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LETTER FROM THE VICE PRESIDENT
Even as COVID-19 remains a significant global health problem, with some regions being impacted more than others, it is good to see sport slowly returning to training in some areas while others have seen a greater return to competition. This return to work creates challenges for sports physiotherapists, but if any profession can rise to these challenges it is the sports physiotherapy community.
One of the priority areas of work and aims of IFSPT is to foster and facilitate sharing of knowledge, resources and best practice within the sports physiotherapy community. Hopefully, you will have seen IFSPT having a greater social media presence over recent months and a considered push to share resources and links on social media.
This sharing also requires you, individuals and organisations, to help share links and resources with us. If you have any useful links, documents or resources then please share with us on social media or contact Mary Wilkinson about website links.
Due to COVID, there was a sudden rise in free CPD opportunities and online training which I hope you were able to capitalise on. If you or your organisation has free CPD available online, please do get in contact with ISFPT as we want to share this with the whole sports physiotherapy community. On our website in the Education section, we only have 1 link to the UK's open access Physios in Sport YouTube page which has recordings of webinars they organised and you can now watch. We want to add more links and I am sure there are resources out there we can share.
The IFSPT has also recently increased the promotion on social media of all new and renewing Registered International Sports Physical Therapist's (RISPT's). This is our way of recognising these individual's commitment to attain this status through their member organisations approved pathways.
Congratulations to all the new RISPTs! There has certainly been an increase in new RISPTs in recent months which is great to see.
I will end by reminding Member Organisations to send IFSPT content for these newsletters as this is your IFSPT newsletter. The more we communicate and share within the sports physiotherapy community, the more the community will grow.
Take care,
Colin Paterson
Vice President, IFSPT
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REGISTRATION: GIVE YOUR PROFESSIONAL STATUS A BOOST!
Are you a member of these member organizations and have qualified for your country's highest level of achievement in sports physical therapy?
- Australia: Titled Sports Physiotherapist
- Canada: SPC Credential Program
- Denmark
- Ireland: Irish Society of Chartered Physiotherapists, Level 3 Accreditation in Sports Physiotherapy
- Italy: Italian Sport Physical Therapist accredited - 3th level of certification through GISPT SPT pathway
- New Zealand: Complete the Specialisation Pathway through the Physiotherapy Board of New Zealand. Must complete specialisation in the Sports Category.
- Norway
- Sweden - Sports Physiotherapy Specialization
- Switzerland
- The Netherlands
- United Kingdom: Continuing Professional Development Level 3, Gold
- United States: APTA Sports Certified Specialist
YES? What are you waiting for? Join those individuals who have already registered in 2020 for this certification.
Those who have recently renewed or registered:
Amy Arundale, United States
Elizabeth Ashcroft, Canada
Stephen Bramson, United Kingdom
Mark Brown, Australia
Peter Caine, Australia
Maria Constantinou, Australia
Felix Croteau, Canada
Colleen Cupido, Canada
Cassie Dawson, United States
Tyler Dumont, Canada
John Fitzgerald, Australia
Chana Frommer, United States
Matthew Gauthier, United States
Mary Gleasure, United Kingdom
Samantha Gubka, United States
Mandi Hayes, Canada
Rachel Heyl, United States
Jacinta Horan, first ever RISPT from New Zealand!
Ian Horsley, United Kingdom
Christopher Hunt, United States
Ove Indergaard, United Kingdom
Adam Johnson, United States
Kent Kobelka, United States
Anik Ladouceur, Canada
Tara Lazarski, Canada
Ryan Leaver, United States
Susan Lott, Canada
Christopher Margallo, United States
Dan McGovern, United States
Jessica Pawlik, Canada
Warrick Pearson, Australia
Christopher Perrey, Canada
Nicola Phillips, United Kingdom
Nathakorn Piangcharoen, United Kingdom
Susie Renaud, Canada
Callum Repper, United Kingdom
Marie-Claude Saint-Amour, Canada
Isla Scott, United Kingdom
Karin Gravare Silbernagel, Sweden
Jennifer Sweeting, United Kingdom
Alicia Tang, Australia
Roné Thompson, United Kingdom
Aisling Toolan, United States
Joshua Williams, United States
Interested in having your organization's pathway approved for qualification for Registered International Sports Physical Therapy? Contact Colin Paterson, Education Committee Chair.
Please note that once application is made, the IFSPT must gain approval from the home organization before certificates are created.
NOTE TO RISPTs WHO JOINED IN 2014-2015: The deadline for renewal is July 31! Please follow this link to pay your renewal and submit an updated application form.
