Reviews of Canadian Alliance of Physiotherapy Regulators (Physiotherapist)

Elliott Thomlison

completely incompetent

Chad Bewley

5 cancelled exams? What would happen to a candidate after that many failed attempts? How do you make up for over a years worth of incompetency?

Stephanie

Cancelled licensing exams 3x and haven't even received as much as an email to notify us of what they are doing. Candidates should not be treated this way!!!! WHO IS RUNNING THIS ORGANIZATION?!?! The CAPR has candidates jump through a so many hoops but fails to do the one thing they set out to do: EVALUATE CANDIDATES, and seems sincerely uninterested in innovating. The last 1.5 years have been an enormous waste of time, money, energy and I'm much worse for wear due to the incompetence and disorganization of the CAPR. What an absolute disaster! I call for the CAPR to demonstrate the validity of their means of evaluation, and call for them to be transparent as to how our millions of dollars per exam are being used to administer exams. I don't understand how a written electronic exam could possibly cost 1000 dollars while they aren't even staying current with the research literature. TERRIBLE!

Chris Tierney

Cancelled exam day of after waiting a year while you twiddle your thumbs! Give me my money back and let me work with a full license. Update: You guessed it they still haven’t figured out how to administer the exam without multiple technical failures. They have also blocked commenting in any form on all of their social media. I recommend that their CEO step down voluntarily as she has had ample opportunity to provide this exam for our profession.

Nishant Patel

There should be an option for 0 rating or minus rating I will give rating below zero. So unprofessional and unresponsive organization I have ever come across with. They are not even serious about taking exams and always painful for students.

Zeen Liu

I'm very glad I decided to stay in the UK after finishing my degree instead of coming back home to Canada despite this meaning I'd be away from my friends and family for an indefinite period of time. My sympathy goes out to everyone who's had to put up with the incompetence of the CAPR; I can't even imagine the stress of having to retain all my university learning without being able to actually practice and not knowing when I'd be able to get these exams over with.

Nasirul Islam

I am impressed with the services of CAPR provided for my credentials assessment. The staff members were very helpful and supportive.

Dos Dos

5 months later and another disaster. We have not spoken about the conflict of interest that involves Diane Millette. We all saw that rude email you sent out regarding a concerned student. Please look into CAPR VP and a member of the BC board CPTBC. How can you be a regulator and a member of the institution you are regulating. Interesting.

Ben Lahouti

This feedback is based on the organization performance and making decision about PCE, which is the main duty of them. This is how serious is the PCE for me: One year and half of continuous study! Spending $2000 for preparation course! Spending $1000 to buy a new desktop computer and accessories for the exam!!! Making contract with a new internet service provider! Two weeks off work for final review before the scheduled exam! Sending my wife and my toddler out of home since 6:00 AM in the exam date to make sure that nobody is interrupting me during the exam! And I am follow all the Alliance orders regarding my responsibilities in an online exam! However, unfortunately, this organization does not take exams serious at all! They were not even aware of their platform’s capacity beforehand! Today, they postponed the exam for the third time!

S G

I had wasted my Professional Career and Experiences for Nothing in Canada almost 7 years. Their Unethical and an Incompetent ways of assessment ruined most of an International Physio's Life in Canada. Time will expose all of them and their actions of discrimination. Am still hoping and Believe in Justice.

Divita YB

They charge fortune for services, the lady at the concierge always has attitude to give. The way they have been dealing with clinicals since 2020 is pathetic. Students have kept their time, money and energy on stake just to face exam cancellation. I wish I could give minus stars.

Niall Clarke

Terrible communication and really bad management of the unnecessary PCE exams

Rachel Kay

CAPR is unorganized, unprofessional and a disgrace to the physiotherapy profession. They use out of date information for exam material and stay in the dark ages with communications. I went through the licensing process back in 2016-2017 and it was less than pleasant but using CAPR was the only option Canadians and international candidates have. They refuse to accept emailed information - always require mail- and make it as hard as possible for future physiotherapists to get licensed. They have the highest fees and in the world and despite research suggesting that practical exams are not necessary they continue to make them necessary to be licensed. They have shown their incompetence and inability to innovate after failing multiple times to produce any way to examine candidates through the pandemic. Other professional licensing organization have had no issues getting their candidates licensed but CAPR remains steadfast is ruining peoples lives and making it impossible for people to be licensed. CAPR needs to be accountable but colleges continue To give them power. A full investigation should be done to reform CAPR.

