J Phys Ther. 2010;1:85. Pos t-g ra dua te Phys ical T her ap y Cur r icul um In Ind ia.

Letter to editorAuthor’s reply

Re: Re: Current status of postgraduate physical therapy curriculum in India: articulated or disarticulated? an issue paper. Selvam Ramachandran MPT, (PhD) *

Dear Chief editor,

Authors’ information:

I thank Dr. Devdeep 1 Ahuja for the comments. The role of IAP in relaxing accreditation norms shall be read in the context that IAP not being a statutory body for physiotherapy profession in India is compelled to be flexible in the accreditation process; otherwise the educational institutions would not follow even the minimal basic standards.

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It is disagreed with the comments that Government of India has not taken a note of Physiotherapy profession. It should be noted that Ministry of Health & Family Welfare and Ministry of Human Resources and Development (HRD), Government of India has contemplated National Council for Human Resource in Health and National Council for Higher Education & 2 Research respectively which would incorporate regulations in Physiotherapy profession. Further Ministry of HRD, Government of India through University Grants Commission has sent circular (F. No.6th 1(6)/2006 (CPP-I) dated 14 May 2010) to various educational institutions that

Assistant Professor, Department of Physiotherapy, Sikkim th Manipal Institute of Medical Sciences, 5 Mile, Tadong, Gangtok, East Sikkim – 737102. Physiotherapy should not be through distance mode.

education imparted education

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS None. CONFLICTS OF INTEREST

I would like to state that we (Physiotherapists) have been diverting our focus to other issues than our own professional development all these years. The professions autonomy is strengthened by scientific evidence and we should have built up the evidence through research practice. Let us strive to strengthen our knowledge base on research and evidence based clinical practice.

None identified. Article pre-publication history: Date of submission- 10th June 2010 Reviewer- P. Senthil Kumar Date of acceptance- 30th June 2010 Date of publication- 4th July 2010 WFIN: JPT-ERN-2010-127-1(2)-85

REFERENCES 1. Ahuja D. Re: Ramachandran S. Current status of post graduate physical therapy curriculum in India: articulated or disarticulated? an issue paper (J Phys Ther. 2010;1:32-38). J Phys Ther. 2010;1:83-84. 2. Ramachandran S. Current status of post graduate physical therapy curriculum in India: articulated or disarticulated? an issue paper. J Phys Ther. 2010;1:32-38.

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