Physiotherapists registration system as well as the education in five developed countries and their enlightenment to China

  • Gan Yumeng ,
  • Yang Lin
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  • 1Undergraduate, Rehabilitation Therapeutics Major (Physiotherapy), Four-year Program, Enrolled in 2017, West China School of Clinical Medicine, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China;
    2Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China

Received date: 2019-11-14

  Online published: 2020-12-08

Abstract

After retrieving some databases and the websites of registration institutes of physiotherapists in different areasincluding United States of America, Australia, United kingdom, Canada and New Zealand, the different qualifications, requirements of examination, and standards of continuing competency development were investigated and summarized, which may give some implications for the establishment of Chinese physiotherapists registration system and contributes to the educative reformation of physiotherapy in China.

Cite this article

Gan Yumeng , Yang Lin . Physiotherapists registration system as well as the education in five developed countries and their enlightenment to China[J]. Chinese Journal of Medical Education, 2020 , 40(6) : 476 -480 . DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn115259-20191114-00988

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