Dr. Kuldeep Singh

Hi ! My daughter has cleared your March 2021 PCE written but has not received any detail report of her score. As the candidates in Canada have received detail report on their result, she is still waiting . No reply to email is given. Suggest what to do now.

Savio Dsouza

Much appreciate the telephonic conversation with Ms.Jonial who was very informative and kind enough to share with us the process for credentialing.

S D'souza

Much appreciate the telephonic conversation with Ms.Jonial who was very informative and kind enough to share with us the process for credentialing.

Alysia Rashid

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.

Andre

I’m not a physiotherapist, but after seeing their handling of the board exam over the last year and a half, it’s clear this organization is incompetent. The people in charge need to be let go, obviously don’t know what they’re doing. Complete embarrassment for the entire profession.

Juxhin Thanasi

If anyone wants to stand up against these professional thiefs organization, make a petition and proceed further by law for your rights please contact me at fiziovizion@gmail.com

Tony Keum

I understand it's covid and there are difficulties with assessment. However, CAPR has a duty to keep us in loop with our progress of assessment or an expected date. It does not make any sense that emails should take 3 weeks to get a reply or not be able to contact via phone. I just don't understand how anyone going through the same assessment is ok with how this organisation handles paperwork. More than having debt on from tuition delay in licensing procedure in our career is the biggest barrier I have ever seen so far. It should not be like this. This organisation needs to make changes and communicate better.

T Green

I am not a PT nor a candidate, however I do use physiotherapy. I have followed your Alliance for a while and have witnessed some very poor practices. On your web site it states 12 successfully finished the latest test, yet your Facebook page ( which is now blocked) said only 6. Which is true if any of it? I question these things because I am the public. The alliance should be concerned about the well being of the candidates and the current PTs. From what I have seen, this lacks

mary bishai

No information or help when needed,

Kelsie McGee

Absolutely embarrassing organization. I'm a Canadian grad and I was sooo disappointed with this entire accreditation process. Unbelievably expensive fees that continue to rise MULTIPLE TIMES PER YEAR with no explanation. "non-profit" - I'd love to know what the salaries of the higher-ups are. They are not held accountable by any other organization. Their testing measures SHOULD be evaluating safety, ethics, and basic EVIDENCE-BASED skills (not detailed/specific nit-picky and OUTDATED techniques) - As a result good quality therapists (both local and internationally trained) are put through the ringer in order to work in Canada. All of this and I haven't even touched on the customer service - for those fees service should be held to an incredibly high standard of professionalism, and efficiency but they are anything but. I completed my exams 3 years ago so luckily I can continue to work as a physiotherapist in peace - but I still think this organization needs some MAJOR change and to be held accountable by someone (even if it is a series of poor google reviews).

Adrian Cossu

CAPR is clearly not capable of administering the online clinical exam

khalil rehman

I failed my all attempts in 2019 My global was so high but failed 5 station by .03 .02.01 ruined my future should by Accountable for all the bad thing they did in past

Tara Jam

Incompetent thieves.

Mark Thompson

Are negaitve stars possible? This org is a circus. Avoid at all costs. Choose a different country to live/practice in. This is not what you want. Trust me

P_M

I have never seen such rude staff member giving wrong informations and being rude and disrespectful. We are losing money, time, and hope from life. The state govt. must look into this issue. CAPR is not only destroying our lives it also leaving the Canadian health care system with short staffs during such health crisis. #bandcapr #itsagainsthumanity

