Category: Announcements

CAPR will be introducing a new pre-approved credentialling pathway to the Physiotherapy Competency Examination (PCE). The Pre-approved Credentialling Pathway (PACP) simplifies applications from certain jurisdictions, allowing CAPR to focus time and resources on applicants who require more individualized assessment. Applicants who are educated in and registered to practice or are eligible to be registered to practice without restriction in Australia, Hong Kong, Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa, the United Kingdom, and the USA will qualify for this new pathway. The jurisdictions were selected based on a detailed analysis for comparability to Canadian physiotherapy practice.

The analysis focused on six key areas:

• PCE Performance
• Education and Training Standards
• Clinical Placements
• Clinical Practice Context and Autonomy
• Accreditation of Physiotherapy Programs
• Regulation and Licensing 

More details regarding this pathway will be shared in January 2025.

What does this mean for CAPR credentialling clients?

Current applicants:

You do not need to take any action. If you qualify for the Pre-approved Credentialling Pathway, CAPR will update your Client Portal profile when the pathway launches and contact you directly regarding any outstanding steps. In the meantime, please ensure you have completed the Canadian health care context course (this is mandatory).

Canadian Health Courses:

Transferring eligible applicants to the new pathway will happen over multiple weeks. If you see changes to your profile, we ask you to wait for an email from CAPR explaining the changes before contacting us. We appreciate your patience during this transition period.

Prospective applicants from pre-approved jurisdictions:

We recommend holding your application until the new pathway and requirements launch in January 2025. In the meantime, please ensure you have completed the Canadian health care context course (this is mandatory).

Canadian Health Courses

1. Physiotherapy Practice within the Canadian Health Care Context, Department of Physical Therapy, University of Toronto
2. Physiotherapy Practice in the Canadian Healthcare System, Continuing Professional Education, Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Alberta

For questions, please contact credentialling@alliancept.org.

After each administration of the Written Component, CAPR asks the candidates who participated to complete a Candidate Feedback Survey. The survey aims to gather quantitative and qualitative feedback about the exam.

We’ve heard your feedback, and are excited to announce that, starting January 2025, the Written Component is getting a refresh to better meet your needs.

The four-hour exam will now be divided into two parts, with an off-the-clock break in between. Each part will have 100 questions and will be two hours long.

Here’s what you can expect:

The same question distribution: both parts of the exam will have the same structure – 90% vignette-based questions and 10% stand-alone questions; this ensures consistency and familiarity between the old and new structures, and across both parts.

A more candidate-friendly format: Taking a break during the exam will no longer be deducted from your exam time; this gives you a chance to take a breather or use the washroom with less stress.

This change reflects our commitment to your well-being and to providing you with the best possible experience on your journey to becoming a physiotherapist in Canada.

For more details about the change to the exam structure, as well as what to expect on exam day, please see the updated:

• Essential Guide for Candidates
• Remote Proctoring Information Package
• Test Centre Information Package

If you have additional questions after reviewing the above resources, please contact exams@alliancept.org

Canada Post went on a nationwide strike on Friday, November 15 at 12:01am EST. This will impact mail delivery services to the Canadian Alliance of Physiotherapy Regulators (CAPR)’s office.

To minimize delays in submitting documents to our office, CAPR clients can do the following:

• Check the ‘Country-specific Documents’ section of our Required Documents List to see if you can submit your documents digitally.
• Send your documents to our office by courier service.

We’d like to remind clients that CAPR sends communications, including assessment decisions and exam results, by email or through the Client Portal. The strike will not impact these services.

For updates on the strike, please see the Canada Post website.

We are pleased to announce that we are now accepting documents digitally from the Brazilian university, Federal University of Amazonas (UFAM) and the Venezuelan university, Universidad Arturo Michelena (UAM) . We are also accepting documents digitally from Colombian University, Universidad CES, and UK university, University College London.

Students from these institutions can request their documents to be sent to CAPR directly from their university to documents@alliancept.org.

Please review the Providing Documents page for more information about the documents we accept and the submission guidelines.

