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Day: 29 March 2023

Portuguese Physiotherapists Order publishes report "Professional Profile of the Physiotherapist

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The Order of Physiotherapists releases this Wednesday, March 29, the report of the "Professional Profile of the Physiotherapist"This report is produced by the Office of Studies and Planning (GEP).

The document provides the first global characterisation of these health professionals, based on the data from the Ordem dos Advogados' enrolment form, which "has allowed us to take stock of the situation by reaching the ten thousand mark and will allow us, in the medium and long term, to analyse the evolution of these same indicators", states António Lopes, in the report.

As of 13 February 2023, there were 10,208 registered physiotherapists, 73% of whom were female, reveals the report, which can be consulted hereand also includes indicators such as training and the professional context in which they work.

Gabinete de Estudos e Planeamento da Ordem dos Fisioterapeutas celebrates one year

The physiotherapists of the Planning and Studies Office were meeting today, one year after the taking office, at the headquarters of the Ordem dos Fisioterapeutas.

In addition to the report of the "Professional Profile of the Physiotherapist"GEP has given support to the Board of Directors of the Portuguese Institute of Physiotherapists by issuing opinions on different issues considered within its scope of action.

The development of an electronic platform for data recording for the evaluation of results in Physiotherapy, and an agenda for research are other projects in the execution phase.

Physiotherapists Order marks presence in the VII Espregueira Clinical Journeys

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The Portuguese Physioterapists Order was present, on the 18th and 19th March, in the VII Espregueira Clinic Journeys, in Porto. The board member, Afonso Neutel, participated in the opening session representing the President António Lopes.

The Conference, under the theme Rehabilitation and Health, had 8 physiotherapists as speakers and about 500 participants, mostly physiotherapists.

According to the organisation, the event sought to contribute "to reducing the gap between scientific evidence and good practices and their availability to society". The defence of the citizen, a priority measure in the Order's objectives, was present throughout the event in its relationship with the health services provided.

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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