IFOMPT Educational Standards
The vision statement of IFOMPT is focused on excellence of clinical and academic standards for manual/musculoskeletal physiotherapists. The Standards Committee of IFOMPT is a committee apppointed by the the Executive Committee and is responsible for advising the Executive on educational issues and maintaining standards.
International Monitoring
As the international organisation representing manipulative and manual physiotherapy, IFOMPT is committed to the promotion and ongoing development of this area of clinical specialisation. A major function of IFOMPT is to ensure the quality of postgraduate education in musculoskeletal and manual physiotherapy.
The IFOMPT Educational Standards document provides a detailed guide to the standards of education for postgraduate programmes that are considered acceptable to IFOMPT. The process of IFOMPT international monitoring introduces a process to ensure that educational programmes accepted by IFOMPT continue to satisfy these education standards and produce physiotherapists who are able to deliver a high standard of patient care in the area of orthopaedic manipulative physiotherapy.
International Monitoring Resources
IFOMPT has various guidelines and resources available to assist the Member Organisations in submitting their international monitoring reports.
External Assessor Resources
All Member Organisations appoint External Assessors to compile their International Monitoring Reports. View a list of the External Assessors per country.
The Standards Committee have developed a range of resources specifically aimed at assisting the External Assessors in conducting their assessments.
Reciprocal Recognition
Reciprocal recognition is when two countries agree that a member of one Member Organisation is able to become a member of another Member Organisation without added requirements such as further examination, portfolio review, or additional education. Reciprocal recognition is linked to allowing the OMPT trained physical therapist to have the same rights and privileges within the Member Organisation as others within the organisation who have successfully completed an IFOMPT approved OMPT educational programme.
The Member Organisations from Austria, Australia, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, New Zealand, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the UK and USA accept all graduates of IFOMPT approved OMPT programmes as OMPT specialists within their organisations. This is essentially expands the concept of “Reciprocal Recognition” to “Universal Recognition” of the expertise of physical therapists trained in IFOMPT approved programmes for all the Member Organisations that represent these countries.
Note that reciprocal recognition is not linked to registration or licensure to practice in a Member Organisation country. The PT must still meet the country’s registration or licensure requirements to work and practice physiotherapy.
