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March 2010
Newsletter
Dear members,
Welcome to the first issue this year. We have a number of exciting events lined up most importantly the SPA Visioning workshop that is to be held in 2 weeks.
I urge all physiotherapists to show their support and attend this event. It is your chance to make yourself heard and make a difference in the physiotherapy profession of the future.
Please show your support and attend the Visioning Workshop!
Carol RemediosNewsletter Editor
Features• SPA Visioning Workshop 2010
Announcements• SPA 46th Annual General Meeting• WCPT Press Release - World Physical Therapy
Congress 2011 Programme details announced• WCPT Awards Programme 2011• SPA Education Seminar “Advocacy for Change”• Pan-Pacific Conference on Rehabilitation• Interdisciplinary World Congress
From the Editor. . . . . .
in this edition......Committee Updates• SPA Website
New Members• January - March 2010 New Members
Job Advertisements• Vacancy at St. Andrew’s Community
Hospital
Local Courses
Overseas Courses
Feature
SPA Visioning Workshop 2010
The Singapore Physiotherapy Association (SPA) will be having the 4th Visioning Workshop from 10th to11th April 2010. The workshop is themed
’SPA Visioning 2010: Transforming Today’s Physiotherapy for Tomorrow’
The SPA conducts a Visioning Workshop every 5 years to chart the directions and focus of the SPA and the physiotherapy profession in Singapore. This year’s Visioning Workshop is aimed to:
1) Explore the various needs of the Singapore population as well as the Physiotherapy profession itself,2) Explore the strategies to meet these needs, and3) Outline the new challenges facing our profession, especially in terms of registration and recruitment. For effective Visioning, we would need you along with other physiotherapy members to participate in this workshop, where your opinions, suggestion and ideas will be able to contribute the aims of the Workshop. As the physiotherapy profession and numbers have grown and will be growing further in Singapore, we need physiotherapists from all areas and settings to come in and share their ideas, especially the community and private settings. We have also invited guests, Mr Jonathan Kruger, Manager of Policy and Professional Standards Division in the Australian Physiotherapy Association, and Dr Margot Skinner, AWP executive member of WCPT from New Zealand. They will be able to share with us how their professions and associations grew, as well as the challenges and experiences with registration of the profession. We sincerely hope to see you at the workshop, as the time have come for physiotherapists in Singapore to gather and map out our future directions. We look forward to seeing you at the Visioning Workshop! Please register at [email protected] or contact our administrator at +65 97957535.
Dr Celia TanPresident and ChairpersonOrganising CommitteeSingapore Physiotherapy Association
Announcements
SPA 46th Annual General Meeting
The Association would like to invite all its members to the 46th Annual General Meeting on 19th May 2009, Wednesday at 6pm.
Main Agenda:1. Presentation of reports by council2. Election of office bearers 2010 – 20123. Seminar: Expanding our scope of practice: Dry Needling by Mr Shawn Soh
More details will be announced soon.
We look forward to seeing you at our 46th AGM.
Ms Felicia SeahHonorary SecretarySingapore Physiotherapy Association
WCPT Awards Programme 2010
The WCPT Awards Committee would like to invite nominations for the following awards:
• Mildred Elson Award • International Service Award • Humanitarian Service Award • Leadership in Rehabilitation Award • Recognition of Service to WCPT Award
The WCPT awards programme recognizes outstanding contributions and international leadership made by individual physical therapists and groups who have made an exceptional contribution to the profession and/or global health.
The closing date for nominations is 31st July 2010. The recipients will be announced at the time of WCPT’s next general meeting and congress, World Physical Therapy 2011, in Amsterdam, Netherlands, June 2011.
For further details, please visit the WCPT website at http://www.wcpt.org/awards.
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WCPT Press Release
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WCPT Press Release Programme details for World Physical Therapy 2011 announced
18 March 2010 For immediate release
Speakers from all corners of the world will be contributing to physical therapy’s biggest world gathering, to be held in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, next year. The World Confederation for Physical Therapy, which holds an international Congress every four years, announces the first main programme content and speakers this week.
