As regulated healthcare professionals in Ontario, kinesiologists must follow the Practice Standards set by CKO to ensure their practice is within scope and their patients/clients receive safe, high-quality care. As social media has become a popular tool for kinesiologists to share helpful information about their practice with patients/clients and the general public, we’d like to remind kinesiologists of CKO’s Practice Standard – Advertising.

To help kinesiologists better understand the standard and apply it to their daily practice, CKO also provides detailed guidance (the Practice Guideline – Advertising) and advice on social media use by kinesiologists. In general, kinesiologists may wish to consider the following before posting on social media:

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