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Professional standards and training documents
Published standards and training documents, by profession and country, that cover clinical assessment, diagnosis or evidence-based practice.
The library is written for students and clinicians who examine musculoskeletal problems: physiotherapy and physical therapy, sport and exercise medicine, orthopaedics, chiropractic and osteopathy. Exercise physiology students may also find it useful for understanding assessment findings and when to refer.
The professional standards and training documents below each include clinical assessment or examination, diagnosis where it is within the profession's scope, or evidence-based practice. They are listed for reference only. Trokos is not affiliated with, endorsed by or accredited by any of these organisations, and listing a document does not mean the library meets it.
Physiotherapy and physical therapy
- Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand: Physiotherapy practice thresholds in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand (Physiotherapy Board of Australia and Physiotherapy Board of New Zealand; updated 2023)
- United Kingdom: HCPC standards of proficiency for physiotherapists (Health and Care Professions Council, 2023)
- Ireland: CORU Physiotherapists Registration Board: Standards of Proficiency for Physiotherapists (2019)
- Canada: Competency Profile for Physiotherapists in Canada (National Physiotherapy Advisory Group, 2017)
- United States: CAPTE Standards and Required Elements for Accreditation of Physical Therapist Education Programs (Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education, 2024)
Sport and exercise medicine
- United Kingdom: Sport and Exercise Medicine Training Curriculum (Joint Royal Colleges of Physicians Training Board and Faculty of Sport and Exercise Medicine, 2021; approved by the General Medical Council)
- United States: ACGME Program Requirements for Graduate Medical Education in Sports Medicine (Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education)
Orthopaedic surgery
- United Kingdom and Ireland: Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgery Curriculum (Intercollegiate Surgical Curriculum Programme, 2021)
- Canada: Orthopedic Surgery Competencies (Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, 2020)
- United States: ACGME Program Requirements for Graduate Medical Education in Orthopaedic Surgery (Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education)
Chiropractic
- Australia and New Zealand: Accreditation Standards for Chiropractic Programs and Competency Standards for Chiropractors (Council on Chiropractic Education Australasia, 2025)
- United Kingdom: Education Standards (General Chiropractic Council, 2023)
- United States: CCE Accreditation Standards: Principles, Processes & Requirements for Accreditation (The Council on Chiropractic Education, July 2026)
Osteopathy
- Australia: Capabilities for osteopathic practice (Osteopathy Board of Australia, 2019)
- New Zealand: Osteopathic Practice Competencies (Osteopathic Council of New Zealand, 2023)
- United Kingdom: Graduate Outcomes and Standards for Education and Training (General Osteopathic Council, 2022)