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Early Career Sports Physical Therapists:
Physios In Sport Academy (PISA)
S
ian Knott, Education Chair/Vice President ACPSEM, UK
Since the General Meeting in Vancouver in 2019 the new Education and Registration sub-committee of the IFSPT have been reviewing its aims and foci. One area where the committee wants to focus attention is on early career sports physical therapists to compliment the current work with countries developing IFSPT pathways leading to RISPT status.
If your member organization currently has a focus on this group of members, does work to promote physiotherapists to gain experience and work in sport or is willing to share "good practice" in this field, please get in touch with Colin Paterson
. The IFSPT wants to share good practice, promote experiences from different countries to generate ideas and collaborations, and for countries to look to develop work in this aspect of career development.
This month, we spotlight Physios in Sport!
 Overview
PISA is a branch of the Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in sports and Exercise Medicine (ACPSEM) in the UK. It was set up and piloted to provide practical opportunities allowing sports physiotherapists to gain directed experience in sport. It is co-ordinated between myself, the regional ACPSEM representative and local sports physiotherapists.
Its aims are
- to support the development of a career in sport for physiotherapists
- to co-ordinate and support regional sporting events / teams / competitions.
- to provide practical safe and supported experience of working in sport to students and newly graduated physiotherapists
- to provide mentoring opportunities for physiotherapists
- to provide consistent appropriate physiotherapy cover for sporting events
- to link with the CPD pathway (shadowing or supervised hours)
- to provide experiences in a range of sports to allow for the development of a diversity of experiences.
Some of the opportunities have been on a voluntarily basis and others have benefited from some financial remuneration where funds have been available. The underlying principles of PISA are essentially the same for any sport/event although it has been adapted depending on what the requirements of the sport has been. Here are a couple of examples to help put this into context.
Welsh Gymnastics
PISA was approached by Welsh Gymnastics to cover some of their competitions with remuneration. They had had feedback from their membership whereby it was felt that all Tiered 2 competition should have a qualified physiotherapist present. The qualified physiotherapist would be responsible for assessing and managing injuries on the day of competition. The dates of the competitions were sent to PISA and these were put onto a Google calendar. The dates of the competitions were shared through the PISA facebook page, the regional ACPSEM page and the alumni group of students from Cardiff university graduated 2018 and 2019; physiotherapists interested in gaining experience replied with their availability.
The physiotherapists leading the physiotherapy at the events were required to have experience of working with gymnastics / covering gymnastics competitions as well as advanced trauma management certificate (or equivalent) before they were selected and had to be happy to have others shadow. The invitation to shadow and gain experience was open to any qualified or student physiotherapist.
Competitions days varied over the year in terms of numbers of shadowing physiotherapists. The event physiotherapist covered the duration of the competition (which were sometimes 10 hour days, paid) but those shadowing (unpaid) often split the day so that there weren't too many people on the competition floor at one time. In gymnastics we kept the shadowing numbers to 2 at any one time. During these events exposure was given to venue recee, medical emergency procedures, as well as responding to field of play injuries, acute injury management, onward referral If required and note keeping at a competition. 23 days over the competition calendar were covered using PISA.
Wales Touch Rugby
Wales touch rugby requested cover at the European touch tournament in Nottingham, UK. This competition ran over 4 days with teams having to play 2 or 3 matches per day at their peak. Wales had entered a number of teams across the divisions and so there were athletes across a wide age range (16 - 50+), both male and female. In order to expose those physiotherapists with less experience, as well as students, to the work that goes into planning and preparation for an event recruitment for the event happened approximately 6 months before. The team that were selected consisted of 3 experienced physiotherapists, 1 junior physiotherapist and 4 students. During the planning and preparation all physiotherapists were involved in calculating what and how much consumables were required, number of plinths and logistics of transporting this to the event, etc.
At the event, again exposure was given to things like communication and how this would work from the various pitches, where was the collection point for ice, what was the process if there was a medical emergency either on the field of play or at the team tent. The qualified physiotherapists treated any athletes that required treatment and management of an injury and the students observed. As all the students had a massage qualification, they were able to help with soft tissue recovery independently. The work was carried out in an open plan environment which allowed lots of discussion and sharing of ideas even across the qualified staff. The student and more junior physiotherapist fed back afterwards that this had been great to see. Working in an event like this provided exposure to team work, communication, working under pressure, dealing with upset athletes, dealing with coaches who wanted to know if their athletes were fit to play as well as providing advice for onward management of injuries.
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Sian Knott, ACPSEM
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The scheme offers unique opportunities to both students and early career sports physiotherapists, while also providing opportunities for more experienced sports physiotherapist to mentor and supervise others in the sporting context. It does however take time and energy to contact and have conversations to create these opportunities but it is a unique way to feedback into the system and help develop the next generation of Sports Physiotherapists.