The programme will include 18 different focused symposia featuring top level speakers from each of WCPT’s five regions. The focused symposia form a major part of WCPT’s Congress programme, and each one will deal with an issue of global relevance to the profession, whether in the field of practice, research, education, management or policy. Details of the newly announced focused symposia, including presenters, are provided in the attached sheet.
“We’ve been delighted at the number of high quality proposals we’ve had for focused symposia,” says Ann Moore, Chair of WCPT’s International Scientific Committee, which has responsibility for putting together the programme for the WCPT Congress. “It’s meant that we’ve been able to select the best speakers, addressing topics that physical therapists all over the world want - and need - to know more about.”
Focused symposia have become increasingly popular at WCPT Congresses. Each is organised by a convenor, who leads an international group of presenters through thematically linked and research-focused presentations. The symposium ends with key take-home messages for practice, research, education, management and policy, with international relevance. Each symposium lasts one and a half hours, with at least half an hour for discussion with the audience.
They are central to WCPT’s priority of making its Congress as inclusive as possible, says Ann Moore. “We want a programme that will attract practising physical therapists as well as researchers and educators. They will be able to attend workshops, courses and discussions which complement the scientific programme, and will allow them to take away new skills.”
The views of physical therapists themselves have been fundamental in shaping plans for the Congress. In 2008, more than a thousand physical therapists responded to a WCPT survey asking them about the issues that interested them the most.
More information Further details about the symposia and the programme for World Physical Therapy 2011 can be found at: http://www.wcpt.org/congress/fs Please contact Tracy Bury if you have specific queries: [email protected]
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Note to WCPT Member Organisations Please use this information in your magazine, journal or newsletter to help attract delegates to World Physical Therapy 2011 and celebrate the inclusion of speakers from your country or region. Press releases will be sent shortly with further details on focused symposium speakers from your country.
Details of focused symposium subjects and speakers
Advancing International Post-Professional Educational Standards: Learning fom the IFOMPT Experience
Alison Rushton (UK), Darren Rivett (Australia), Karen Beeton (UK), Jan Pool (Netherlands), Jackie Sadi (Canada)
Cochrane Systematic Reviews – Enabling Evidence-Based Physiotherapy after Stroke Jan Mehrholz (Germany), Alex Pollock (UK), Anne Moseley (Australia), Rebecca States (USA)
Concept To Practice: “Moving Physical Therapy Forward Using the ICF” Alan Jette (USA), Reuben Escorpizo (Switzerland), Soraya Maart (South Africa), Okochi Jiro (Japan)
Development of Evidence-Based Recommendations for Physical Therapy Diagnosis and Treatment Philip van der Wees (Netherlands), Chris Maher (Australia), Christopher Powers (USA) Aimee Stewart (South Africa), Ann Moore (UK)
Early Physical Exercise and Walking in ICU: Accept the Challenge! Christiane Perme (USA), Rik Gosselink (Belgium), Alice Jones (Hong Kong)
Exercise and Cancer: The Evidence to Date And Future Direction Juliette Hussey (Ireland), Julie Walsh (Ireland), Ciara Feeney (Ireland), Margaret McNeely
(Canada), Sharon Kilbreath (Australia)
Fit- Active-Habits: Measuring Fitness and Physical Activity in Cerebral Palsy Margaret O'Neil (USA), Kristie Bjornson (USA), Roslyn Boyd (Australia), Annet Dallmeijer (Netherlands), Deborah Thorpe (USA)
Forging Links to Moral Action: Reaching Beyond Boundaries Laura Lee Swisher (USA), Gail M Jensen (USA), Aziz Ahmad Adel (Afghanistan), Clare Delany
(Australia)