Anon Anon

It's time that candidates consider a class-action lawsuit in order to deal with this because this is hurting candidates and the Canadian Physiotherapy profession. Students and now candidates have been a revenue stream for far too long and the shake-down for money has to end. I continue to be amazed at the disregard the CAPR has for the lives of others and the impact this disaster continues to have without resolution. Unfortunately, as time goes on and more people speak out, the Canadian PT profession is going to be seen as not doing enough to change with the times while candidates and their families are made to suffer. While CAPR twiddles and spends other people's money, candidates are treated as if interchangeable and disposable. This is cruel. The level of incompetence in the mismanagement of this examination goes far beyond the PT profession and Canadian borders. It has caused undo hardship, not just financial, but far moreso, mental anguish for those who have been affected, including foreign trained applicants who have put their lives on hold for way too long. Three strikes and you are out, just like any CEO who behaved with such complete ineptitude, the endless stream of apologies unacceptable at this point. CAPR should be closed down permanently and the entire BoD terminated, effective immediately, including the CEO and President. This examination has never made good sense, not well thought through and is nothing but a money-grab, totally unnecessary and completely unrealistic--no PT practices in the real world under such artificially imposed, high stress stakes as represented by the PCE. You have made a complete mockery of the Canadian Physiotherapy profession and this must end now. There is an online petition that has exceeded 10,000 signatures (change.org "Cancel the Clinical Physiotherapy Competency Exam (PCE) Canada") and it includes a section for comments where it will break your heart to read from graduates, parents of graduates, as well as foreign-trained applicants who repeat the same message: END THIS FARCE OF AN EXAM!

Giuseppe Izzo

I really hope one day justice will prevail and CAPR managers will pay for their greediness and incompetence. This is a scandal of historical proportions that has perpetuated for decades and has caused damages to thousands of candidates from Canada and all over the world. Time will do.

A K

They canceled the exam for the 3rd time! Incompetent, non professional organization aiming to check our competence and professionalism! I wasted 3.5 years in this process! I will sue you!

Kareem

Your primary job is to administer exams and yet you struggle to do this more than any organization or institution I have ever seen. The level of ineptitude and inefficiency of the CAPR is baffling. You are creating a massive barrier to entry for people who have already spent 6 years in school, including 2 years of post-graduate studies and over ONE THOUSAND HOURS on clinical placements. Do you think we get this far by accident? Is this insufficient to prove we meet the minimum standards of practice and that members of the public will be safe when working with us? All of these accredited physiotherapy programs are apparently incapable of establishing our credibility and competence, so we need the Holy CAPR to save the day and ultimately decide our fate. You have thousands of potential physiotherapists who have worked so hard to get here waiting.... and waiting...for you to get something right. Yet, almost 2 weeks since you blew it, you have yet to deliver a concrete plan because our schedules, families, and financial well being are of zero significance to you. Why are you unable to perform several exams per week with a smaller number of examinees? Are you worried you will run out of perfect questions to stifle us? Or are the millions of dollars you make not enough to offer exams more than a few times per year? This has nothing to do with safety, or with the public. This is all about money. I studied at an accredited program abroad that consults directly with the alliance to ensure they are meeting the minimum standards set out in Canada. However, upon returning to Canada I still had to undergo the redundant process of assessing my educational credentials and qualifications, which was over $1000. As if that wasn't enough, I had to have my owl, Hedwig, fly my forms and payments over by mail because you have yet to join us in 2020. This process took over 3 months to complete. What an absolute scam. This practical exam is completely unnecessary and unnatural. I have never encountered a single physiotherapist or health practitioner who speaks or behaves with the rigidity that is expected of us to pass this exam. Get it together CAPR. You already robbed us of our money... stop leeching away our time and sanity.

Sameena Shaikh

I am an IEPT and am working as a PTA in Canada with a long-term care and I see COVID patients too.Looking forward to clear the PCE clinical component this September and get my independent licence and contribute even better to the public and do my best pertaining to everything.Looking at things more positively this time. Regards.

Pam Erno

I am sorry for the others who expressed their disappointment with regards to the service, but I need to give a shout out to Ms.Shereen Jibbar,my credentialing officer, for handling my case with utmost and due diligence.She was extremely patient and compassionate with me and my circumstances. Thank you!

