Occupational Profiles

This group performs some or all of the following duties:
 

• Assess clients' physical abilities using assessment procedures such as functional ability tests and make a physiotherapy diagnosis
• Establish treatment goals with clients based on diagnosis
• Develop and implement physiotherapy treatment plans including therapeutic exercise, manipulations, massage, education, electrotherapy hydrotherapy and other modalities
• Evaluate effectiveness of treatment plans and modify accordingly
• Provide advice on exercise and strategies to implement at home to enhance and or maintain treatment
• Communicate with referring physician and other health care professionals regarding clients' problems, needs and progress
• Maintain clinical and statistical records and confer with other health care professionals
• Develop and implement health promotion programs for clients, staff and the community
• May conduct research in physiotherapy
• Provide consulting or education services as required.
• Physiotherapists may focus their practice in particular clinical areas such as neurology, oncology, rheumatology, orthopedics, obstetrics, pediatrics, geriatrics, in the treatment of patients with cardiovascular and cardiopulmonary disorders, burns or sports injuries or in the field of ergonomics.

• A master's degree in physiotherapy and a period of supervised practical training are required.
• A licence or registration with a regulatory body is required in all provinces and territories.
• Completion of a physiotherapist competency examination is required in all provinces and territories.