2012 Accreditation Standards
The 2012 Accreditation Standards for Canadian physiotherapy education programs were published in November 2012 and used to conduct the accreditation reviews of education programs scheduled prior to the end of June 2022.
2020 Accreditation Standards
5+1 Model
There are six physiotherapy program accreditation standards, each consisting of several criteria.
This framework is based on the “5 + 1” model described by the Task Force on Accreditation of Health Professions Education and commonly used by professional education accreditation programs. The first five standards are:
Program Governance and Resources
Program Development and Evaluation
Faculty
Students
Accountability
The “+1” component, the profession-specific standard of the model, is based on the established physiotherapy competencies.
Each standard is introduced by a broad statement outlining an overall expectation of the education program. The criteria within each standard describe ways in which the program can achieve compliance with the standard. Each criterion will be rated as Fully Met, Partially Met, or Not Met following completion of an accreditation review or a progress review.
Each criterion also includes a list of evidence (Required Evidence, Examples of Evidence or both) and Explanatory Notes:
Required Evidence must be submitted with the Self Study Report or as requested in a Progress Report.
Examples of Evidence are suggestions of evidence that education programs can choose to submit to demonstrate compliance with a criterion. Submission of these pieces of evidence with the Self Study Report is not required.
Explanatory Notes are used in the interpretation of each criterion. The list of explanatory notes should not be used as a checklist but instead as suggestions to the program and the reviewers about how compliance could be demonstrated through narrative and evidence.
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