Anastasia Chapman

Absolute embarrassment of an organization. Cancelling the clinical exam three hours before it’s set to take place after already rescheduling the exam three times puts students through emotional, mental, and financial distress. You should be ashamed of yourselves.

krutee dave

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. Inspite of having higher fees, the work is below competency level. they returned my paperwork twice wasting 4 months of extra time.

sobhan sobhani

Update 14/9/2021 So this is a new update for my previous post done several months ago. Nothing to see here. The exam got cancelled again for the forth time. I am really sorry that I decided to move to Canada. I should have chosen another country. Just imagine someone studying non-stop for two years and at the same time practicing as a resident for about 18 months just to show that he is a safe practitioner! We all know the precautions after ACL reconstruction and all hospitals bed have their breaks on all the time! All physios around the world know the RED FLAGS for cancer. Even my illiterate grandmother knows the signs of infections!!!! You don`t need to grab money to test these. Please understand this! ------------------------------------------------ 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.

Harshal Trivedi

CEO is not stepping aside but running away after too much pressure. Worthless so called non-profit organization. Everyone knows where the profit goes. Not even responding to emails. You only get reply when you post google reviews. Isn’t it ridiculous?

Humboldt Broncos

Just few questions after so many intentional(could be due to inability to accommodate so many candidates for free in practical exam) and may be unintentional failures.. 1) Will "those" candidates get close to 1795$ extra (for time wasting, for their education loan interest, for being paid less for so many months) as you are no longer conducting exam knowing that some of them were given fee waiver? I am well aware that you have provided refunds and this is regards to your announcement that one practical exam will be free anytime "those" student wants to sit.. 2) Knowing that CAPR was unable to conduct exam after so much time allotment and attempts given by students...If the provincial college is conducting exam WILL CAPR PROVIDE FUNDING FOR PROVINCIAL EXAMS IF "those" STUDENTS NO LONGER NEED TO TAKE YOUR EXAM? 3) for any future CAPR exam will "those" candidates be allowed free 1st attempt no matter what?? I think there are many more compensation CAPR is liable for.. One thing I noticed in one of the application forms at the end you have asked students to consent for is "they can not sue you.." Weird eh!! Responses to above questions will decide the failure was how much intentional and how much unintentional... If No response is provided that means it was 100% intentional failure of virtual exam so you guys can still get paid and will not have to worry about your announcement of "exam fee waiver". I and many others strongly believe that last virtual exam was a big cover up..because you knew that students have not done anything so far so what are they going to do if there's one more such incident.. PEOPLE ALSO SHOULDN'T TRUST "CPA". They are having a huge conflict of interest if CAPR canceled exams altogether then they will come in to picture to make money....The latest comments by CAPR about possibilities of new exam agency is no one else but "CPA"....

Sonika Pathak

Giving us 2000$ back does not even count towards the mental trauma, chaos, sacrifices and depression that CAPR has given to me. You kept those 2000$ exam fee for almost year and half now. 2000$ cannot bring back peace of mind or it cannot pay for my expenses for the coming 6 months I will have to wait for you irresponsible people to tell us when is the next exam date! It has been one week since the 'on the spot unpredictable cancellation' of the exam, and I have not heard any 'next available exam date". Have some mercy on candidates! Please.

Abd Alabi Ore

CAPR lacks transparency and acts with continual secrecy. They have proven to be unable to deliver their clinical exam after nearly 2 years of waiting. This organization needs to be dismantled.

Sara Purdy

If I could give zero stars to this organization I would. A money grab at its best - my toddler could run an organization better than they do. Get your act together, Canadian Alliance of Physical Therapists. These are people’s livelihoods that you are messing with. The exam situation this morning is embarrassing and unacceptable. Make it right.

Nick Dua

They've misgendered me like twice, it was such a traumatic experience

Justine Davies

Extremely disrespectful, incompetent and unprofessional in how they have handled things this year. This is 2021. You can do better.

Cassandra Lyall

Unprofessional organization that use power, corruption and fear to run a business.

Alejandra Rodriguez

CAPR is unfortunately taking advantage of the regulatory process to make money on these residents, this clinical exam is not necessary and no other country that licenses physiotherapist requires it. This organization is not just completely incompetent but fraudolent as well, is time for the CEO to resign and for this organization to be dismantle. YOu won't even provide your financial statement from last year, what are you hiding?. Truly, you don't have the right to hurt all these residents with this licensing uncertaintly, they deserve better and you are giving our profession a bad name.

