Dear colleagues,

We hope this communication finds you safe and well.

In these uncertain times where no one knows how to predict the future we are conducting this global survey to understand the immediate impacts of COVID-19 on the delivery of entry level physiotherapy education, with a view to collecting and sharing solutions from programmes around the world. This will take approximately 10 minutes.

Project collaborators:
• ACAPT: The American Council of Academic Physical Therapy
• CLADEFK: Centro Latinoamericano para el Desarrollo de la Fisioterapia/Kinesiologia
• ENPHE: European Network of Physiotherapy in Higher Education
• WCPT: World Confederation for Physical Therapy


Project lead for enquiries:
• ACAPT: Barbara Sanders - barbsanders@txstate.edu 
• CLADEFK: Karim Alvis- kmalvisg@unal.edu.co
• ENPHE: Patrícia Almeida - eb.president@enphe.org 
• WCPT: Emma Stokes - president@wcpt.org 

Responses:
We are seeking ONE response per programme. Your programme may receive this invitation through multiple channels and we apologise in advance for that however, we would ask you to nominate one member of your academic team to answer on behalf of your programme.

Content:
The survey covers:
• Higher Education Institution (HEI) characteristics
• COVID-19 outbreak impact on physiotherapy education in your school/university/institute
• Challenges for
         - education delivery
         - assessment
         - international issues such as mobility of international students, ERASMUS mobility and other International projects
• Alternatives considered or applied in
         - education
         - assessment
         - international issues such as mobility of international students, ERASMUS mobility and other International projects
• Impact after this immediate phase of COVID-19 pandemic
• Support required

Deadline:
Responses must be submitted by 25th April

Data protection and privacy statement
Data will only be used for the purposes stated above. Some identifying information is collected to ensure one response per programme and to assist with any follow up queries. Data will be anonymised for analysis and reporting. The results of this survey will be shared with the global community.

Thank you very much.