Contact:

David Lopez Sanchez

Chair

Colegio de Kinesiologos de Chile

Joaquin Diaz Garces 090

Providencia Santiago De Chile

Tel:   (56) 2 222 6943

Fax: (56) 2 634 4096

Email: colkine@ctcinternet.cl

The following is taken from the WCPT Quadrennial Report for the period 2003-2007

The Region, based at the Colombian Association of Physical Therapy in the 2003-2007 period, has been focusing on providing a good services portfolio, and achieving recognition of the WCPT Region in each Member Organisation.

The first stage of the Study Plan Levelling and Globalisation of Physiotherapy and Kinesiology in Latin America project ended in December 2003, and the second phase began in February 2004, looking to plan physiotherapy human resources for the Region, establish a conceptual model of physiotherapy practice, and examine the need to develop scientific research.

In 2004, the Region held an academic workshop on the implications of globalisation, attended by 34 academic and sector representatives from Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Chile, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela. It analysed physiotherapy and kinesiology in Latin America, and agreed on a plan for the profession.

The Region held its first Regional Congress, incorporated with the 12th Latin American Physiotherapy and Kinesiology Congress in Bogota, in September 2006. There were representatives from all of the Region’s Member Organisations.

In response to requests from within the Region to recognise research, the WCPT South America Region Executive Committee decided to establish the Physiotherapy Research Award, with the prize being the value of registration to the WCPT Congress 2007.