Future Trends in Cardiac Rehabilitation
Arto Hautala (Finland), Bo Fernhall (USA), Tetsuya Takahashi (Japan), Mikko Tulppo (Finland), Sumio Yamada (Japan)
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Global Physical Activity Transitions: Emerging Measurement and Therapeutic Opportunity? Mark Tremblay (Canada), Vincent Onywera (Kenya), Shuichi Obuchi (Japan), Esko Malkia
(Finland)
Increasing Practice after Stroke to Optimise Rehabilitation Catherine Dean (Australia), Louise Ada (Australia), Gert Kwakkel (Netherlands), Luci Teixeira-Salmela (Brazil)
International Clinical Education: Bridging Global Communities While Developing Professional Competency Celia Pechak (USA), Gail Wainwright (Canada), Carilus Okidi (Kenya), Banakar Hampanna
(India)
Management Quality Achieving Excellence in Physiotherapy Service Provision Robert Jones (UK), Fiona Jenkins (UK), Janice Mueller (New Zealand), Rosalie Boyce
(Australia), Ina Diener (South Africa)
Physical Therapy Leadership in Disability and HIV: Sharing International Perspectives Stephanie Nixon (Canada), Gabriela Abbud (Brazil), Julie Hard (Canada), Hellen Myezwa (South Africa), Kelly O'Brien (Canada)
Qualitative Research Evidence: How Does it Contribute to Evidence-Based Practice? Christine Carpenter (UK), Simon Igo (UK), Patty Solomon (Canada), Franziska Trede (Australia)
Spinal Manipulation – Evidence for Physiotherapist Delivery Of Effective Procedures Duncan Reid (New Zealand), Timothy Flynnn (USA), Wayne Hing (New Zealand), Chris McCarthy (UK), Pieter Westerhuis (Switzerland)
Teaching People About Pain Lorimer Moseley (Australia), David Butler (Australia), Michael Thacker (UK), Adriaan Louw (USA)
Web-Based Resources to Support Evidence-Based Physiotherapy Rob Herbert (Australia), Catherine Sherrington (Australia), David Scalzitti (USA), Lucie Brosseau
(Canada), Rob de Bie (Netherlands)
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Global Physical Activity Transitions: Emerging Measurement and Therapeutic Opportunity? Mark Tremblay (Canada), Vincent Onywera (Kenya), Shuichi Obuchi (Japan), Esko Malkia
(Finland)
Increasing Practice after Stroke to Optimise Rehabilitation Catherine Dean (Australia), Louise Ada (Australia), Gert Kwakkel (Netherlands), Luci Teixeira-Salmela (Brazil)
International Clinical Education: Bridging Global Communities While Developing Professional Competency Celia Pechak (USA), Gail Wainwright (Canada), Carilus Okidi (Kenya), Banakar Hampanna
(India)
Management Quality Achieving Excellence in Physiotherapy Service Provision Robert Jones (UK), Fiona Jenkins (UK), Janice Mueller (New Zealand), Rosalie Boyce
(Australia), Ina Diener (South Africa)
Physical Therapy Leadership in Disability and HIV: Sharing International Perspectives Stephanie Nixon (Canada), Gabriela Abbud (Brazil), Julie Hard (Canada), Hellen Myezwa (South Africa), Kelly O'Brien (Canada)
Qualitative Research Evidence: How Does it Contribute to Evidence-Based Practice? Christine Carpenter (UK), Simon Igo (UK), Patty Solomon (Canada), Franziska Trede (Australia)
Spinal Manipulation – Evidence for Physiotherapist Delivery Of Effective Procedures Duncan Reid (New Zealand), Timothy Flynnn (USA), Wayne Hing (New Zealand), Chris McCarthy (UK), Pieter Westerhuis (Switzerland)
Teaching People About Pain Lorimer Moseley (Australia), David Butler (Australia), Michael Thacker (UK), Adriaan Louw (USA)
Web-Based Resources to Support Evidence-Based Physiotherapy Rob Herbert (Australia), Catherine Sherrington (Australia), David Scalzitti (USA), Lucie Brosseau
(Canada), Rob de Bie (Netherlands)
Call for Abstracts
The main call for abstracts for World Physical Therapy 2011 is now open for:
* platform presentations * poster presentations * poster discussion sessions
All submissions must be made electronically via the WCPT website. For further details and to download a full copy of the call for abstracts and submission guidelines go to www.wcpt.org/congress/abstracts.
The closing date for abstract submissions is 15 September 2010.
