The mission statement of the Orthopaedic Division of the Canadian Physiotherapy Association is the advancement of orthopaedic physiotherapy through the promotion of excellence in education, practice and research.
  - taken from the OD's 5 year plan 1990-95

Over the past year the education committee has explored making changes to the way the diploma system is administered and examined. We are now ready to implement changes that affect the order of the examinations and courses. Download the document

Posted September 23, 2009

We are now looking for interested volunteers for this fall's Advanced Manual Therapy Exam. Interested individuals should be able to have all areas of their spine manipulated (cervical/thoracic/lumbar spine and pelvis). All models will be screened for appropriateness before the start of the exam. Models are ONLY needed for 2 hours time slots.

Vancouver dates: held at Treloar Physiotherapy
Friday October 23 (between 5-7 pm) and Saturday October 24, 2009 (4 time slots: 8:00-10:00 am, 10:15-12:15 pm, 1:15-3:15 pm, 3:30-5:30 pm)

Toronto dates: held at Adelaide West Physiotherapy
Friday November 6th (2 time slots: 3:30-5:30pm and 6:00-8:00pm)
Saturday November 7th and Sunday November 8th, 2009 (4 time slots each day: 8:00-10:00 am, 10:15-12:15 pm, 1:15-3:15 pm, 3:30-5:30 pm)

If you are interested, please for more information.

Posted August 24, 2009

IMPORTANT INFORMATION: PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING DOCUMENT BEFORE REGISTERING FOR THE INTERMEDIATE EXAM
Diploma System Changes

The date for the Multiple Choice and Case History Examination is:
- February 20, 2010

The practical dates for the Intermediate Exam are:
- West: March 27/28, 2010
- East: April 10/11, 2010

Location of each exam is dependent on enrolment.

Download the application

Deadline for application is October 31, 2009. Candidates must provide proof of completion of Level 3 courses and a cheque for the full amount of the exam (no post-dated cheques accepted).

The deadline for submitting mentorship hours (90 hours) is November 30, 2009.

If you have any questions, please .

The dates for the Advanced Exam are:
- West: October 24-25, 2009
- East: November 7-8, 2009

Location of each exam is dependent on enrollment.

Deadline for application is July 31, 2009. Candidates must provide proof of completion of Level 4 and Level 5 courses and a cheque for the full amount of the exam ($850, no post-dated cheques accepted).

The deadline for submitting mentorship hours (60 hours) is August 31, 2009.

Download the application

If you have any questions, please .

The Orthopaedic division is pleased to provide access for its members to the Cervical Manipulation Information Sheet (CMIS). The document is now available on the Documents for Download page of the members only section of the OD website and can be downloaded in a pdf format.
The CMIS is an evidence based tool created for clinicians. In order for informed consent to be valid when administering a cervical manipulation, certain information must be communicated. The CMIS is designed to help guide one through all of the pertinent information. In addition, the CMIS contains literature references for clinical predictors for those likely to respond to cervical manipulation or those likely to have an adverse event. As well, treatment outcomes regarding both effectiveness of cervical manipulation and adverse events are provided. This additional information will serve to help the clinician in the critical reasoning process when deciding whether a cervical manipulation is an appropriate technique for each patient. The references in the CMIS are current as of October 2008. It will be updated on a yearly basis or as new information is published.

You must apply to be an instructor for the syllabus courses in the Orthopaedic Division EACH YEAR. Applications are now being accepted for the 2010-2011 teaching year. Paper copies of applications are due to the Credentials Chair, Euson Yeung, by March 31st, 2010. Late applications will not be considered. Please use the following address when submitting your applications:

Please use the following address when submitting your applications:

East Toronto Orthopaedic and Sports Injury Clinic
1577 Danforth Avenue, Unit 4
Toronto, ON M4C 1H7

Reminder: applicants must submit a curriculum vitae and teaching dossier with the instructor application each year. Thank you.

Download Instructor Application form
Download Curriculum Vitae template
Download Teaching Dossier template

IFOMT 2012 - Quebec City, Canada

Please review the new MENTORSHIP GUIDELINES as well as obtain access to the mentorship database.

As of January 1, 2006 candidates of the Advanced Diploma of Manual and Manipulative Physiotherapy will be required to complete supervised clinical hours in partial fulfillment of the syllabus. The candidates must be supervised by therapists who already have their Intermediate or Advanced certification. To facilitate contact between candidates and supervising therapists a "Supervising Therapist Contact Page" will be established on the Orthopaedic Division web site. Physiotherapists with the above credentials who are willing to act as supervising therapists are asked to download this form, complete and send to Jackie Sadie. If you have any questions please .

School of Physical Therapy

University of Western Ontario

Do you want to:

• Earn a Masters degree in Manual and Manipulative Therapy
• Qualify to be a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Manipulative Therapists
• Complete a program in one year with primarily distance learning

For more information, please download this document.

A new section has been added in the Members Only section where articles from the Orthopaedic Division Review (ODR) will be made available for download. Onced logged in division members can download the articles in Adobe PDF format and leave their comments. See the Members Only section.

You will find the most up to date listings for orthopaedic courses in the 'Courses' area of the 'Education Committee' section. Both syllabus and non-syllabus courses are listed. An online form is provided if you would like to have your course listed as well.

There are many documents available for download in the 'Documents' part of the 'Members' section. Please have a look. There are many different documents availble from application forms to outcome measures forms. Email us if you have any suggestions or additions to this section.