The development of a global chiropractic rehabilitation competency framework by the World Federation of Chiropractic

Abstract

The World Health Organization (WHO), in its “Rehabilitation 2030 A Call for Action”, identified the need to strengthen rehabilitation in health systems to meet the growing demands of current and future populations. Greater access to rehabilitation services is required to secure the achievement of the United Nation’s third Sustainable Development Goal, “Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages”. To support this mandate, WHO issued a call for non-governmental organizations, associations and institutions to share their rehabilitation-related competency frameworks which will be used to construct a global rehabilitation competency framework. In response to this call, the World Federation of Chiropractic (WFC) developed a chiropractic rehabilitation competency framework. In this article, we present the chiropractic rehabilitation competency framework that will contribute to the development of the global framework in support of WHO’s strategic planning for rehabilitation. The goal of WHO’s strategic planning is to improve the integration and support of multi-disciplinary rehabilitation and establishing opportunities for global networks and partnerships in rehabilitation.

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Contributors

Pierre Côté: [e-mail]

Deborah Sutton:

ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5263-0368

[e-mail]

Richard Nicol: [e-mail]

Richard Brown: [e-mail]

Silvano Mior: [e-mail]

Journal

Journal ID (nlm-ta): Chiropr Man Therap

Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Chiropr Man Therap

Title: Chiropractic & Manual Therapies

Publisher: BioMed Central (London )

ISSN (Electronic): 2045-709X

Publication date (Electronic): 29 May 2019

Publication date PMC-release: 29 May 2019

Publication date Collection: 2019

Volume: 27

Affiliations

[1 ]ISNI 0000 0000 8591 5963, GRID grid.266904.f, Canada Research Chair in Disability Prevention and Rehabilitation, , University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT), ; 2000 Simcoe Street North, Oshawa, Ontario L1H 7L7 Canada

[2 ]ISNI 0000 0004 0473 5995, GRID grid.418591.0, UOIT-CMCC Centre for Disability Prevention and Rehabilitation, , University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT) and Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College (CMCC), ; 6100 Leslie Street, Toronto, Ontario M2H 3J1 Canada

[3 ]ISNI 0000 0000 8591 5963, GRID grid.266904.f, Faculty of Health Sciences, , University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT), ; 2000 Simcoe Street North, Oshawa, Ontario L1G 0C5 Canada

[4 ]World Federation of Chiropractic, Disability and Rehabilitation Committee, 160 Eglinton Avenue East, Suite 601, Toronto, Ontario M4P 3B5 Canada

[5 ]ISNI 0000 0004 0473 5995, GRID grid.418591.0, Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College, ; 6100 Leslie Street, Toronto, Ontario M2H 3J1 Canada

Article

Publisher ID: 249

DOI: 10.1186/s12998-019-0249-8

PMC ID: 6540412

Copyright statement: © The Author(s). 2019

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Funding

Funded by: FundRef http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100002784, Canada Excellence Research Chairs, Government of Canada;

Award ID: 950-231891

Award Recipient : Pierre Côté

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Subject: Commentary

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