The First Physical Therapy Summit On Global Health

Physiotherapy Theory and Practice, 27(8):531–547, 2011 Copyright © Informa Healthcare USA, Inc. ISSN: 0959-3985 print/1532-5040 online DOI: 10.3109/09593985.2010.544052

PROFESSIONAL THEORETICAL ARTICLE

The First Physical Therapy Summit on Global Health: Implications and Recommendations for the 21st century
Elizabeth Dean, PhD, PT1 Saud Al-Obaidi, PhD, PT2 Armele Dornelas De Andrade, PhD,PT3 Rik Gosselink, PhD, PT4 Gloria Umerah, PT5 Sami Al-Abdelwahab, PhD, PT6 Joseph Anthony, PhD, PT7 Anjali R. Bhise, PT8 Selma Bruno, PhD, PT9 Scotty Butcher, PhD, PT10 Monika Fagevik–Olsén, PhD, PT11 Donna Frownfelter, DPT12 Eduard Gappmaier, PhD, PT13 Sif Gylfadóttir, MSc, PT14 Mehrdad Habibi, PT15 Susan Hanekom, PT16 Scott Hasson, PhD, PT17 Alice Jones, PhD, PT18 Tanya LaPier, PhD, PT19Constantina Lomi, Lic Med Sci, PT20 Liz Mackay, PhD, PT21 Sunita Mathur, PhD, PT22 Grainne O’Donoghue, PhD (Candidate), PT23 Kristen Playford, PT24 Savita Ravindra, PT25 Kanchan Sangroula, PT26 Susan Scherer, PhD, PT27 Margot Skinner, PhD, PT28 and Wai Pong Wong, PhD, PT29
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Physiother Theory Pract Downloaded from informahealthcare.com by HINARI on 04/01/12 For personal use only.Department of Physical Therapy, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada Department of Physical Therapy, Kuwait University, Kuwait Departamento de Fisioterapia, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Brasil Faculty of Kinesiology and Rehabilitation Sciences, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium Physiotherapy Department, University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Enugu, Nigeria Departmentof Rehabilitation Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Physiotherapy Department, St. Paul’s Hospital, Vancouver, Canada, and formerly of the Royal Brisbaine Hospital and the Redland Hospital, Brisbaine, Australia 8 Government Physiotherapy College, Civil Hospital, Ahmedabad, India
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Departamento de Fisioterapia, UniversidadeFederal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Brasil Department of Physical Therapy, University of Saskatchewan, Canada Department of Physical Therapy, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden Department of Physical Therapy, Rosalind Franklin University, Chicago, Illinois, USA Department of Physical Therapy, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA Reykjalundur Rehabilitation Centre,Reykjavik, Iceland Physical Therapy Department, Tabriz Medical University, Iran Physiotherapy, Department of Interdisciplinary Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Tygerberg, South Africa Department of Physical Therapy, Angelo State University, San Angelo, Texas, USA Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong Department of Physical Therapy, Eastern WashingtonUniversity, Spokane, Washington, USA Department of Physiotherapy, Metropolitan College, Athens, Greece Physiotherapy, Rehabilitation Sciences, Leeds Metropolitan University, Leeds, UK Department of Physical Therapy, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada Department of Physiotherapy, University College, Dublin, Ireland Physiotherapist, Vancouver, Canada

Accepted for publication 21 November 2010Address correspondence to Elizabeth Dean, PhD, Department of Physical Therapy, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada. V6T 1Z3 E-mail: elizabeth.dean@ubc.ca

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Department of Physiotherapy, M. S. Ramaiah Medical College, Bangalore, India Nepal Orthopaedic Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal School of Physical Therapy, Rueckert-Hartman School forHealth Professions, Regis University, Denver, Colorado, USA School of Physiotherapy, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand Rehabilitation Centre, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore ABSTRACT
The First Physical Therapy Summit on Global Health was convened at the 2007 World Confederation for Physical Therapy (WCPT) Congress to vision practice in the 21st century and, in turn, entry-level...