Key references to PCE Exam Canada

Physiotherapy Competency Examination

Paz JC, West MP. Acute Care Handbook For Physical Therapists. 4th ed. St. Louis: Elsevier Saunders; 2014.

Cardiorespiratory

Frownfelter D, Dean E, editors. Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Physical Therapy: Evidence to Practice. (5th ed.).St. Louis: Elsevier Mosby; 2012.
Hillegass E. Essentials of Cardiopulmonary Physical Therapy. 4th ed. St. Louis: Elsevier; 2017.
Reid D, Chung F, Hill K. Cardiopulmonary Physical Therapy: Management and Case Studies. 2nd ed. Thorofare:Slack; 2014.

Exercise Therapy

Moore GE, Durstine JL, Painter PL. Exercise Management for Persons with Chronic Diseases and Disabilities. 4th ed. Windsor: Human Kinetics; 2016.
American College of Sports Medicine. ACSM’s guidelines for exercise testing and prescription. 10th ed.Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer; 2017.
American College of Sports Medicine. ACSM's Resources for Clinical Exercise Physiology: Musculoskeletal, Neuromuscular, Neoplastic, Immunologic, and Hematologic Conditions. 2nd Ed. Baltimore: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2010.
Brody LT, Hall CM. Therapeutic Exercise: Moving towards function. 4th ed. Baltimore: Wolters Kluwer; 2017.

General

Boissonnault WG. Primary care for the physical therapist. 2nd ed. St. Louis: Elsevier Saunders; 2011.
Goodman CC, Fuller KS. Pathology: Implications for the physical therapist. 4thd ed. St. Louis: Saunders Elsevier; 2015.
O’Sullivan SB, Schmitz TJ, Fulk, GD. Physical Rehabilitation. 6th ed. Philadelphia: F. A. Davis; 2014.

General Medicine

Merck Manual Professional Version [Internet]. New Jersey: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp; 2017 [cited 2018 Feb 21]. Available from: https://www.merckmanuals.com/professional.

Geriatrics

Guccione A, Wong R, Avers D, editors. Geriatric Physical Therapy. 3rd ed. St. Louis: Elsevier Mosby; 2012.

Introductory Physiotherapy

Dutton M. Introduction to Physical Therapy and Patient Skills. 1st ed. McGraw‐Hill; 2014.
Fairchild SL. Pierson and Fairchild’s Principles & Techniques of Patient Care. 6th ed. St. Louis: Saunders Elsevier; 2018.

Modalities

Bélanger A. Therapeutic Electrophysical Agents: Evidence Behind Practice. 3rd ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins; 2015.
Cameron MH. Physical Agents in Rehabilitation: An Evidence Based Approach to Practice. 5th ed. St. Louis: Elsevier Saunders; 2018.
Bellew JW, Michlovitz SL, Nolan, TP Jr. Michlovitz's Modalities for Therapeutic Intervention. 6th ed. Philadelphia: F.A. Davis Company; 2016.

Neurology

Blumenfeld H. Neuroanatomy through Clinical Cases. 2nd ed. Sunderland: Sinauer; 2010.
Carr J, Shepherd R. Neurological Rehabilitation: Optimizing motor performance. 2nd ed. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone Elsevier; 2010.
Shumway‐Cook A, Woollacott MH. Motor Control: Translating Research Into Clinical Practice. 5th ed. Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer; 2017.
Umphred D. Umphred's Neurological Rehabilitation. 6th ed. St. Louis: Elsevier Mosby; 2013.

Orthopaedics

Brukner P, Clarsen B, Cook J, Cools A, Crossley K, Hutchinson M, et al., authors. Brukner & Khan's Clinical Sports Medicine: Injuries, Vol. 1. 5th ed. North Ryde: McGraw‐Hill; 2017.
Dutton M. Dutton’s Orthopaedic Examination, Evaluation and Intervention. 4th ed. New York: McGraw‐Hill; 2017.
Frontera, WR, editor‐in‐chief, DeLisa JA, editor emeritus, Gans BM, Walsh NE, Robinson LR, editors, Basford, JR, et al., associate editors. DeLisa’s Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation: Principles and Practice Volume I & II. 5th ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2010.
Jull G, Moore A, Falla D, Lewis J, MCCarthy C, Sterling M., editors. Grieve’s Modern Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy. 4th ed. Elsevier; 2015.
Kisner C, Colby L. Therapeutic Exercise: Foundations and Techniques. 7th ed. Philadelphia: F. A. Davis; 2017.
Magee DJ. Orthopedic Physical Assessment. 6th ed. St. Louis: Elsevier Saunders; 2014.
Magee, DJ, Zachazewski J, Quillen W, Manske R. Pathology and Intervention in Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation. 2nd. Maryland Heights: Elsevier Saunders; 2016.

Outcome Measures

Rehabilitation Measures Database [Internet]. Chicago: Shirley Ryan Ability Lab; 2018 [cited 2018 Feb 21]. Available from: https://www.sralab.org/rehabilitation‐measures

Paediatrics

Palisano RJ, Orlin, MN , Schreiber, J. Campbell’s Physical Therapy for Children. 5th ed. St. Louis: Elsevier Saunders; 2017.
Tecklin JS. Pediatric Physical Therapy. 5th ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2015.

Professional Practice

Accreditation Council for Canadian Physiotherapy Academic Programs, Canadian Alliance of Physiotherapy Regulators, Canadian Physiotherapy Association, Canadian Council of Physiotherapy University Programs. Competency Profile for Physiotherapists in Canada [Internet]. 2017. [updated 2018 Feb; cited 2018 Feb 21]. Available from: http://www.alliancept.org/announcement/updated‐competency‐profile‐physiotherapists‐canada‐new‐entrypractice‐milestones/
Canadian Alliance of Physiotherapy Regulators, Canadian Physiotherapy Association. Code of Ethical Conduct [Internet]. 2017. [cited 2018 Feb 5]. Available from: www.alliancept.org/wp‐content/uploads/2018/01/Harmonized‐Code‐of‐Ethics‐November‐2017.pdf
Canadian Alliance of Physiotherapy Regulators, Canadian Physiotherapy Association. Essential Competencies of Physiotherapist Support Workers in Canada [Internet]. 2012. [updated 2012 Apr; cited 2018 Feb 21]. Available from: http://alliancept.org/wpcontent/uploads/2016/05/ECP_FinalEnglish_July.pdf
Canadian Physiotherapy Association. Canadian Physiotherapy Association. Code of Ethics Revision [Internet]. 2013. [updated 2013 Oct 1; cited 2018 Feb 21]. Available from: https://physiotherapy.ca/cpa‐code‐ethics
Purtilo R, Haddad A, Doherty, R. Health Professional and Patient Interaction. 8th ed. St. Louis: Elsevier Saunders Company; 2014.

CPG's

Thomas JL, Christensen JC, Kravitz SR, Mendicino RW, Schuberth JM, Vanore JV, et al. The diagnosis and treatment of heel pain: a clinical practice guideline – revision 2010. Journal of Foot and Ankle Surgery. 2010; 49(3), Supplement, S1‐S19.