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A Ordem dos Fisioterapeutas, através das suas Direções Regionais, encontra-se a preparar a realização de uma sessão comemorativa do Dia da Ordem no Centro, a decorrer no dia 30 de setembro de 2026, com o objetivo de comemorar o seu 7º aniversário.

This event aims to bring the Portuguese Physiotherapists’ Association into closer contact with key organisations and figures in the fields of health, education and health policy in Portugal.

PROGRAMME

4.30 pm – 5.00 pm
Secretariat

17h00 – 17h30
Opening Session
António Lopes* – President of the Portuguese Physiotherapists’ Association
Luís Brás – Presidente da Direção Regional do Centro da Ordem dos Fisioterapeutas
Vítor Marques – Presidente da Câmara Municipal das Caldas da Rainha
Elsa Baião – Presidente do Conselho de Administração da Unidade Local de Saúde do Oeste
Rui Fonseca-Pinto – Diretor da Escola Superior de Saúde de Leiria

17h30 – 18h00
Conferência – O Cálculo do Valor da Intervenção do Fisioterapeuta.
Moderator: Luís Brás – Presidente da Direção Regional do Centro da Ordem dos Fisioterapeutas
Speaker: Julian Perelman* – The Value of Physiotherapy for the public and the healthcare system.
Speaker: Eduardo Cruz* – Clinical Pathways in Physiotherapy: from access to differentiated care.
Speaker: Nuno Cordeiro* – Physiotherapy, innovation and the future of the profession.

18h00 – 19h00
Panel Discussion
Moderator: Nuno Cordeiro – Coordenador do Gabinete de Estudos Prospetiva e Planeamento da Ordem dos Fisioterapeutas
Leonor Adrião – Vogal da Direção Regional do Centro da Ordem dos Fisioterapeutas
Elsa Baião – Presidente do Conselho de Administração da Unidade Local de Saúde do Oeste
Marco Clemente – Sócio-Gerente da Phsioclem
António Conceição – Presidente da Portugal AVC
Carlos Tavares – Presidente da Associação Portuguesa de Unidades de Fisioterapia (APUFISIO)

19h00 – 19h30
Closing Session
Fernando Ribeiro – Presidente da Mesa da Assembleia Regional do Centro da Ordem dos Fisioterapeutas
Joana Rosado – Vogal da Direção Regional do Centro da Ordem dos Fisioterapeutas
Nuno Cordeiro – Coordenador do Gabinete de Estudos Prospetiva e Planeamento da Ordem dos Fisioterapeutas
Vítor Marques – Presidente da Câmara Municipal das Caldas da Rainha

19h30 – 20h00
Port of Honour & Cultural Event

Note: *pre-recorded video testimonial

PANEL DISCUSSION

Leonor Adrião

Vogal da Direção regional do Centro da Ordem dos Fisioterapeutas

Elsa Baião

Presidente do CA da ULSO

Marco Clemente

Sócio-Gerente da Phsioclem

António Conceição

Presidente da Portugal AVC

Carlos Tavares

Presidente da APUFISIO

LOCATION

CCC - Centro Cultural e Congressos de Caldas da Rainha

Address
R. Dr. Leonel Sotto Mayor 23D, 2500-227 Caldas da Rainha

Transport
Comboio: Estação de Caldas da Rainha
Bus: Terminal Rodoviário (Linha Verde)

LEAP Centre - Espaço Amoreiras

Rua D. João V, n° 24 - 1.03

1250-091 Lisbon

geral@ordemdosfisioterapeutas.pt

210 415 932 (Call to national landline)

Opening hours: working days from 9:00 to 18:00

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.