Canadian Alliance of Physiotherapy Regulators

A complete failure of an organization that predictably fails those it serves to advocate for. Horrible.nn————nEdit in response to reply:nnYou must realize you are failing the public because you are limiting access to qualified physiotherapists. You are the bottleneck. There are other organization who have figured this out during the pandemic. Learn from them.nnYour response acknowledges your own ignorance. I’m sure you understand you have failed physiotherapists. Now it’s important to acknowledge you are also failing the public.

I'm embarrassed that this organization is a mandatory part of the Canadian process to become a licensed physiotherapist. We are better off practicing in other countries where we are likely to be valued and respected and treated fairly. I say this from experience, being a UK licensed physiotherapist but also a Canadian citizen. I'd give this organization no stars at all. I have been witnessing their poor customer service, lack of transparency, inefficiency and rude behaviour since 2017 which is when I started the credentialling process. It seems as though they need to reassess their management team and replace them with individuals who are better qualified in today's modern world of evolving evidence based research and technology.

CAPR has caused an incredible amount of needless stress, frustration, and anxiety to interim physiotherapists due to their failure to successfully administer even one practical exam over the past year and a half (and counting). This failure has impacted interim physiotherapists, clinics, and most importantly- patients. This profession provides too important of a role to be needlessly impacted by such a poorly run organization.

They cancelled the clinical exam for the third time despite promising that they would deliver this time. Three weeks of vacation for studying, buying new laptop, spending hours and hours practicing in the past two years. Still working as a resident helping and treating patients risking our health. What have we got in return? Nothing but frustration and dozens of apology emails from CAPR! What a nightmare.

The process of credentialing is so tedious with them. it takes months just to get your documents approved and be verified. NPTE on the other hand finished the same job in 4 months.nInspite of having higher fees, the work is below competency level.nthey returned my paperwork twice wasting 4 months of extra time.