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Month: March 2022

Investiture - Planning and Studies Office (GEP)

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Tomada de Posse - Gabinete de Estudos e Planeamento (GEP)

The Office of Studies and Planning (GEP) of the Order took office on 29 March, created according to the Activities Plan approved by the General Council.
GEP's mission and objectives are to develop a support structure to carry out studies, namely, cost-effectiveness studies and evaluation of health results and health policies directly related to physiotherapy. The pursuit of these objectives will be fundamental in contributing to the definition, improvement and structuring of strategies, policies, priorities and objectives of the Order of Physiotherapists.

We thank the nominated Physiotherapists for their availability and commitment:
Professor Doutor Eduardo Brazete Cruz (Coordinator) - Céd. nº 2191;
Professor Cristina Jácome - Cédula nº 1111;
Professor Fernando Ribeiro - Céd. nº 2560; 
Professor Doctor Diogo Pires - Céd. nº 2420. 

Physiotherapy will always be there!

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A Fisioterapia dirá sempre presente!

In order to fully clarify and publicize the position of the Order of Physiotherapists in the face of the escalating conflict that is taking place in Ukraine, and to better provide the necessary help, the Board created a working team, within the so-called Technical Evaluation Committee, in order to assess, on a case by case basis, the requests of physiotherapists from Ukraine under the support that Portugal gives to refugees from that country. The Order also expressed its solidarity to the President of the Ukrainian Association of Physiotherapists, Stepan Kobelyev, who promptly thanked us.

For this reason, we will disseminate the necessary information to the Ukrainian community, identifying the contacts created specifically for this purpose, using the Embassy of Ukraine, associations and other humanitarian organizations, directly, via email, messages on social networks and aid aggregator sites, among others.

In this way, we ensure not only the link of the request for support with the Ukrainian issue, but also the connection with the registered physiotherapists and also with the colleagues who receive the requests actually aimed at supporting Ukrainian citizens and their families.

Finally, many thanks to all the translator physiotherapists who agreed to join this effort to support the Ukrainian community!

Physiotherapy will always be present when it is necessary to defend the rights of all citizens!

LAFFFI Laboratory Inauguration

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Inauguração do Laboratório LAFFFI

The Portuguese Physiotherapists Order was present on 9th March 2022 at the inauguration of the Laboratory of Physical and Functional Assessment in Physiotherapy - LAFFFI of the Egas Moniz Higher Education Cooperative. This milestone was marked, among other personalities, by the presence of the President of the Portuguese Physiotherapists Order António Manuel Fernandes Lopes.

Professor José João Mendes, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Egas Moniz, stressed the importance of research across the board and the long road that this institution has already travelled in this area and continues to travel. Professor Luciano Maia, founder of this laboratory, highlighted all the partnerships that allowed this to become a reality.

LAFFFI is a research laboratory whose mission is the development of basic, advanced and applied research in disciplines related to the study and teaching of physiotherapy and biomedical sciences, as well as other scientific areas applied to health.

The Portuguese Physiotherapists Order wishes LAFFFI all the best for the future.

School Day - ESTeSL

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Dia da Escola, na ESTeSL

António Lopes, President of the Portuguese Physioterapists Order, was present in the commemorations of the School Day, in ESTeSL, this Thursday, 24th February.

This day, which marked four decades of history of this institution, was also marked by the presentation of awards and diplomas of its students.

The Portuguese Physioterapists Order thanks the invitation to the ceremony, whose motto "The path is made by walking" serves as inspiration to all physiotherapists. 

Congratulations to all the recent graduates and much success along the paths they will take.

Congratulations to ESTeSL and to the educational institutions that every day contribute to the growth of their students and to the quality of Physiotherapy in Portugal.

In the photo: the President of the OF, António Lopes, with Professor Manuel Correia, the first elected President of ESTeSL and guest speaker at the session.

Meeting with ATARP

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Reunião com a ATARP

The Portuguese Physiotherapists Order meets with the Portuguese Association of Technicians of Radiology, Radiotherapy and Nuclear Medicine (ATARP).

The President of the Portuguese Physiotherapists Order, António Lopes, together with the vice-president Nuno Cordeiro and the board member Afonso Neutel met with the President of ATARP, Altino Cunha, and the respective vice-president, Rute Santos. The topics discussed focused on the future of the professions they represent.

For the OF, the "professional interconnection between physiotherapy and the professions represented by ATARP was the starting point for an analysis of potential partnerships and collaborations between the two entities". The "role of the physiotherapist and his relation with the different areas in the scope of imaging and ultrasonography" were other of the several themes discussed in this meeting.

They also discussed "possibilities of collaboration" that allow the Order of Physiotherapists and ATARP to maintain a close collaboration with regard to the protection of the citizen user of health services.

1st Breast Cancer Congress Algarve 2022

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1º Congresso do Cancro da Mama do Algarve 2022

The Portuguese Physioterapists Order was invited to be present in the Breast Cancer Congress in the Algarve, in Lagos. Representing her, Ana Gonçalves, member of the Board, reiterated the availability and interest of the BSN in promoting a multidisciplinary articulation in the treatment and recovery of patients with oncological conditions and, for this purpose, in contributing to a better health literacy.

Find out more about this event here: https://www.congressodocancrodamamadoalgarve.pt/

Meeting with the Ordre des masseurs-kinésithérapeutes

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Reunião com a Ordre des masseurs-kinésithérapeutes

The Order of Physiotherapists met with the Ordre des masseurs-kinésithérapeutes (French OF) which, within the framework of the rotating presidency of the European Community, wanted to sound out similar entities from other Member States on the creation of a Common Training Framework for physiotherapists.

With this framework, there is now an essential minimum harmonisation, which will make the recognition of qualifications much easier when the professional wishes to go and practise the profession in another Member State, avoiding, for example, having to take compensatory measures in order to be authorised to practise the profession in that country.

Currently the mobility process for physiotherapists, even under the European Professional Card, is decided on a case by case basis according to the training that the candidate for mobility has, since the training differs from country to country, and even within the same country.

The Ordem dos Fisioterapeutas, as the competent authority for the recognition of European diplomas for professional practice in Portugal, expressed its availability to collaborate in this initiative.

Meeting with the Consejo General de Colegios de Fisioterapeutas de España

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Reunião com o Consejo General de Colegios de Fisioterapeutas de España

The Board of the Order of Physiotherapists met on 27th January with the President of the Consejo General de Colegios de Fisioterapeutas de España, D. Gustavo Paseiro Ares. 

This meeting promoted the sharing of mutual concerns between Portugal and Spain, regarding free movement and the autonomy and regulation of the profession, among other issues. 

The OF believes that this discussion will give more value to the profession and that, in the near future, it will allow a fruitful growth of physiotherapists. 

Meeting with the Union of Physiotherapists

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Reunião com o Sindicato dos Fisioterapeutas

The OF's Management met today with the Management of the Physiotherapists Union, in the person of the physiotherapist João Paulo Valente.

This long-awaited meeting promoted the sharing of concerns and the search for necessary answers for the profession. We understand, therefore, that this meeting has strengthened fundamental ties between our entities that, although having a distinct nature, seek to dignify the profession and to value physiotherapists.

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Pedro Maciel Barbosa

Specialist physiotherapist at the Matosinhos Local Health Unit Sub-coordinator for Primary Health Care, Matosinhos Local Health Unit Visiting Assistant Professor at the Porto School of Health Member of the Board of Directors of the Foundation for Health - SNS Member of the General Council of the Order of Physiotherapists

Carlos Sand

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.

Eduardo José Brazete Carvalho Cruz

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

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.

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