North America Caribbean Region of WCPT

About the region

The region incorporated 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 outreach to other potential WCPT members. There is regular electronic communication with regional members and contacts.

At annual regional meetings, 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 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.

Coming up

The next Regional Meeting will take place in Suriname on 22-24 April 2010.

All enquiries relating to the meeting should be addressed to Helen Leister at hleister@physiotherapy.ca