Applications

Members interested in standing for election to the Order's bodies may submit their candidatures between the following days 17th February to 19th March 2026. To submit your application, access the application forms below and follow the instructions provided. Check the necessary requirements and prepare the required documentation.

Procedures for receiving candidate lists (with link for the “receipt of lists” document”

  • Receipt via e-mail: Receipt is via the address eleicoes@ordemdosfisioterapeutas.ptThe documentation is digitally signed by the Order's services and then sent to the representative of the list. In turn, the representative of the list declares/confirms that they have received a response from the Order's services.
  • Hand deliveryWhen the list is received at the Order's premises at Rua D. João V, n° 24 - 1.06, 1250-091 Lisboa, all pages are stamped and initialled by the Order's services. All the original documentation is photocopied so that a copy can be given to the list representative, who declares/confirms that he/she has received the copy, using the form provided.
  • Receipt by postApplications must be sent to Ordem dos Fisioterapeutas - Rua D. João V, n° 24 - 1.06, 1250-091 Lisboa, ensuring that they arrive by the deadline for submitting applications (19th March). The envelopes will be opened by the Order's services in the presence of 2 witnesses. The documentation received must also be stamped and initialled on all pages.

 

Application forms:

a)Application to the Regional Directorate

b)Candidacy for the Bureau of the Regional Assembly

c) Declaration of acceptance of candidature

d) Declaration of appointment of representative to the Electoral Commission

e) Collective List of Subscribers

f) Individual subscriber list

 

⚠️ Information note - Application forms

Please be advised that some of the application forms contained in the annexes to the Electoral Regulations published in the Diário da República contain material errors and do not fully reflect the requirements set out in the respective regulatory text.

The application forms available on this page of the Order of Physiotherapists correspond to the updated versions and comply with the provisions of the Statute and the Electoral Regulations in force, and must be used exclusively in the context of this supplementary electoral act.

It is therefore recommended that all applications submitted use only the forms provided here; alternative versions or forms on other media will not be considered.

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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