Contact:
Toshie Arakawa
Secretariat/Financial Officer
North America/Caribbean Region (NACR) of the
World Confederation for Physical Therapy (WCPT)
c/o Canadian Physiotherapy Association
2345 Yonge Street, Suite 410
Toronto, ON
M4P 2E5
Canada
Tel: (1) 416 932 1888 ext. 214
Fax: (1) 416 932 9708
Email: tarakawa@physiotherapy.ca
Chair: Stacy de Gale
Email: sdegale@yahoo.com
The 2009 General Meeting of the North America Caribbean Region will take place in Miami, Florida. Dates to be confirmed.
All enquiries relating to the meeting should be addressed to Toshie Arakwa at tarakawa@physiotherapy.ca
The following is taken
from the WCPT Quadrennial Report for the period 2003-2007
The Region will incorporate its 13th
Member Organisation at its 2007
General Meeting.
It now has a regional leaflet in three
languages outlining goals and
activities, and has a programme of
outreaching to other potential WCPT
members in the area. There is regular electronic communication with
regional members and contacts.
Over the past four years there have
been three successful regional
meetings – in Puerto Rico (2004),
Guatemala (2005) and Trinidad and
Tobago (2006). One issue that has
been consistently addressed is the
way that a free trade agreement for
the Caribbean community (CARICOM)
will affect physical therapists and their
movement between countries.
The Region has also published a
document establishing physical
therapists as the profession of choice
to help people exercise throughout
their lives, and has placed an emphasis
on continuing education with a series
of courses on clinical issues during
the regional meetings.
