Individual Membership

WFOT advocates for the human right to participate in chosen meaningful occupations and represents the profession in its role of improving world health and wellbeing. A WFOT Individual Membership subscription provides personal benefits that also contribute to the advancement of the profession globally. Your subscription:

  • Ensures professional representation at key international stakeholder events and initiatives that progress the relevance of occupational therapy at a global level.
  • Provides occupational therapy expertise to inform and influence international policy and strategy development at a health systems level.
  • Ensures the WFOT’s official status with the United Nations and World Health Organization is maintained, enabling collaboration across a range of international and regional workplans including Disability and Rehabilitation, Mental Health and Human Resources.
  • Enables the interaction and representation of national occupational therapy associations at a global meeting to strategise, govern and lead the Federation.
  • Provides resources to develop global strategies to increase occupational therapy human resources, evidence informed practice, quality education provision and research priorities.
  • Maintains and publishes the Minimum Standards for the Education of Occupational Therapists, an internationally recognised benchmark for occupational therapy education.
  • Implements the WFOT approval and reapproval process for occupational therapy education programmes and maintains the database of over 2000 education programmes globally.
  • Publishes timely Position Statements and Public Responses to critical issues to support advocacy and occupational therapy.
  • Develops innovative free online learning resources to advance practice and facilitate knowledge translation to the occupational therapy community.
  • Provides dedicated interactive forums and websites to enable engagement with the profession globally.
  • Maintains a social media presence to communicate with the profession and other stakeholder groups.
  • Hosts World Occupational Therapy Day each year, producing themed promotional materials and resources.
  • Coordinates the translation of publications into a range of languages to increase accessibility and dissemination.
  • Creates a network of Individual Members with the option of being contacted about international projects that match your expertise and interest.
  • Provides eligibility to Individual Members to apply for dedicated research funding.
  • Provides a WFOT Individual Membership Certificate to provide evidence of your membership and contribution to WFOT and the international occupational therapy community.
  • Enables the production of a twice-yearly international professional journal - the WFOT Bulletin, Individual Members can access all issues dating back to 1979.
  • Supports and maintains the WFOT website with resources and information, including Individual Member Only access to additional benefits.
  • Provides a monthly electronic newsletter to keep informed of the latest WFOT developments and initiatives.
  • Enables an International Congress to take place every four years, with discounted rates for Members.