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The Pakistan
Pakistan Physical Therapy Association
Year established
2008
World Physiotherapy member since
2011
Year members reported
2022
Number of physiotherapist members
1,375
Contact details
[email protected]
92 51 258 2599
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About Pakistan Physical Therapy Association and the physiotherapy profession in Pakistan
Practising physiotherapists in the country/territory
Per 10,000 population
% female
Physiotherapist members in this member organisation (MO)
% female
Physiotherapy professional entry level education
Minimum qualification required to practice
Bachelors degree
Equivalent fulltime years
4
Number of programmes
2
Regulation
* = Continuing Professional Development
Registration required to practice
CPD* required for re-registration
CPD* required for membership
Practice
Which authority defines scope of practice
Ministry of Health or another government department
Standards of practice
The standards of the regulatory/licensing/registration authority
Education for autonomous practice
All programmes
Legislation supports private practice
Physiotherapists are permitted to
Act as first contact/autonomous practitioners
Assess patients/clients
Make a diagnosis
Offer preventative advice/services
Refer to other specialists/services
Treat (interventions, advice and evaluation of outcome)
Provide telehealth services
Direct access
*Direct access means a person can refer themselves to a physiotherapist without referral from another health professional
Direct access* permitted?
Can people self refer to physiotherapists in private practice?
Will this be reimbursed?
In full
Can people self refer to physiotherapists in the public system?
Limitations
What are the circumstances in which direct access is limited?
Setting (eg. outpatient, private practice, school setting, prevention and wellness, etc)
Population/health condition (eg. musculoskeletal, non-complex, etc)
Time (eg. medical referral required if treatment is needed beyond 30 or 60 days)
Training (eg. certification, academic training, or CPD to demonstrate skill necessary to treat patients without referral from a medial doctor)
Other
1-if a person has stroke, he will be reffred by his primary physician. 2- In fracture cases, referred by orthopedic for post op Rehabilitation. 3-Patients with delayed milestone reffred to physical therapy
Special interest groups recognised by the member organisation
Cardiorespiratory physiotherapy
Educators in physiotherapy
Electrophysical agents
Orthopaedics/manual therapy
Oncology/palliative care and HIV
Sports physiotherapy
Womens health
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