About the subgroup
The International Federation of Sports
Objectives
The objectives of IFSPT are to:
- promote sports
physiotherapy worldwide - advance the professional interest and stature of sports
physiotherapy worldwide - improve the quality of sports
physiotherapy worldwide through improving knowledge, skills, and professional responsibility - facilitate efforts to conduct research, to promote evidence based sports
physiotherapy - encourage communication and exchange of educational and professional information through various mediums
- promote international harmonisation in order to achieve the overall mission of the IFSPT
The subgroup aims to carry out these objectives by:
- carrying out the functions of World
Physiotherapy as set forth by the bylaws and inpolicy statements as they relate to the IFSPT - giving support to World
Physiotherapy in events and matters where sportsphysiotherapy is involved - developing, promoting, monitoring and updating high international core standards of sports
physiotherapy by setting competencies and standards; developing clinicalguidelines , protocols and a code ofethics ; establishing a recognised body of knowledge; encouragingparticipation inevidence based practice - encouraging international scientific research and promoting opportunities for the spread of knowledge
- encouraging communication and exchange of information between member organisations and their members, students, teachers and programmes
- encouraging working visits between members of member organisations
- facilitating the development of international networks of all specialty areas in which sport physiotherapists practise
- developing a list of IFSPT registered sports physiotherapists
- facilitating job rotation
- promoting communication and cooperation with other
health care professionals, organisations, agencies and professional associations in areas of mutual interest.