information Update Form
Registration Renewal Guide 2013
Registration Renewal Form 2013
Registration Frequently Asked Questions
Courtesy Registration Application Form
Courtesy Registration Guide
Canadian Educated Registration Process Flowchart
Internationally Educated Registration Process Flowchart
Timeline for Internationally Educated Applicants—Registration Process
Professional Corporation Documents
Professional Corporation Guide & Initial Application
Professional Corporation Renewal Application
Jurisprudence Documents
Jurisprudence Sample Scenarios
Jurisprudence Frequently Asked Questions
Jurisprudence Guide
Jurisprudence Module 1: Companion Document
Jurisprudence Evaluation Report
Fair Registration Practices Documents
Fair Registration Practices Report 2012
Fair Registration Practices Report 2011
Fair Registration Practices Report 2010
Fair Registration Practices Report 2009
Fair Registration Practices Report 2008
Registration Committee
Registration Committee FAQs
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Rostering and Authorized Activity Resources
Standard for Professional Practice: Performance of Authorized Activities
Guide to the Standard for Professional Practice: Performance of Authorized Activties
Authorized Activities E-Learning Module
Regulated Health Professions Act
Physiotherapy Act
Physiotherapy Scope of Practice Changes - Frequently Asked Questions
Authorized Activity Rosters - Answers to Your Questions
Council Webinar: Practice Assessments for Rostered PTs September 28, 2012
Rostering Teleconference 2012 Archive
Council Update on Scope of Practice Changes September 15, 2011
Scope of Practice Update Webcast, October 28, 2010
Practice Assessment Resources
Practice Assessment Sample Questions/Assessment Forms
Professional Portfolio Guide
Practice Assessment Brochure
Quality Management Framework
Practice Assessment Timeline
Registrant Preparation Checklist
Access to Facilities and Charts – Registrant
Access to Facilities and Charts – Employer
Selection of Charts for Review Guidelines
Guide to a Suggested Rating
Create Your Portfolio Resources
Professional Portfolio Forms
Choose one or more forms that are meaningful to your practice.
Steps to Creating a Professional Portfolio
Accomplishment Statement
Chart Stimulated Recall Worksheet
Critical Incident Report
Description of Practice Settings
Identification of Learning Needs
Learning Plan
Overview of Portfolio
Reflection on Outcomes of Learning Activities
Reflection on Practice
Skills for Learning Questionnaire
SMART Learning Goals
Formes du portfolio professionnel sont disponible en français
PISA
Professional Issues Self Assessment
Surveys
Results of the Portfolio Survey 2005
Report on the Usage of the Portfolio 2006
Background Materials
Practice Assessment Pilot Test: Report 2006
Practice Assessment Pilot Study Materials
Pilot Practice Assessment Form
Education Verification Form
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Physiotherapist Support Personnel Resources
Standard for Physiotherapists Working with Physiotherapist Support Personnel
Guide to the Standard for Professional Practices: Physiotherapists –
Working with Physiotherapist Support Personnel
Support Personnel E-Learning Module
Essential Competency Profile for Physiotherapist Assistants in Canada
Profil des competences essentielles des assistants-physiotherapeutes au Canada
Support Personnel FAQs
Practice Scenario: Long-Term Care
Professional Conduct Resources
Complaints
Mediated Resolution Program (MRP)
Complaint's Process Flowchart
FAQ Complaints Process for Complainants
FAQ Complaints Process for Registrants
The Role of the Expert
The Role of the Investigator
Health Professions Appeal and Review Board
Discipline Hearings
Upcoming Hearings
The Discipline Process/FAQ
Testifying at a Hearing - Information for Witnesses
Discipline Committee Rules of Procedure
Fitness to Practise Hearings
Upcoming Hearings
Fitness to Practise Committee Rules of Procedure
Fitness to Practise Hearing Process
Unregulated Practitioners/Holding Out
View a Complete List of Unregulated Practitioners
Mandatory Reports
Mandatory Reporting Obligations Sexual Abuse
Mandatory Reporting Obligations Termination / Resignation
Mandatory Reporting Obligations for Facility Operators Concerns of Incapacity, Incompetence
Personal Mandatory Reporting Obligations for Physiotherapist Offences - Findings of Negligence or Malpractice
Mandatory Reports – The College has Received a Mandatory Report about Me
Professional Reporting Obligations – Briefing Note
Sexual Abuse of Patients
The College’s Role when a Patient has been Sexually Abused
Patient Relations Program
Professional Reporting Obligations: Briefing Note
Other
Physiotherapy Act
Regulated Health Professions Act, 1991
Physiotherapy Act, 1991 – Ontario Regulation 388/08 – Professional Misconduct - As of November 5, 2008
Physiotherapy Act, 1991 – Ontario Regulation 861/93 – Professional Misconduct - October 2, 1998 – November 4, 2008
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Patient Resources
Download free posters to be used in practice.
