Dear colleague,
The Philippine Physical Therapy Association (PPTA) would like to invite you to become one of our LIFETIME MEMBERS. The PPTA is the only professional PT organization accredited by the Professional Regulation Commission. It is the only Filipino member organization of the World Confederation for Physical Therapy (WCPT) and the Asian Confederation for Physical Therapy (ACPT).
Since its foundation on December 8, 1964, the Philippine Physical Therapy Association or PPTA has served as a relevant organization for the betterment of the delivery of physical therapy services in the Philippines by advancing the cause of the Physical Therapy profession and practitioner. It strives to:
1. Serve as a vehicle for professional development of physical therapists practicing in the Philippines through the provision of continuing education activities, facilitation of access to international publications, dissemination and utilization of research and development pertinent to PT practice in the Philippines;
2. Develop and maintain excellent standards of PT practice in the Philippines;
3. Serve as a proactive channel of the Filipino physical therapists in local and international policy-making, with the view of defining the PT profession;
4. Enhance interaction between Filipino physical therapists and other providers of health care; and
5. Enhance the role of PT in the Philippine setting through public education of provision of service.
Membership benefits include the following:
ü membership certificate
ü personalized membership identification card
ü a free copy of the ImPeTus
ü discounted subscription to the ImPeTus
The ImPeTus is the official journal-magazine of the PPTA. It contains organizational updates, special features, scientific papers, and researches done by Filipino physical therapists. As a member, you shall be given the chance to present your studies, theses, compositions, and scientific papers for publication!
ü discounts to lectures, seminars, forums, workshops, and conventions sponsored or organized by the Association
ü discounts in international seminars affiliated with the WCPT and the ACPT
ü free membership to any of the Special Interest Groups
The Special Interest Groups would provide you the chance to interact, share, and learn from other members who are specialists in their own fields of practice. Membership to the SIGs is exclusive to PPTA members.
ü free updates regarding special events, scientific advances, continuing education activities, and professional issues related to physical therapy
You would be regularly updated via surface mail or electronic mail, and through text! Don’t be left behind! Keep yourself updated!
ü automatic membership to the PPTA e-mailing group
This avenue shall give you the chance to receive up-to-date information regarding PT-related matters. It shall also provide you the opportunity to discuss with other members of the Association whether you are in the country or abroad.
ü access to the resources of the Association such as core documents, financial books, organizational records
ü policy-making opportunities
As the accredited professional organization by PRC, and through our linkages with DOH and CHED, the PPTA has always been involved in policy-making activities. As members, you shall be informed and invited to actively participate in all of these events. TAKE PART IN EFFECTING ADVANCEMENTS IN OUR PROFESSION!
ü leadership and administrative opportunities
All members are encouraged to be part of any of the activities and any of the working committees of the Association, and hopefully, in the future, be leaders of the different Chapters of the Association.
ü guidance on welfare, study, research, and employment
Here is a list of requirements for lifetime membership:
- 1 x 1 ID picture
- a duly accomplished membership form*
- lifetime membership fee of PhP 1,500 (which you could send by depositing the said amount under the following Security Bank account:
Account Name: Philippine Physical Therapy Association;
Account Number: 0171-007992-203 )
- a photocopy of your PRC license or PRC certificate
*For it to be easier, you I could fill up the application form for you. But I would need the following information (which you could send via e-mail)
- full name:
- PRC license number:
- date of birth:
- civil status:
- present address:
- permanent address:
- which one would be your mailing address? present or permanent?
- e-mail address:
- landline phone number (present address):
- landline phone number (permanent address):
- mobile phone number:
- pager number:
- fax number:
- type of practice (clinical, academic, or private practice):
if you answered clinical or academic, please fill-up the following:
- name of present affiliation:
- position:
- address and phone number of present affiliation:
- work experience (please indicate the name of the institution, position, and inclusive dates of employment)
- college / university you graduated from:
- date graduated (month and year):
- undergraduate thesis (if any):
- graduate courses you have finished or you are currently taking:
- other published and / or unpublished works:
- PT licensure examination you passed (month and year):
- special skills and interests:
You could send your requirements, together with the Security Bank deposit slip, to the following address:
Royson A. Mercado, PTRP
Section of Physical Therapy
Department of Rehabilitation Medicine
University of the Philippines - Philippine General Hospital
Taft Avenue, Ermita, Manila
I, in behalf of the Association, would like to thank you, in advance, for your support! I hope you could spread the word about the Philippine Physical Therapy Association. We are at a time when we need to come together as professionals as we have now filed (in the Congress and Senate) possible amendments to the PT-OT Law. The changes the association has put forward aim to provide autonomy for us physical therapists who are practicing in the country. I hope you could help us in this crusade.
By the way, have you visited the organization's website at:
www.ppta.org.ph ?
I hope to hear from you soon!
Royson A. Mercado, PTRP
Secretary, and
Chairman, Membership Committee
Philippine Physical Therapy Association
add:
The processing of your application shall begin upon the receipt of the requirements together with the deposit slip.
You shall automatically be part of the PPTA e-groups upon approval of your application.