Brijya Patel

I wish I can give zero stars. They should be shamed that this big of an organization failed multiple times to conduct the clinical component for almost 2 years. Now the the same organization is supposed to decide if candidates are competent or not. Can’t even imagine what residents are going thorough mentally emotionally and financially. CAPR did not even try to think from residents perspective. Some applicants are deciding that they don’t want to give exam because they are not competent enough but CAPR are the ones not competent enough to conduct the exam despite having enough time. There are multiple other fields which are successfully conducting exams throughout this pandemic. Disrespectful and heartless people. The Canadian board should’ve booted them out. AT LEAST HAVE THE DECENCY TO RESIGN EN MASSE.

Bryan Mansfield

I too am not a physiotherapist. But I employ some. They are now distraught and crying because of the total failure of this "organisation" to organise exams. You are a disgrace with no moral responsibility or standing. The very least you could, and should do, is resign en masse. Words cannot suitably convey the harm that you are doing to blameless peoples lives and careers. Shame on you!

Bryan Mansfield

I too am not a physiotherapist. But I employ some. They are now distraught and crying because of the total failure of this "organisation" to organise exams. You are a disgrace with no moral responsibility or standing. The very least you could, and should do, is resign en masse. Words cannot suitably convey the harm that you are doing to blameless peoples lives and careers. Shame on you!

Wade MacMillan

Capr will be holding back all physiotherapy graduates across for 2 years! due to their incompetence.Their actions are preventing graduating physio’s the chance to start a career and pay off their growing debt.

Mel Untal

Mental exhaustion, impacted career opportunities, well-being and relationship as secondary to the cancellation of clinical exam...3 times.

Siddhant Sahu

Corrupt organization. No transparency. Terrible culture. No respect for pt grads. Horrible CEO. Would give 0 stars if I could.

Katherine Marsh

Absolutely shocking organisation. Main reason I wouldn't suggest any international physiotherapist to go to Canada. Having to post EVERY single form to them when you don't live in the country takes months to organise the registration and not to forget their insistence to send bank information via post! Not a secure method of payment--when I spoke to them about this, they said they were looking into it.... How is this archaeological system still in place.

Nick Dua

There is a review on here by someone who decided to create a fake account to impersonate me and write an inaccurate review about something that did not happen; please ignore it. CAPR is an organization with an important job to do, to protect the public and make sure we have safe, competent, and professional individuals entering the field. Yes it’s a stressful process, yes it can be difficult to navigate, and yes people fail, but a profession with more barriers to entry makes it that much more worthwhile to try to be a part of, and feels that much better once you’ve made it. If you want a profession that anyone can be a part of, seek out a career in alternative medicine and sell placebo. If you did not pass, please use it as motivation to study harder, seek advice, and practice more until you try again and pass. Ask someone who is already a PT, I’m sure they’d be more than happy to help! Not every road in life is easy, unfortunately, but you’ll be a stronger person after going through some adversity. Good luck future colleagues.

Jennifer Logan

I am not a physiotherapist but a concerned citizen who you claim to protect. CAPR's handling of the licencing exam is abysmal and an embarrassment to the profession. Medicine, nursing, dentistry, chiropractics have managed to figure this out without exploiting their graduates and putting a strain on the health care system that is especially burdened during covid times. This is not protecting the public! If I could give zero stars I would.

FIRE TAB FOR PCE

They are accountable to NO ONE. There should be somewhere outside CAPR where we could complain about them and there should be actions against their incompetence especially when they are charging that much of money for their services.

James Duke

Physiotherapists get into this profession because they want to help and care for people. Unfortunately, the CAPR treats new physiotherapists like incompetent and untrustworthy professionals who don't know how to help and care for people. In the last month I have been disheartened to hear fellow colleagues say they should have chosen another career or maybe they should pack up and leave to a new country to practice the profession they love. The incompetence of the CAPR is pushing away great, new and upcoming physiotherapists...and demoralizing the ones who decide to stay. No apology can ever rectify what is happening. There needs to be CHANGE in the accreditation/registration process. This country is in danger of losing physiotherapists.

