In this agenda, you can find information released by the Order of Physiotherapists and events in which it is represented or which, due to their relevance, it wishes to make known to its members even though it has no responsibility for organising them.
The Order of Physiotherapists is promoting a cycle of visits to Local Health Units (ULS) across the country, reinforcing dialogue with the Boards of Directors and listening directly to the Physiotherapists in the field. These visits highlight the importance of Physiotherapy in the National Health Service (SNS), promote institutional collaboration and value the impact ... Read more
Ordem dos Fisioterapeutas represented by Board Member Carla Pimenta This 1st edition of the Report is a milestone for a pioneering effort resulting from the collaboration of a technical and scientific community, agents and decision-makers, to carry out an analysis and reflection that answers, year after year, the following question: "With regard to ... Read more
Order of Physiotherapists represented by 2nd Vice President of the Board Conceição Bettencourt
Order of Physiotherapists represented by Board Member Pedro Rebelo
The Order of Physiotherapists is promoting a cycle of visits by the President of the Order to Local Health Units (ULS) across the country, reinforcing dialogue with the Boards of Directors and listening directly to physiotherapists in the field. These visits highlight the importance of Physiotherapy in the National Health Service (SNS), promote institutional collaboration and value ... Read more
Order of Physiotherapists represented by Board Member Carla Pimenta
The Order of Physiotherapists was represented by President António Lopes and Board Members Carla Pimenta and Fátima Domingues. https://ordemdosfisioterapeutas.pt/pt/noticias/ordem-dos-fisioterapeutas-no-1o-congresso-nacional-da-saude-e-ambiente/
The Order of Physiotherapists is promoting a cycle of visits by the President of the Order to Local Health Units (ULS) across the country, reinforcing dialogue with the Boards of Directors and listening directly to physiotherapists in the field. These visits highlight the importance of Physiotherapy in the National Health Service (SNS), promote institutional collaboration and value ... Read more
Order of Physiotherapists represented by Councillor Rui Cintra
Order of Physiotherapists represented by President António Lopes
The Order of Physiotherapists is promoting a cycle of visits by the President of the Order to Local Health Units (ULS) across the country, reinforcing dialogue with the Boards of Directors and listening directly to physiotherapists in the field. These visits highlight the importance of Physiotherapy in the National Health Service (SNS), promote institutional collaboration and value ... Read more
Order of Physiotherapists represented by President António Lopes
Carlos Areia has been a physiotherapist since 2013, and has worked in various hospitals, clinics and clubs in both Portugal and the UK. He began his academic career at Oxford University in 2016, where he led a clinical trial comparing physiotherapy vs surgery in anterior cruciate injuries in 32 hospitals in England. In 2018 she moved to the neurosciences department, where she developed her own studies on remote monitoring of vital signs, which were implemented during the pandemic. Here he discovered his passion for data, and in 2022, he joined Digital Science as a Data Scientist. He completed his PhD earlier this year, and has more than 60 publications in journals such as The Lancet, BMJ, Cochrane, among others. He is also an honorary lecturer at Oxford Brookes University and a consultant in clinical research.
PhD in Physiotherapy from the University of Brighton, UK. Post-Doctorate in Epidemiology from the National School of Public Health at the New University of Lisbon.
Coordinator of the Studies and Planning Office of the Order of Physiotherapists. Coordinating Professor of the Physiotherapy Department of the School of Health of the Polytechnic Institute of Setúbal (ESS-IPS). President of the ESS-IPS Technical-Scientific Council. Coordinator of the Physiotherapy Department at ESS-IPS. Integrated Researcher at the Comprehensive Health Research Centre (CHRC) (a partnership between FCM-UNL, the National School of Public Health, the University of Évora, the Lisbon Institute of Global Mental Health and Santo Espírito Hospital, Terceira Island, Azores).
Sara Souto Miranda has a bachelor's and master's degree in physiotherapy from the University of Aveiro, and a postgraduate qualification in adult respiratory physiotherapy from the same institution. In 2023 she completed her double doctorate in Rehabilitation Sciences/Health, Medicine and Life Sciences at the Universities of Aveiro and Maastricht (Netherlands) and is currently working as a technical-scientific advisor to the Studies and Planning Office (GEP) of the Order of Physiotherapists, and as a guest lecturer at the Piaget Institute in Vila Nova de Gaia. As a member of the Respiratory Research and Rehabilitation Laboratory at the University of Aveiro (Lab3R), she has carried out applied research in which she has assessed and treated patients with respiratory pathology, having taken part in 6 research projects. Throughout her career she has published 19 scientific articles in international peer-reviewed journals with an impact factor, 1 book chapter and more than 50 abstracts in conference proceedings. She was a research volunteer at the Ciro rehabilitation centre (Centre for expertise in chronic organ failure) in the Netherlands, and is currently a member of the Guideline Methodology Network of European Respiratory Society. She was honoured by European Lung Foundation e European Respiratory Society for carrying out patient-centred research, by the Directorate General for Higher Education with a merit grant for his master's degree, and by the Ciro Centre with a grant to support research abroad.