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IFSPT COMMITTEE NOTES
MEMBERSHIP
The membership committee has been working to evaluate current membership benefits. The committee also wishes to learn what Member Organizations desire to help them and their members achieve excellence in sports physical therapy.
To this end, the membership committee has developed a survey which will be sent to each IFSPT Membership Organization delegate to complete and return. The committee will then gather the response information, evaluate, make recommendations to the board, then share with the entire IFSPT membership.
The membership committee is chaired by John Fitzgerald. If you have any input on this topic, please contact him at this link.
Your feedback is important!
COMMUNICATIONS
In order to facilitate communications among our Member Organizations, it's important that Member Organizations share their projects and initiatives. Our website, social media and newsletter are the tools we use to disseminate information about these unique and forward-thinking efforts.
If you have anything to share...or would like to open up thoughts from your fellow members...please submit to or contact
EDUCATION AND REGISTRATION
Remember, our Registration ranks are growing and you may qualify! If you are a member of the following countries and have the proper national credentials, you are automatically eligible for RISPT status simply by submitting your application and registration fee. Don't delay! Join those who have already proven their excellence in sports physical therapy worldwide!
- Australia - APA Sports Physiotherapist Title Program
- Canada
- Denmark
- Ireland: Irish Society of Chartered Physiotherapists, Level 3 Accreditation in Sports Physiotherapy
- Italy
- New Zealand: Complete the specialisation Pathway through the Physiotherapy Board of New Zealand. Must complete specialisation in the Sports Category.
- Norway
- Sweden: Sports Physiotherapy Specialization
- Switzerland - SSPA CPD Level A
- The Netherlands
- United Kingdom: Continuing Professional Development Level 3, Gold
- United States: APTA Sports Certified Specialist
RESEARCH
The research committee has many ongoing projects, especially those related to the upcoming Fourth World Congress of Sports Physical Therapy next year in Denmark.
IFSPT has partnered with IFSPT Secretary Luciana de Michelis on a survey addressing injury prevention in sports and in the military. We need your response if you haven't already done so.
Please respond by July 31. Thank you for your help!
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COVID-19 RESOURCES FOR SPORTS PHYSICAL THERAPISTS
With rapidly changing restrictions, best practices, and online clinical options, the IFSPT is working hard to provide its members with the latest information and member organization resources.
Our social media platforms on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn are active. What's more, IFSPT is building a COVID-19 Resource page on its website.
Find out what is going on through the resource for sports physical therapists worldwide.
Twitter: @IntFSPT
Facebook: @ifspt
LinkedIn: International Federation of Sports Physical Therapy
Website: www.ifspt.org
Resource Page: http://ifspt.org/covid-19/
In addition, the WCPT has developed a resource that is available to our members regarding physical therapy and activity.
Or follow our website resource page.
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FOURTH WORLD CONGRESS OF SPORTS PHYSICAL THERAPY: NYBORG, DENMARK 2021!
WEBSITE LIVE IN AUGUST!
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WCPT NEWS
We are World Physiotherapy.
We have launched our new brand and website.
This exciting announcement is the result of months of planning and hard work. The proposed name change was raised during the general meeting in Geneva in May 2019, when we highlighted a number of reasons why it was important to consider a name change. Following this and a subsequent survey of our member organisations, the board endorsed the proposal to change the name to World Physiotherapy for all externally-facing materials. We will continue to use World Confederation for Physical Therapy for all legal and governance matters.
Along with the rebrand, the website has been completely redeveloped under the new domain name
www.world.physio. All content on the site is fully searchable and has been set out in a user-friendly format.
World Physiotherapy Update 
Colin Paterson, IFSPT Vice President, attended a World Physiotherapy Subgroup online meeting on 17.7.20.
Subgroups are meeting to share current work, challenges and to identify areas for development.
Key highlights from this meeting are...
- Abstract submission closing date for World Physiotherapy Congress 2021 is 30th July 2020.
- World Physiotherapy are producing new briefing papers related to COVID-19 so do utilise these resources, including education challenges, global education surveys, regulation, and rehab, at this link>
Upcoming Webinar
IPT-HOPE Online Educational Session 
Privilege and Critical Allyship:
Mobilizing Physiotherapists to Dismantle Inequities
22 August 2020
7 AM EDT
Presenter: Stephanie Nixon, PT, PhD
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ABSTRACT SUBMISSION JULY 30!
COVID-19 added to abstract submission topic list
The congress programme committee has added COVID-19 to the abstract submission topic list.
Shane Patman, chair of the congress programme committee, said the committee wanted to make sure physiotherapists' experience of being involved in the response to COVID-19 was reflected in the content of next year's congress #WorldPhysio2021.