Using digital document services will help clients by:

• Reducing costs related to mailing/couriering documents
• Ensuring CAPR receives authentic and accurate documentation directly from the authorized authority
• Shortening the transit time to send documents from the institution to CAPR for assessment

Candidates are encouraged to join credentialling staff at CAPR for a live credentialling webinar later this month.

The session will begin with an overview of the ‘Top 10 things’ you need to know about credentialling and a Q&A period where candidates can ask questions live.

The webinar is set for Monday, October 28, 2024 at 11 a.m. (ET).

The webinars are open to all candidates.

Click here to join the webinar. Please ensure that you join 5 minutes before the start time of the webinar so the session can begin on time.

Note: the link allows you to join the webinar; you do not need to register beforehand.  

Today marks National Day for Truth and Reconciliation and Orange Shirt Day.  

On this day, we remember Indigenous children who never returned to their families and communities and honour the Survivors of the residential school system. As a nation, we acknowledge this system’s painful legacy and challenge ourselves to take steps toward reconciliation. 

Orange Shirt Day promotes and emphasizes the idea that “Every Child Matters.” It reminds us of the harsh legacy of the residential school system and its impact on generations of individuals, families, and communities. 

CAPR believes the path to reconciliation is not easy and requires more than simply remembrance. It demands action, accountability, and a sustained commitment to repair trust. The journey towards reconciliation requires each of us to understand and respect the histories, identities, and lived experiences of Indigenous Peoples and to take meaningful actions to remove harmful systemic barriers that exclude them from being part of the larger community. 

We encourage staff at CAPR and everyone in the communities we serve to wear orange on Monday, September 30, in recognition of the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation and Orange Shirt Day.  

Results of the Written Component were emailed to candidates today.

Re-taking the Exam

If you would like to take the next available exam, you can apply immediately through the Client Portal. Refer to the ‘Apply for Exam’ webpage for more information.

Join Exam Program staff for the final pre-exam candidate webinars of 2024:

• Wednesday, September 4 (6-7PM EDT) – Remote Proctoring (link to join)
• Thursday, September 5 (6-7PM EDT) – Test Centre (link to join)

Each webinar consists of an information session (approx. 30 minutes) and a Q&A period where candidates can ask questions live.

The webinars are open to all candidates. To join a webinar, click the relevant ‘link to join’ above and follow the steps on screen to verify your access. We recommend that you do this approximately 5 minutes before the start time of the webinar.

The Canadian Alliance of Physiotherapy Regulators (CAPR) is a not-for-profit organization that provides standardized entry-to-practice assessment on behalf of the Canadian provincial and territorial physiotherapy regulators¹.  

CAPR has embarked on Evaluation Services Re-envisioned (ESR), a two-year project focused on improving and modernizing the entry-to-practice competency assessment model to prepare physiotherapists for licensure in Canada. Components of the new model include: 

• One licensure exam that would replace the written and clinical exams.  

• Expedited pathway to the exam for internationally educated physiotherapists (IEPTs) with comparable education and training to that of Canadian-educated physiotherapists (CEPTs). 

• Equivalency assessment for IEPTs who do not have comparable education and training. 

• Enhancing support for IEPTs and CEPTs entering Canadian practice. 

Physiotherapy is a regulated profession in Canada which means that individual provincial and territorial regulators set the entry-to-practice requirements for their jurisdiction. Currently, no province has approved the use of CAPR’s new entry-to-practice model. CAPR is meaningfully collaborating with system partners to ensure the assessment tools meet the needs of regulators, the public, and the profession. CAPR together with the provincial and territorial regulators are committed to communicating information as it becomes available and as decisions are made.   

Please direct any inquiries to Brandi Park, National Director, Evaluation Services at Brandi.Park@alliancept.org

1 With the exception of Quebec.

CAPR is pleased to announce the 2025 PCE – Written Component dates. Continuing the positive impact of offering the Written Component 10 times in 2024, CAPR will also be offering it 10 times in 2025.

Go to the Exam Dates page to view the exam dates, and the modalities available for each.

All applications for the PCE must be submitted through the client portal.