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Month: January 2025

Registration open for the 12th National Congress of Physiotherapists

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You can now guarantee your place at this national meeting of physiotherapists!

The Congress, which takes place in Lisbon on 9 and 10 May 2025This will be a unique moment of debate and knowledge sharing. Under the theme "360º Identity and Value"The event will address the most relevant issues in physiotherapy, from professional identity to technological innovation, access to care and the challenges of regulation.

 

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Observador's "Arterial" project: participation of the Order of Physiotherapists

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A Arterial" section The Observador includes news, reports and interviews on brain and cardiovascular diseases (such as strokes and heart attacks), which remain the leading cause of death and disability in Portugal. In this context, the Order of Physiotherapists has consistently emphasised the fundamental importance of physiotherapy in the prevention, management and rehabilitation of these pathologies.

President António Lopes was invited to take part in the podcast "If I were health minister"He also warned that "access to physiotherapy is too late" after a stroke or heart attack, pointing out the flaws in the SNS and proposals to solve them.
Listen to the full interview here.

In this context, he had already signed a opinion articleThe report also emphasises the need to create an integrated care pathway and to allow direct access to physiotherapy after an acute event, in order to prevent irreversible sequelae and promote a more effective recovery.
Read the opinion piece here.

In the joint article "15 measures to die less in Portugal"The Order of Physiotherapists emphasised priorities for reducing mortality from strokes and heart attacks, highlighting the reorganisation of care and guaranteeing early access to physiotherapy.
Read the article here.

Order of Physiotherapists takes part in National Health Council hearing in Parliament

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The Order of Physiotherapists took part in the hearing of the National Health Council (CNS) at the Parliamentary Health Commission on 15 January, represented by António Lopes, the president of the Order. From the hearing, available hereThe presentation of two key reports on health policy in Portugal is noteworthy:

During the hearing, the work planned for the coming year was also discussed, reinforcing the role of the CNS as a space for consensus and strategic orientation in national public health.

Order of Physiotherapists at the National Health Council

The official integration of the Order of Physiotherapists into the CNS, realised through the Decree-Law 46/2024The new law of 17 July reflects the recognition of the profession's contribution to public health. Based on the concept of One Health (One Health), the Order's participation in the CNS reinforces the interdependence between human, animal and environmental health and demonstrates the commitment of physiotherapists to contribute to the formulation of more inclusive and sustainable policies, alongside other professional orders in the area of Health.

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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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