We are a group of physiotherapy educators, practitioners, and researchers dedicated to integrating health justice into physiotherapy practice, education, and scholarship. This includes the upcoming update to the Competency Profile for Physiotherapists in Canada; a document that outlines the expectations of all Canadian physiotherapists.
We invite you to join us and share your insights as part of this new collective. We are hoping to come together to create:
1. A set of health justice principles for physiotherapy practice, education, and scholarship, and
2. Concrete examples for how these principles could be incorporated into the upcoming competency profile update for physiotherapists in Canada
To do this, we have created an initial draft of a participatory approach that includes three committees. We want to emphasize that this is a preliminary stage of this initiative, and we fully expect the structure and processes to evolve with your input. If interested, please contact us for more information about these committees.
Eligibility
People with diverse lived experiences who have experience interacting with physiotherapists (whether as a patient, caregiver, or community member).
Time Commitment
Will start around April 2025 and will likely run for two years. Estimated will be about one 1-hour meeting per month and like 1-hour of preparation per month in addition to meeting times.
Compensation
Currently no monetary compensation available but we are working on obtaining grant funding to compensate patient partners. Patient partners will be compensated with credit on any materials that are published out of this work.