Harry

The worst customer service. Even if you email to them, they won’t reply. They charge high fees for everything yet they are not providing the fare customer service. I would give negative star because they think they are superior to everybody. They just want money and the customer service is zero. What the hell! The government should do something to let them know that they are just the organization.

Johnathan Rudzinski

I can't believe the CAPR sympathizers on here and the fact there are any reviews above a 1. What a sham of an organization. There is a large difference between being proud to get into a profession due to stringent examination processes vs. an incomprehensibly incompetent and corrupt organization administering these processes.

Mike

I had to pay 500$ to reschedule my exam to another date, 2 months out from the actually scheduled exam. The location sites and information have not yet been determined or even sent via e-mail at this time. This whole process has been a nightmare and my goal for this review is to notify future applicants so they don't have to pay these ridiculous fee's set out by a 'not for profit organisation'. I'll just assume my 500$ goes to the organisations Christmas party.

Rory Magnier

I have never had a worse experience with an organisation. CAPR are basically professional thieves. Completely useless customer service. An irrationally expensive process to get registered. An inappropriate method of assessing true quality of physiotherapy care. It feels like CAPR are trying to scare physios away from Canada as opposed to providing any assistance or guidance. An embarrassment to healthcare professionals

Angry Physio Resident

CAPR has been unable to run an online practical exam for 2 years now, despite this being one of the main reasons they exist. At this point they have made it VERY clear that they do not care about Physiotherapy Residents. Their lack of transparency is appalling. This entire ordeal is ridiculous.

Momo Lee

The wait is unending. They don't check their mail room for 15 days and don't update mail log for another 15. They will do anything to torture you, delay exam, cancel exam, stop free speech, turn off comments on Facebook, complain to your college about you, charge hefty fees for everything, discriminatory and racist practices . I can not believe this is happening in Canada! This organization is free to do anything they please and government does not question them! Just shameful ????

Roman Medical Rehab

To the CEO of this company... Very convenient time to pursue education after two years of catastrophe, it looks like it was much needed. I wonder how some people get sleep at night with a heavy handed conscientience to deal with. I do hope that you will consider the countless lives you negatively impacted for the last two years, and the few decades of unnecessary stress, mental health issues, and suffering. I have seen my friends divorce and even consider taking their lives because of your lack of leadership. I hope you will stop using the words "innovation", and "leadership" in your statements. We all know that is a creation of your imagination. Please understand you are leaving behind a SEA failure and catastrophe and countless of disappointed professionals who depended on you to do your job so they could do theirs. I wonder how some people sleep at night, I wonder.

B L

Completely unacceptable handling of the examinations this year. We NEED CHANGE.

Andree-Anne Bechard-Cote

I would give zero if I could.

Dan A

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.

Kate Newlands

Unaccountable. Incompetent. Unprofessional.. CAPR's sad attempt to navigate the examination throughout this pandemic is laughable, at best. Three exam cancellations. Months of studying out the window. Seemingly endless mental, emotional and financial stress for candidates. Thousands of dollars in wages lost to time spent studying or being unable to practice. Precious time that could have been spent with loved ones - gone. Their response to this pathetic attempt to run an exam? An apology email and notice that the exam will be postponed to "later this spring". How tone-deaf and disrespectful can this organization be? An absolute disgrace to the physiotherapy profession. Enough is enough, CAPR.

nature lover

Completely disorganized. Taking years to update the info. Phone lines are not being answered. They don’t have straight forward answer of anything. I don’t understand who is running this kind of organization. They already failed 5 times just to conduct the exam. If a student fails for 3 times, they are not allowed anymore attempts . Likewise, alliancept must not be allowed to conduct the exam.

james roberts

they misgendered me twice

physio student

This organization is a humiliation to Canada. It is poorly run and unethical. I am organizing a class action lawsuit for anyone who has ever "Failed" the exam- whether it is once, twice or three times, for anyone who has had their paperwork rejected or any other dealings of the CARP incompetence. If anyone else has had a negative interaction with CARP please e-mail me at Downwiththealliance@gmail.com CARP- I already have inside knowledge that you have black listed students and do not "curve" the exam fairly so be warned you will be having legal paperwork coming your way.

