Episode 58 - Being a Regulated Professional – What’s In It For Me?
The CPTA's College Conversations
Release Date: 03/15/2024
Episode 83 - Themes from 2025: Answers to your most common questions! (Part 1)
The CPTA's College Conversations
Speakers: Leanne Loranger and Sean FitzGerald In this episode of College Conversations, Leanne and Sean kick off a two-part series exploring the most common questions received by the College’s Practice Advisor. Drawing on an aggregate review of 2025 inquiries, they explain how tracking and coding questions to the Standards of Practice helps identify trends, inform the development of College resources, and guide future updates to the Standards of Practice. Part 1 focuses on two of the top five recurring themes addressed by the Practice Advisor: privacy and supervision. The discussion on...
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Episode 82 - Bonus Episode – Duty of Care and Declining to Provide Physiotherapy Services
The CPTA's College Conversations
Speakers: Jody Prohar and Leanne Loranger From time to time, conflicts and challenging situations may arise between physiotherapists and their clients, which may lead the physiotherapist to consider declining to continue to provide services to the client. These situations exist on a continuum from the slightly challenging to the potentially dangerous. The 2025 Duty of Care Standard codifies professional expectations that have been in place for a long time. In this bonus episode we revisit an episode we first shared back in 2021, highlighting the physiotherapist’s duties if they are opting to...
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Episode 81 - Council Recruitment and Exploring Council’s Governance Role
The CPTA's College Conversations
Speakers: Jody Prohar and Leanne Loranger In this episode, Leanne and Jody explore the governance role of Council and how it supports the College’s legislated mandate to protect the public interest. Jody explains the College’s responsibilities under the Health Professions Act, including setting entrance standards, ensuring continuing competence, establishing standards of practice, and addressing unprofessional conduct. Council oversees this work by setting the College’s strategic direction, providing financial and risk oversight, and monitoring regulatory processes to ensure alignment...
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Episode 80 - 2025 Year in Review, 2026 Preview
The CPTA's College Conversations
In this, the 80th episode of the CPTA’s College conversations, Leanne and Jody reflect on the College’s major activities in 2025 and share a preview of what we are anticipating in 2026. 2025 Highlights: Implementation of updated Standards of Practice in January 2025 and the related jurisprudence module which registrants completed at registration or renewal. Updated Sexual Abuse and Sexual Misconduct (SASM) module required for all registrants. Ongoing focus on professional conduct, with higher-than-hoped complaint numbers and related budget impact. 2026 Preview: Launch of the...
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Episode 79 - AI in Physiotherapy – Regulatory Realities
The CPTA's College Conversations
Speakers: Leanne Loranger and Sean FitzGerald In this episode, Sean and Leanne dive into how artificial intelligence is popping up in physiotherapy—from chatbots for booking and billing tasks and scribe tools for clinical documentation to robotics - and the regulatory considerations to keep in mind. With the explosion of AI tools, physiotherapists may look at options that help them in their work. Before implementing an AI tool there are a few things to know about doing so in a way that’s consistent with the Standards of Practice and regulatory requirements. We unpack the...
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Episode 78 - What’s Wrong With “Just” Being A Physiotherapist?
The CPTA's College Conversations
Speakers: Jody Prohar and Leanne Loranger “Vestibular physiotherapist’, ‘sports physiotherapist’, ‘advanced practice physiotherapist’, ‘performance physiotherapist…’ On this episode, we ask what’s wrong with being ‘just’ a physiotherapist? In this conversation, we review the requirements of the Titles, Credentials and Specialty Designations Standard of Practice, highlighting the importance of clarity and transparency when communicating with clients, potential clients and members of the public. We also discuss the technological disruptions that are currently...
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Episode 77 - Conflict of Interest: It’s About How Others See It
The CPTA's College Conversations
Hosts: Leanne Loranger & Sean FitzGerald Date: October 1, 2025 Description: In this episode, Leanne and Sean dive deep into the realities of conflict of interest (COI) in physiotherapy practice. They explore how COI isn’t just about what you do—it’s about how your actions are perceived by others. Drawing on real-world scenarios from private practice, public sector, and clinical education, they unpack the concept of fiduciary duty, different types of conflicts (actual, potential, perceived), and why recognizing even perceived conflicts is crucial for ethical practice. ...
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Episode 76 - Connecting the Dots: Standards or Practice, Code of Ethical Conduct, and Core Professional Values
The CPTA's College Conversations
Speakers: Jody Prohar and Leanne Loranger On this episode of the College Conversations podcast, Jody and Leanne discuss the Code of Ethical Conduct and the Core Professional Values and how these foundational documents can help guide physiotherapist actions when the Standards do not specifically address a situation. Jody and Leanne discuss two common situations where being a regulated physiotherapist means fulfilling responsibilities to peers and the profession as a whole. The Code of Ethical Conduct includes responsibilities to the patient, the public, and to self and the profession. Being a...
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Episode 75 - Trend Spotting with the CPTA
The CPTA's College Conversations
Speakers: Jody Prohar and Leanne Loranger Every other year World Physiotherapy hosts a conference to bring together clinicians, researchers, and policy makers from around the world to discuss matters of importance to the physiotherapy profession. At the conference in May 2025, a wide range of content was presented. Several themes of regulatory importance emerged, including · Mental health and physiotherapy · Artificial intelligence and big data · Advance...
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Episode 74 - Physiotherapists and Interventional Radiology Procedures – What are the Boundaries of Practice?
The CPTA's College Conversations
Speakers: Sean FitzGerald and Leanne Loranger Can a physiotherapist order a bone scan? What about a protein-rich-plasma injection? Is there a difference between ordering interventional radiology and referring a client to a physician to see if an interventional radiology procedure is appropriate? Do you wonder what fits within the category of interventional radiology and how that compares to the types of diagnostic images that physiotherapists can become authorized to order? On this episode of College Conversations, Sean and Leanne discuss some of the questions we...
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When you think about the College’s past messaging about its role – that it exists to safeguard and serve the public interest and receives its mandate from the Government of Alberta, on some level it’s understandable that physiotherapists might ask, “if that’s the case, why am I footing the bill?”
In this conversation, Jody and Leanne address the age-old question of “what’s in it for me?” when it comes to regulation. Along the way, they discuss the contract that exists between government and regulated health professionals, different regulatory models, and the concept of co-regulation. They touch on the benefits physiotherapists gain through regulation and what could potentially occur if the profession was not regulated.
Being a regulated health professional offers benefits but it also demands that we work to continually raise the bar for ourselves and those around us. Albertans deserve a physiotherapy profession that is accountable and that serves the public’s interests.
Listen to this episode to learn more about the benefits and obligations of being a regulated health professional.
Resources:
· Webinar: What does it mean to be a member of a self-regulating profession in 2021?
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