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Overview
Assessment of Educational Credentials and Qualifications
(Credentialling) Overview
Credentialling is the process of evaluating documentary evidence
that an applicantprovides to determine if his or her qualifications
are sufficiently similar (substantially
equivalent) to the established or published standard in the
receiving country or
jurisdiction.
Credentialling aims to prepare an objective analytical report
that describes theeducational credentials of internationally
educated applicants by interpreting those
credentials in terms of Canadian equivalents.
In Canada, physiotherapists are licensed or registered to
practice by provincial/territorial
regulatory colleges (regulators). Except for Qubec, all
provincial regulators and the
regulator in Yukon Territory require internationally educated
applicants to complete TheAlliance's mandatory Credentialling
process before taking the Physiotherapy
Competency Examination (PCE).
Graduates of Canadian physiotherapy programs do not need to
complete an EducationalCredential and Qualification Assessment to
take the PCE.
If you are currently enrolled in or have graduated from a
university degree program
outside of Canada, you are an internationally educated
applicant. This includesCanadian citizens who have studied abroad.
All internationally educated applicants must
apply for credentialling and ask that we assess their
credentials and qualifications to
confirm their eligibility to apply for the PCE.
The Alliance Credentialling and Examination processes do not
give an individual theright to practice or register as a
physiotherapist in Canada. Each regulator may have
additional registration requirements. You can find full
information on registration
requirements in a province or territory by contacting the
regulator in the
province/territory you will be working in.
Applying for an Assessment
Applying for an Assessment
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Follow these steps to apply for Credentialling.
1. Read the Credentialling Handbook.
2. Make sure you are eligible to apply. Check the Credentialling
Handbook forinformation about eligibility. This information is in
the section called "Educational
Credentials and Qualifications Assessment".3. Print the
credentialling application form and fill it in. Be sure to complete
all the
fields.4. Complete the credit card section of the application OR
include a certified cheque,
money order or a bank draft with your application.
5. Read the Important Notes on the back of the application form,
then sign and datethe form.
6. Read the information about the documents you and other
institutions must send.
7. Put your application and payment in the mail.
If you want us to verify your credentialling status with a
regulator, print and complete the
Verification Request Form. You can send this when you have
received your successfulcredentialling results letter.
Submitting Your Application
Follow these steps to submit your Credentialling
Application:
1. Complete the first page of the Document Request Form and send
it to your
physiotherapy school
We may already have copies of your program's course descriptions
and outlines (e.g.
syllabus, course descriptions) that we can use in the assessment
process.
Please contact our Client Services Coordinator
[email protected] by phone at
416-234-8800 (extension 30) before sending the Document Request
Form to yourschool to confirm if we need the syllabus from your
school. If we don't, then let your
school know that they do not need to send your syllabus with the
other requireddocuments.
2. Complete your application form, make a copy of your completed
and signed
application form and keep the copy as your record3. Prepare two
photographs and sign and date the back of one of the
photographs
4. Take one of the photographs and an official identity document
to a notary public
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In some countries, notary publics may charge one fee to notarize
a number ofdocuments.
If you need to notarize other documents, take the original copy
of those documents to
the notary public at the time you take your declaration of
Identity form and ask the
notary public to make a copy of your original documents and
notarize thosedocuments at the same time
5. Complete the Declaration of Identity Form in front of the
notary public6. Show your official identity document to the notary
public and ask that they
review your identity document and complete the section on the
Declaration of
Identity Form
7. Include the completed Declaration of Identity Form and your
loose photo withyour completed Credentialling Application form
8. Complete the Application Checklist. Let us know which
documents you are
sending with your application form and which documents will
follow
9. If you want that we confirm we have received your package,
complete Form A(included in the Credentialling Handbook) and send
it with your application form
10. Send us your package by mail.
Changing your Information
Changing Your Information
You may need to change some of your information after you apply
for Credentialling.
Changing Your Address
If you move, you must give us your new address in writing. Use
the Change ofInformation Form. Be sure to tell us when the change
takes place. We will mail your
results and any other correspondence to the address we have in
our files.
Changing Your Name
If you change your name after you apply for credentialling, you
must give us your newname in writing. Use the Change of Information
Form. You need to send a notarized
copy of a name change document with the form (for example, your
notarized marriage
certificate). We cannot change your name after we send your
results.
Forms:
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Change of Information Form
Contact Us
Canadian Alliance of Physiotherapy Regulators
1243 Islington Avenue, Suite 501
Toronto, Ontario M8X 1Y9
Tel: (416) 234-8800Fax: (416) 234-8820
Staff List
Important Online Contacts
For General Inquiries:
[email protected]
For Physiotherapy Competency Exam:
[email protected]
Be sure to check out ourExaminations Section and FAQs before
contacting The Alliance.
For Evaluation of Academic Credentials and Qualifications:
[email protected]
Be sure to check out ourCredentialling Section and FAQs before
contacting TheAlliance.
Canadian Alliance of Physiotherapy Regulators1243 Islington
Avenue, Suite 501
Toronto, Ontario M8X 1Y9
Phone: 416-234-8800 Fax: 416-234-8820
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