NATIONAL CONGRESS & COUNCIL Pretoria, 22 to 24 April 1991 COLLEGE OF PHYSIOTHERAPISTS OF SOUTH AFRICA * S H Irwin-Carruthers The Inaugural Meeting of the College of Physiotherapists of South Africa was held at the Holiday Inn, Pretoria, on 26 April 1991. Eighteen of the twenty-three Founder Members who had accepted nomination were able to be present. The Meeting was officially opened by the Interim Chairman, Miss S Irwin-Carruthers. INAUGURAL MEETING Front row: Jo Beenhakker, Joyce Morton, Sheena Irwin- Carruthers, Helen David, Narina Gilder Middle row: Audrey Weiner, Louise Hack, Katie Schoeman, Lyn Davids, Frances Glauber,Sheila Black­ wood, Carol Cunningham, Tiney Krause Back row: Mari&tte Uys, Marge Steffen, Sielie Eales, Mar­ gie Pretorius, Muriel Goodman. The following ten Founders were elected to the first College Council: Professor J Beenhakker, Professor P Bowerbank, Mrs C Cun­ ningham, Miss L Davids, Mrs C Eales, Mrs J A C Gilder, Mrs F * Miss Sheena Irwin-Carruthers, University of Stellenbosch ...continued from page 47 components are explained in much more detail diagrammatically. Evaluation procedures are described for each component to be assessed. Only once all this relevant information has been gathered it is possible to formulate a management program to address the problems of the patient as a whole. This incorporates much more than just treating the patient’s symptoms. REHABILITATION NEEDS FOR PEOPLE WITH LOCOMOTOR DISABILITIES IN MITCHELL’S PLAIN by L T Coetzee Biomedical Engineering, University o f Cape Town During 1990 a disability survey was undertaken in Mitchell’s Plain, a dormitory town 20 km from Cape Town. The objective of this descriptive study was to obtain a profile of locomotor disabled people and to determine their rehabilitation needs. 577 households were selected in a community based proportional stratified cluster sample. Data collection took place in two phases. During phase 1 a household census was conducted and screening questions were used to identify disabled people. Occupational and physiotherapy assistants served as interviewers and administered a Glauber, Professor M Goodman, Miss S Irwin-Carruthers, Mrs M Steffen. The first meeting of the College Council was held in Johannes­ burg on 3 June 1991. At this meeting, Professor M Goodman was elected as President of the College. The following Office Bearers were also elected: Miss S Irwin-Carruthers and Professor J Beenhak­ ker (Vice-Presidents), Mrs M Steffen (H on Treasurer), Mrs C C un­ ningham (H o n R e g is tra r) a n d M rs C E a le s (C h a irm a n o f th e Examination and Credentials Committee). A Finance and General Purposes Committee and an Examin­ ations and Credentials Committee were also appointed. A poster depicting the structure o f both the College and the specialisation process was on display during Congress this year, and the Memorandum, Articles of Association and By-Laws of the Col­ lege are available for inspection at the SASP offices. The primary objectives of the College, set out in the Memorandum, are: • to encourage advanced study in physiotherapy, to prom ote the highest degree of clinical skill and efficiency in practice, and to cultivate and maintain the highest ethical standards of profes­ sional practice. • to promote and encourage research in physiotherapy. In the two years preceding the Inaugural Meeting, Interim Specialty Boards had worked on criteria for specialisation in several of the envisaged specialty fields, namely orthopaedic manipulative therapy, cardiopulmonary rehabilitation, obstetric and gynaecologi­ cal physiotherapy and paediatric neurodevelopmental therapy. A considerable amount of work has been done, and this will be passed onto the Specialty Boards which were appointed at the first meeting of the college Council. When the Specialty Boards are satisfied with their proposals the criteria will be correlated by the Examination and Credentials Committee in order to establish uniform standards. Information regarding application for admission to the spe­ cialisation process will be published in the Journal as soon as this is finalised. So far everything has proceeded .according to schedule, and there seems no reason why the College should not be inviting candi­ dates for registration for the specialisation process as from January 1992, as originally planned. ♦ pretested questionnaire. In phase 2 all locomotor disabled adults identified in phase 1 were interviewed in detail by a physiotherapist. Children identified during phase 1 were transported to a central venue for a medical and developmental assessment. The overall response rate o f 82% yielded a sample of 2424 people. 312 (12.19%) reported one o r more impairment, of which 88% o f the adults and 71% of the children were further assessed in phase 2. 42 (1.8%) of the adult sample were found to have disabilities related to locomotion, and 17 (41.5%) of these were in need o f assistive devices. 20 people with locomotor disabilities received physiotherapy on first becoming disabled - of these 10 were never followed-up; 6 had no follow up visit in the past 3 years, and 3 had irregular visits in the past 3 years. None of the locomotor disabled people had appointments with paramedical health professionals in the future. Rehabilitation services in Mitchell’s Plain are not accessible to the population and more appropriate rehabilitation methods, particular­ ly for the locomotor disabled, need to be developed. Continued on page 58... 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