SPA Education Seminar “Advocating for Change”Mr Jonathon Kruger
National ManagerPolicy and Professional Standards Division
Australian Physiotherapy Association (Melbourne)
Organized by Singapore Physiotherapy Association
Venue Lecture Theatre, block 6 level 9@ Singapore General Hospital
Course Fee $15 per person for SPA Members/ $30 for Non-Members
Last date for Registration is 1st April 2010. Limited seats are available. Registration is on a first-come-first-serve basis.
Crossed cheque should be made payable to “Singapore Physiotherapy Association” and mailed to: Singapore Physiotherapy Association, Tanglin P.O. Box 442, Singapore 912415
For enquiry, please contact us at 9795 7535 or [email protected]
The Australian Physiotherapy Association (APA) and our members as individuals are increasingly engaging in robust public policy discussions about the future of our health system.
These discussions are often occurring at the health service level where physiotherapy departments now have to advocate for expansion of their services and to gain improved funding. The skills required for these advocacy activities are not generally taught as part of the physiotherapy entry level education so they have had to be learnt – and they have to be learnt fast.
This seminar will help outline the practical steps involved in developing an effective advocacy strategy for Singapore physiotherapists with reference to the Australian experience in advocating for change on behalf of the physiotherapy profession over the last two decades.
AimTo undertake a seminar with representatives from the Singapore Physiotherapy Association in relation to advocacy – both at a national level and a local service level.
Target AudienceThis seminar would be appropriate for experienced managers as well as physiotherapists who have recently assumed a senior clinical or management position and are now required to advocate for physiotherapy within their service.
ObjectivesUnderstand the key steps in developing an advocacy campaign including the following:
• Developing policy • Developing stakeholder engagement strategy• Developing media / publicity strategy•
About the speakerMr Jonathon Kruger graduated in 1996 with a bachelor degree and obtained his Masters of Public Health in 2001 from the La Trobe University, Victoria. He is presently the National Manager in Policy and Professional Standards Division at Australian Physiotherapy Association (Melbourne).
Mr Kruger has over fourteen years experience in the Australian public health system including senior management roles, lobbying, formulating advocacy campaigns and developing policy and programs aimed at enhancing the health and wellbeing of all Australians.
He has been sharing his experience and expertise with his highly developed public speaking and advocacy skills attained through participation at parliamentary committee hearings, seminars, invited lectures, workshops, television interviews and panel discussions. For more information, visit www.physiotherapy.org.sg/AboutSPA/Events.aspx.
Pan-Pacific Conference on Rehabilitation 2010
The 7th Pan-Pacific Conference on Rehabilitation with the theme “Mind, Brain and Body”, jointly organized with The Hong Kong College of Family Physicians, will be held in The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong on 23 - 24 Oct 2010. There is 10% discount for SPA member on the registration. For more information, please go to www.rs.polyu.edu.hk/ppcr/.
7th Interdisciplinary World Congress 2010
The 7th Interdisciplinary World Congress will be held at Los Angeles, USA, from 9 to 12 Nov 2010. This year, it will focus on effective clinical implementation of evidence based research for low back and pelvic pain. SPA members are entitled a reduced fee at US$770 before 1st June. For more information, please go to www.worldcongresslbp.com.
Committee Updates
SPA Website Update
Welcome New Members!(January - March 2010)
Mr Ramesh DuraisamyMs Krishnan PoongothaiMs Ruchira GuptaMr Lim Sheng JosephMrs Tan Siang Yin Mr Audi Fehdurani Mat SayutiMs Eunice Yen NeeMs Lee Chia Yin CindyMs Prity Rai
Ordinary Members
Ms Ramasamy VishnupriyaMr Thirunavukkarasu SaravananMs Emma Louise JoukadjianMr Thambiaiyan SivasanguMs Teo Wei Kee LeniaMs Shalini Gobi Singh JeevabaiMr Tudtud Irish Lloyd GepananMs Jo-ann Nair
Singapore Physiotherapy Association is pleased to announce the launch of our new and improved website on 1st March 2010. We have created a more comprehensive portal with physiotherapy-related information and services. Now you can also read the latest press releases, check out our upcoming and past events, access important links and more.