S S

A stain on the physiotherapy profession

Rafael Begazo

Organization haunted by incompetence and paralyzing beaurocracy. They disables comments on their Facebook page to stop the wave of dissatisfaction from reaching them. Physios need to organize and contact the media, such as CBC Marketplace, so that they perform an investigation about this useless organization.

John J

A complete failure of an organization that predictably fails those it serves to advocate for. Horrible. ———— Edit in response to reply: You 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. Your 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.

J L

Embarrassing! My partner is an ICU physiotherapist in Australia and has been studying for the clinical exams for almost TWO years and it's been cancelled four different times. Whoever is in charge needs to resign ASAP. I am a family physician myself and did my exams over Zoom here in Australia yet CAPR couldn't even manage this. Quit toying with people's lives. I would expect better from my home country of Canada.

jayaram parakkatt

5-Year Ban for Sharing Exam Materials May 4, 2017 During regular monitoring of the internet, CAPR staff discovered a person advertising Physiotherapy Competency Exam (PCE) questions for sale. CAPR, in conjunction with the provincial regulator, investigated, gathered evidence and concluded that cheating had occurred as defined in our exam policies. The CAPR Board of Directors approved the following sanctions: A 5-year ban on writing the Physiotherapy Competency Exam All Canadian physiotherapy regulators will be notified CAPR would like to remind all candidates that discussing or sharing information seen or heard on the PCE, before or after taking the exam, is strictly forbidden and considered to be cheating. Do not write down questions you’ve seen on the PCE. Do not share them with other candidates. The penalties for cheating are serious. The actions of the regulatory college are independent of those of the CAPR. The candidate’s provisional licence may be affected. Because of the CAPR sanctions, the exam candidate will not be eligible to re-attempt the PCE until 2022 at the earliest and will not be eligible to practice physiotherapy until that time. The CAPR takes its role in the protection of the public seriously. These sanctions demonstrate the gravity of the ethical breach committed by the exam candidate. For more information on Rules of Conduct for the PCE and actions taken in the event of suspected cheating, please refer to the Confidentiality and Security section and Rules of Conduct section of the Exam Policies. post from CAPR search on the site 5 year ban. What about those who failed theory and practicals during this time? and those who bought questions and took advantage?? Instead of protecting Canadians,you guys are putting them into Danger.But no one seems to care.Unfortunately

Bahram Jam

The president & the vice president of the CAPR filed a complaint against me through my College for stating that the exam provided by the CAPR lacks reliability and validity, which is supported by a systematic review published in a peer review journal (Bobos et al 2021). They obviously attempted to silence me by using threatening tactics. My lawyer saw this as an obvious attempt to impede on my freedom of speech as this complaint had NOTHING to do with protecting the public. They finally retracted the complaint against me. I wanted to know why of all the people active on social media, I was the ONLY one who received the threatening letter? I repeatedly asked for an explanation from my college and I got NO REPLY. I stated that I feel that it may have something to do with the fact that I am a person of colour as ALL the board members on the CAPR are Caucasian and all the other publicly active PTs who also complain of the PCE are Caucasian, yet NONE of them received the letter. I repeatedly have asked that I want an answer why I was chosen and not others. I was promised an answer in 2 weeks, that was 6 months ago. I guess their tactic is to not reply and hope it all goes away. A recent survey showed 93% of respondents perceived that the CAPR is racially discriminatory. Another survey showed that 45% of the PT respondents perceive that the CAPR is racially discriminatory. What percentage of perceived racism is okay for us to tolerate?

mackenzie kemps

An organization that completely abandoned the profession it's meant to be protecting and governing. Their standards of us are incredibly high, well they surely aren't meeting our standards of them.

