The College understands that the pandemic is a challenging time for some physiotherapists. Please know that this one-hour interview can be completed at a convenient time for you, including evenings and weekends.

If your current circumstances make it difficult to complete the one-hour screening interview, you can request an extension or deferral to have the screening interview later in the year. 

Please email the Quality Assurance team at qualityassurance@collegept.org to request an extension or deferral. Please submit the request as soon as possible after being selected for a screening interview. 

If you require accommodations to complete the screening interview, please contact the Quality Assurance team as soon as possible and we will do our best to help you. 

The College’s Council approved an eligibility and selection criteria for the screening interview in March 2019. Council may revisit this decision at any time. 

Based on this decision, physiotherapists are eligible to complete a screening interview when:  

 • They have been registered in Independent Practice for two years.

 • They deliver patient care.

 • Physiotherapists who have been in practice the longest without completing a screening interview (practice assessment) will be selected first.  

If Council changes the eligibility and selection criteria for the screening interview, this information will be communicated to all physiotherapists.

Physiotherapists who meet the eligibility requirements and have been in practice the longest without completing a practice assessment will be selected for the screening interview first. Selections for screening interviews are done once a month. 

The College will then cycle through the remaining eligible PTs until all physiotherapists have completed a screening interview. 

Depending on the number of registered physiotherapists, we anticipate that physiotherapists will be selected for a screening interview every 10 years or so. Note that this number is an estimate only and is subject to change. 

The screening interview is a one-hour conversation between you and a College assessor. Screening interviews are conducted using video conferencing software such as Zoom. 

You will be asked to answer some questions based on core areas of physiotherapy practice, using examples from your practice over the past year or two. The assessor will ask you no more than seven questions and will submit the information to the College in a screening interview report.

Yes, you can request a screening interview as a volunteer, however you may not be selected.

Reasons you may not be allowed to volunteer: 

 • You have already completed an practice assessment as part of the ‘old’ program and the College is currently selecting all PTs who have never been assessed first.

 • You don’t meet the selection criteria:

• You have not been in Independent Practice for two years

• You do not provide any patient care

Note that selections for screening interviews are done once per month therefore you may need to wait up to one month to get notified that you are selected.   

If you are selected to participate in a screening interview while you are on parental leave or go on leave while the process is ongoing, you will not have to complete the interview at that time.

We will provide you with a deferral and you will resume the screening interview process once you return to work. If you decide to leave the profession while in the assessment process, your assessment will be deferred. If you decide to return to patient care in the future, you will resume the screening interview process.