Visit and explore our new website at www.physiotherapy.org.sg. Michael ChanMembership Chairperson
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St. Andrew's Community Hospital is a non-profit voluntary welfare organisation, providing affordable intermediate medical care for the community. It is the first community hospital in Singapore, and the first step-down care institution located next to an acute care general hospital.
We invite you to join our team as Physiotherapist
Requirementso Recognized diploma / degree in Physiotherapy o Has interest in stroke / geriatric rehabilitation o Recent graduates are welcome to apply
Interested applicants, please fax, e-mail or write in with full resume and supporting information, photograph, current and expected salaries, and notice period to:
The Human Resource Department Address: 8 Simei Street 3 Singapore 529895 Fax: (65) 6586 1099 Email: [email protected]
St. Andrew's Community Hospital is a non-profit voluntary welfare organisation, providing affordable intermediate medical care for the community. It is the first community hospital in Singapore, and the first step-down care institution located next to an acute care general hospital.
We invite you to join our team as Physiotherapist Requirements
o Recognized diploma / degree in Physiotherapy o Has interest in stroke / geriatric rehabilitation o Recent graduates are welcome to apply
Interested applicants, please fax, e-mail or write in with full resume and supporting information, photograph, current and expected salaries, and notice period to: The Human Resource Department Address: 8 Simei Street 3 Singapore 529895 Fax: (65) 6586 1099 Email: [email protected]
Local Courses
SPA Education TalksFor enquiry, please Tel: 9795 7535 or Email [email protected].
9 Apr 2010“Advocating for Change” by Mr Jonathan Kruger, APA
Courses by SGH-PGAHIFor Enquiries: Contact Mr Goh Zewei at 6323 7155 or Email [email protected].
26 - 27 Apr 2010Airway Clearance: Physiology, Technique & Practice
7 -9 Jun 2010 Advanced Physiotherapy Management of Cervical Spine Disorders
17-18 Jun 2010 Ergonomics Workshop
1-2 Jul 2010 Youth in Sports2nd Sports Symposium, incorporating the Inaugural Footwear Biomechanics Symposium
4-8 Oct 2010 (Basic Course)11-14 Oct 2010 (Therapy I Course)Dr. Vodder’s Manual Lymphedema Drainage (MLD) and Combined Decongestive TherapyBasic & Therapy I Course
Overseas Courses(Forthcoming Events from WCPT)
19-21 Apr 2010 Geneva Health ForumTowards Global Access to HealthGeneva, SwitzerlandWebsite: www.genevahealthforum.org Email: [email protected]
5-8 May 20103rd International Congress on Physical Activity and HealthToronto, CanadaWebsite: www.flri.ca/icpaph
7-8 May 2010Swiss Physiotherapy CongressBasel, SwitzerlandWebsite: www.physioswiss.ch/swiss/services/agenda-anlaesse/kongress2010.htm
14-16 May 2010New Zealand Society of Physiotherapists ConferenceAuckland, New ZealandWebsite: www.physiotherapy.org.nz/Event?Action=View&Event_id=5
18-20 May 2010Saudi Physical Therapy ConferenceUniversity of Dammam, Saudi ArabiaWebsite: www.saudiptc.comEmail: [email protected]
27-29 May 201022nd Annual Meeting of the European Academy of Childhood Disability (EACD)Measures of Progress - Evaluating management outcome in childhood disabilityBrussels, BelgiumWebsite: www.eacd2010.com
16-19 Jun 2010Annual Conference and Exposition of the American Physical Therapy AssociationBoston MA, USAWebsite: www.apta.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Annual_Conference2&TPLID=152&ContentID=67654
22-25 Jul 2010Canadian Physiotherapy Association Annual National CongressSt John's, Newfoundland, CanadaEmail: [email protected]: www.physiotherapy.ca
8 Sep 2010World Physical Therapy Day
9-12 Nov 20107th Interdisciplinary World CongressLos Angeles, USAWebsite: www.rs.polyu.edu.hk/ppcr
23 - 24 Oct 20107th Pan-Pacific Conference on RehabilitationThe Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong KongWebsite: www.worldcongresslbp.com
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