EUROPEAN REGION OF THE WORLD CONFEDERATION FOR PHYSICAL THERAPY EUROPEAN PHYSIOTHERAPY BENCHMARK STATEMENT ADOPTED FINAL VERSION at the Extraordinary General Meeting 04 June 2003, Barcelona, Spain CONTENTS Presentation of the Document 3 Introduction 6 • Background 6 • How the Physiotherapy Benchmark Statement 7 has been developed • The purpose of the European Physiotherapy Benchmark Statement 8 • Use of the European Physiotherapy Benchmark 8 Statement • The status of the European Physiotherapy Benchmark 9 Statement Nature and Extent of Physiotherapy 10 • The physiotherapist as a registered health care 12 practitioner; expectations held by the profession, employers and public • Physiotherapy skills and their application to practice 13 • Physiotherapy: subject knowledge, understanding 16 and associated skills Teaching, Learning and Assessment 19 Academic and Practitioner Standards 21 Framework Common to Physiotherapy and other Health Care Profession 23 • Expectations of the Health professional in providing 23 patient/client services • The application of ...
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