English
Clients
Small Poster 17x11
Large Poster 24x20
Patients
Small Poster 17x11
Large Poster 24x20
French
Clients
Small Poster 17x11
Large Poster 24x20
Patients
Small Poster 17x11
Large Poster 24x20
Practice Scenarios
Covers issues and questions commonly asked by physical therapists.
Advocacy for Quality Practice Settings
Cheating
Confidentiality and Minors
Conflict of Interest - Part 1
Conflict of Interest - Part 2
Consent to Collect, Use and Disclose Personal Health Information
Culturally Sensitive Care
Describing Your Credentials
Direct Billing of WSIB Patients
Disclosing to the Police
Ethical Decision Making
Guidelines for the Supervision of Physiotherapy Students
Informed Consent Part 1
Informed Consent Part 2
Long Term Care
MRSA Positive Patients
Professional Accountability
Professional Reporting Obligations - Part 1
Professional Reporting Obligations - Part 2
Providing Physiotherapy Services by Telephone or Email
Referring to Other Professionals
The Therapeutic Relationship
Use of Laptops
Perspectives - College Newsletter for Physiotherapists
The College’s newsletter for physiotherapists covering issues related
to thought leadership, applied practice and data and knowledge
exchange.
Perspectives Newsletter Vol. 3, Issue 4
Perspectives Newsletter Vol. 3, Issue 3
Perspectives Newsletter Vol. 3, Issue 2
Perspectives Newsletter Vol. 3, Issue 1
Perspectives Newsletter Vol. 2, Issue 6
Perspectives Newsletter Vol. 2, Issue 5
Perspectives Newsletter Vol. 2, Issue 4
Perspectives Newsletter Vol. 2, Issue 3
Perspectives Newsletter Vol. 2, Issue 2
Perspectives Newsletter Vol. 2, Issue 1
Perspectives Newsletter Vol. 1, Issue 6
Perspectives Newsletter Vol. 1, Issue 5
Perspectives Newsletter Vol. 1, Issue 4
Perspectives Newsletter Vol. 1, Issue 3
Perspectives Newsletter Vol. 1, Issue 2
Perspectives Newsletter Vol. 1, Issue 1
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Webinars & Podcasts
Listen to information from the College on a variety of topics of interest.
COUNCIL WEBINAR: Practice Assessments for Rostered PTs September 28, 2012
Rostering Teleconference 2012 Archive March 19, 2012
Council Update on Scope of Practice Changes September 15, 2011
Use of Title Webcast, May 5, 2011
Scope of Practice Update Webcast, October 28, 2010
Outreach Spring 2009, May 11, 2009
Scope of Practice Update Podcasts, June 3, 2011
Please note: Mac Users
Mac users can play these archived webinars but require a free download
from Microsoft that adds WMV functionality to the Apple QuickTime
player.
VLC media player is a free media player that will play WMV files on your
MAC. Download and install the player and the web plugin to view
directly through you browser.
E-Learning Modules
These online resources provide additional information to assist in understanding expectations within the Standards for Professional Practice.
Authorized Activities
Boundaries
Support Personnel
Ethics
Consent
Annual Reports
Annual Report 2011/2012
Annual Report 2010/2011
Annual Report 2009/2010
Annual Report 2008/2009
Annual Report 2007/2008
Annual Report 2006/2007
Annual Report 2005/2006
Annual Report 2003/2004
Accessibility Resources
Ministry of Community and Social Services—Making Ontario Accessible
Making Ontario Accessible Online Staff Training Course
The Accessibility for Ontarians Disability Act website
People Access
What You Must Do To Comply
Council Resources
Council Decisions and Minutes
Balanced Scorecard Guide
Quality and Safety Resources
Patient Safety Website
Other Resources
Official Marks
Privacy Code
Useful Links
Access a list of useful regulatory and physiotherapy related links