Interim Physio

I feel that it is important to express both my own and the collective frustration with the third rescheduling of our clinical exam. This most recent cancellation - on the day of the exam no less - is both unethical and completely unacceptable. Many of us have now paid for multiple courses to prepare for the exam, as they are intended to take us up to the date of the exam which keeps being postponed. These courses cost $1500-$2000 each, and they are necessary especially with the expectation of having to take a completely new exam that has never been done before. It is difficult to understand how only on the day of the exam CAPR finds out there is insufficient capacity on the exam platform, after specifically assuring us in a webinar there would be no issues. This has been the most difficult and stressful year for many people, and this exam is causing unfounded stress for myself and many of my fellow interim physios. Not only are we all coping with a pandemic, but many of us have also put our lives on hold to prepare for an incredibly mentally exhausting exam with no end in sight. What assurances do we have that you have not already given that our exam will take place on the next date you set? I am completely dumbfounded at how long we have been expected to delay relevant courses that would expand our skills as clinicians because we are required to continually prepare for this exam. After putting these on hold for over a year I finally registered for many courses, such as orthopaedic levels, assuming that the exam would finally be completed on March 20th / 21st. We are now being told that this exam is being delayed and will likely overlap with when I am taking these courses. I have paid a significant amount of money for these and will require additional time off work for study. Somehow, I am also now expected to complete the exam during this time too with this latest rescheduling. The amount of time, money, and emotional labor that has already been devoted to this exam has far exceeded what should be expected of any new physiotherapist. When the pandemic hit, medical programs in multiple countries (including Canada) immediately adapted to the extreme circumstances and passed students who were scheduled to take practical exams. Instead of taking this reasonable and logical approach, the CAPR has delayed our exam now multiple times under the guise of protecting the public or technical issues. If medical doctors were permitted to bypass their clinical exam, why weren’t we? Quite simply, one organization cares about the well-being of the public and its doctors, while the other clearly has a complete lack of empathy for those it is supposed to be regulating. At this stage I believe our time would be far better devoted to patient care. Now more than ever our medical system needs fully licensed physiotherapists to be treating patients in hospitals. Instead of being able to do this effectively, the CAPR is handcuffing its newest physiotherapists into taking even more precious time off work for the third attempt at this exam (through no fault of our own). I have now dedicated a year of my life for this exam, on top of the years spent in Physiotherapy school. The “sincere” apologies repeated to us over and over are meaningless at this point. The CAPR should not be putting our careers on hold indefinitely – this is certainly not in the public’s best interest given the growing nationwide shortage of physiotherapists.

raj sidhu

why are they charging $100, even its rescheduled 22 days prior to exam date! this CAPR NEEDS SERIOUS INVESTIGATION from Government

nahid vaghor

The values does not reflect!!! Bridging program needs more integrity.

S P

Questions: Prioritizing the important first so if you don't have time and you are crazy busy conducting exam you can answer first few???????????????? 1) So you conduct this exam because you care for general public's life. What about the lives of Physiotherapists?? Do you really care?? 2) All the Students who got the date for their practical exam in September will get a chance to write free practical exam??

Thurginth Sivarajah

You guys are ruining a lot of my physio colleagues lives by putting them through this. The rehab field is watching to see if you guys do the right thing or not.

Rachel P

I am absolutely speechless with the poor management, communication and organisation of the CAPR. I realize COVID has been a challenging time (for everyone I might add) but every other company has had to come up with responsive and creative solutions during this pandemic. It was not until September 2020 when it was announced they would not proceed with the exam in November in person (8 weeks notice) and that they would then have to consider how to provide this exam virtually. Then today there were failures with the online platform and the exam this weekend was cancelled after being online for 2.5 hours attempting to complete it. It should not take 2 years to become a registered physiotherapist in Canada. COVID cannot be used as an excuse.

Mat Haines

Absolute joke

Harlow Boston

Archaic and disorganized organization. Correspondence is often delayed, not receiving responses for up to a week by email, often not at all by phone. They have guidelines for guidelines for guidelines that only seem to slow down their processes. On top of this the majority of their staff is rude, condescending, lazy and frankly unprofessional. Forms that get faxed or mailed in have been lost in my case or never acknowledged. Just a mess.. The worst part is that no one seems to regulate the regulatory body, so it will likely never get better.