PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
CPA Clinical Specialty in Paediatrics Program
Clinicians across Canada now have the opportunity to obtain their clinical specialist in paediatrics designation through the Canadian Physiotherapy Association's Clinical Specialty Program. The Clinical Specialty Program recognizes clinicians who have demonstrated an advanced level of clinical practice, continuing professional development, leadership and involvement in research in their respective field of practice.
The CPA Clinical Specialty Program provides a framework that (from CPA Clinical Specialty Program Handbook, 2011):
- meets physiotherapists needs for professional development of clinical skills and advanced clinical reasoning in their chosen practice area;
- provides a vehicle for formal recognition of a clinical specialty; and
- provides the public with a means of identifying clinicians who have successfully met the Clinical Specialty Program requirements in their practice area
For a complete guide to the clinical specialist program click on the link below:
http://www.physiotherapy.ca/PublicUploads/234196Candidate%20Handbook%20Final_online.pdf
Applications for the clinical specialist program can be found on the Canadian Physiotherapy Association website at: