The 2025 Orthopaedic Symposium is a national conference dedicated to the practice of orthopaedic physiotherapy in Canada and is being held as a partnership between the Orthopaedic Division of the Canadian Physiotherapy Association and the Canadian Academy of Manipulative Physiotherapy.
The Orthopaedic Division helps members improve their clinical skills and service delivery through education, resources and networking. Continued professional growth and development is ensured through its evolving evidenced-informed curriculum, access to information on best practices and opportunities to collaborate and learn from peers. Built on a long history and reputation for excellence, it is the community for advancing orthopaedic physiotherapy in Canada.
The Canadian Academy of Manipulative Physiotherapy (CAMPT) is the Canadian member organization of the International Federation of Orthopaedic Manipulative Physiotherapy (IFOMPT), a part of the World Confederation of Physiotherapy and the World Health Organization. CAMPT-Certified physiotherapists have completed extensive post-graduate education and have attained internationally recognized qualifications in hands-on manipulative therapy, exercise therapy and pain science.
Symposium 2025 Content:
The Symposium will bring together researchers, practitioners and administrators from diverse areas of interest and expertise, including:
- Assessment and treatment of orthopaedic conditions using clinical reasoning, manual therapy, exercise, patient education and other relevant treatment modalities.
- Cross-cutting expertise (for example, pain science, oncology, sports medicine, etc.)
- Special populations in orthopaedics (for example, women’s health, sports-related injuries, pediatric, older adults, and other comorbid conditions)
- Professional practice related (for example, clinical practice management and leadership, education of physiotherapists (both undergraduate and graduate), knowledge transfer/ implementation science and policy-related issues.
Subthemes for Symposium 2025
We welcome all research, clinical, and professional topics for presentation and posters at the symposium. In consultation with CAMPT and the members of the Orthopaedic Symposium planning committee, several areas of particular interest were identified. Other ideas are welcome. We welcome all submissions but encourage those planning submissions to the symposium to consider these subthemes/focus as identified below (see Figure 1) that capture topics related to 1) Manual Therapy, 2) Professional Practice, 3) Innovation in Practice, and 4) Specialty Practice populations:
Manual Therapy (MT)
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Professional Practice
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Innovation in Practice
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Specialty Practice
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Key Dates:
| Call for abstract submission Portals open | August 15, 2024 |
| Completed Abstract proposals due/Portal Closes (11:59 ET) | November 1, 2024 |
| Abstract Review Process | November 1 to December 15, 2024 |
| Decision Notification | December 15, 2024 |
| Speaker acceptance and agreement deadline | January 7, 2025 |
| Speaker bios and headshots deadline | January 15, 2025 |
| Speaker registration deadline | April 2, 2025 |
| PowerPoint presentations due | April 25, 2025 |
For details and guidelines:
2025 Call for Papers-Reviewers-EN (in English) or 2025 Call for Papers-Reviewers-FR (in French)
Website is now open for Submissions
Deadline for Submissions is
Friday, November 1, 2024 (11:59 p.m. EST)
For more information, please contact:
Pasqualina Santaguida
Coordinator, Abstract Review Committee
santag@mcmaster.ca