Abstract submission deadline: 30 July
COVID-19
With the fast evolving global situation created by the spread of COVID-19, we are aware that many of you have been impacted by the pandemic and the uncertainty it has created. WCPT and the congress programme committee will continue to monitor the situation relating to COVID-19, but for now planning is proceeding for an exciting WCPT congress in Dubai next April and we will advise you if there are any changes likely to impact the event.
Call for abstracts opens
The call for abstracts for poster and platform presentations is now open.
The deadline is 30 July.
The WCPT congress offers you a unique opportunity to present to a global audience at the profession's largest international meeting. Whether you have been working on a research project or have an innovative service, practice, resource or theory to share, WCPT is encouraging physiotherapists from all over the world, at every level of the profession, to submit their abstracts.
Abstracts are invited that:
- report on the latest research with original scientific data
- address new and unique developments in practice, theory, education, management, policy and resources
- describe innovative ways in which established methods have been adapted to meet the changing needs of practice
Resources for abstract submitters
If you have limited experience of abstract submissions, presenting at a WCPT congress or if English is not your first language, we have put together several tools to help you.
Selection criteria
Submitted abstracts will go through a blind peer-review process carried out by international reviewers.
The following principles will be used to review abstracts.
- Does the report address a "significant" or "important" issue?
- Do the methods/approach enable the question to be answered rigorously?
- Have the data/findings been interpreted appropriately?
- Are the contents of the abstract clear and logical?
Registration
Registration is now open.
Focused symposia announced
Key speakers and sessions have been announced for congress.
The congress programme includes 12 confirmed focused symposia featuring 55 speakers from around the world. Focused symposia are core sessions where cutting edge relevant topics will be explored from an international and diverse perspective. High profile speakers will create insightful and engaging learning experiences that ultimately inform, inspire, involve and empower delegates.
"Focused symposia are a great opportunity to hear from world-renowned speakers that are experts in their area and gain a unique global understanding and insight into a particular field" said Shane Patman, chair of WCPT's congress programme committee.
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HOSTING THE WORLD CONGRESS OF SPORTS PHYSICAL THERAPY: PRESENTATIONS FOR 2023 CONGRESS DUE MAY 1, 2021!
The World Congress of Sports Physical Therapy is presented biennially by the International Federation of Sports Physical Therapy (IFSPT) in conjunction with its member organizations. It is designed for sports physical therapists and other disciplines who train and rehabilitate active individuals of all ages, genders, abilities and level of participation. The Congress was developed to provide high quality education using current research, the most expert presenters and the newest methods to restore all active persons to play.
Past congresses have welcomed 500-800 sports physical therapists from all seven continents.
This unique and groundbreaking event also hosts the IFSPT General Meeting, drawing individuals from all IFSPT member organizations to the congress.
IFSPT member organizations in good standing may bid to host this congress. Application for hosting may be found below.
Please submit 2023 applications to Mary Wilkinson, IFSPT Director of Marketing, at
[email protected] no later than May 1, 2021!
Member organizations may also choose to partner with the IFSPT for conferences outside the World Congress, bringing the educational and marketing power of the IFSPT to their national conferences. Please contact Mary Wilkinson at [email protected] for more information.
For more information about the World Congress, participation or application, please contact Mary Wilkinson, IFSPT Director of Marketing, at [email protected].
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ARE YOU ON SOCIAL MEDIA?
FOLLOW, POST AND RESPOND TO IFSPT!
Want to communicate more with your fellow IFSPT Members around the world?
Do you spend a good bit of your day perusing social media (as most of us do these days!)?
Want to be more involved in IFSPT?
Our social media platforms on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn are active. All that we need is you!
Follow IFSPT on our three social media platforms and make your voice heard! It's not a one-way street: this is a conversation.
Twitter: @IntFSPT
Facebook: @ifspt
LinkedIn: International Federation of Sports Physical Therapy
Find out what is going on with other sports physical therapists worldwide. It's as close as your smartphone, tablet or desktop!
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UPCOMING CONGRESSES
In the context of COVID-19 and recent developments, the Belgian Federation of Sports Physiotherapy has decided to postpone the
BFSP Congress 1st National Congress on Sports Physiotherapy to
Saturday, 21 November 2020.
This decision was made based on the advice of the competent authorities and the measures that apply within the universities.
As the COVID-19 is quickly spreading around the world, our number one concern is the health and safety of delegates, speakers, exhibitors and staff.
Registrations will be transferred to the conference in November.
We are very grateful for the support of our exhibitors and participants so far and we hope to welcome you to Brussels on 21 November for the 1st National Congress on Sports Physiotherapy.
With kind regards,
The BFSP board
DIDIER FLORENTZ
www.medinsport.be
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