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Good Practice: Ethical Advertising
31 March 2022
There are specific advertising requirements that apply to all Alberta physiotherapists. You can find these in the Advertising and Promotional Activities Standards of Practice. Unfortunately, a quick survey of Alberta’s physiotherapy advertising world proves that these standards are not often followed.
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Feedback Requested: Continuing Competence Standard of Practice
17 March 2022
The Health Statutes Amendment Act, 2020 (No. 2) (“Bill 46”) received Royal Assent in December 2020 and included a suite of amendments to the Health Professions Act (HPA). Among the amendments are provisions affecting how continuing competence programs are established and operated by regulatory colleges moving forward.
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Conduct Matters: Informed Consent, a Basic and Fundamental Obligation
8 March 2022
A patient submitted a detailed and broad complaint of unprofessional conduct against a physiotherapist. In summary, the patient attended physiotherapy for issues related to their back.
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Good Practice: Patient Records Shouldn't Be Difficult
8 March 2022
Chart copies and access can follow a pretty standard picture. It is paramount that we maintain privacy according to the Privacy Standard of Practice and applicable legislation, details of which can be found in our Privacy Guide.
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Volunteer Opportunity
8 March 2022
The College of Physiotherapists of Alberta is recruiting regulated members for its Professional Conduct Committee.
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2021 Student Leadership Award
11 February 2022
The Student Leadership Award for 2021 has been awarded to Rachel Stokes. The student leadership recipient fosters professional leadership skills of future members by recognizing a student who promotes leadership within the student community, is actively involved in professional and regulatory issues, and promotes the profession within the general community.
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Good Practice: When Your Patient Wants You to Destroy Their Patient Files
10 February 2022
Physiotherapy can become a murky substance to swim through at times, especially when we get into privacy issues and the varied legislation that can apply to physiotherapists. The realization that physiotherapists in Alberta may have to comply with one or more pieces of legislation is one of the reasons why the Privacy Guide was developed. Sometimes we get questions that aren’t quite covered in the Privacy Guide, and I based this article off a question that was submitted by three different physiotherapists over the past couple weeks.
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Staffing Announcement
18 January 2022
The College of Physiotherapists of Alberta is happy to welcome new staff.
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Mandate Change Update: January 2022
17 January 2022
On January 1, 2022 the College ceased functions and activities that have been identified as association functions.
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Good Practice: Discharging Patients
14 January 2022
As we travel with our patients on their journey to health our goal is to get them to the end and make the journey as happy and successful as possible. Sadly, we don’t always reach the end of the journey together. Patients sometimes don’t improve under our care and sometimes need to be partnered with another provider, physiotherapist, clinic, or department. We will take the time to examine the Standards of Practice and ethical guidelines we should review when dealing with more complex discharge scenarios.
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Page updated: 14/11/2023