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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 Sul, 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

3.30 pm – 4.00 pm
Secretariat

4.00 pm – 4.30 pm
Opening Session
António Lopes – Bastonário da Ordem dos Fisioterapeutas
Sandra Alves – Presidente da Direção Regional do Sul da Ordem dos Fisioterapeutas
Anabela Barata – Vice-Presidente da Comissão de Coordenação e Desenvolvimento Regional de Lisboa e Vale do Tejo
Speaker to be confirmed
Speaker to be confirmed

4.30 pm – 5.00 pm
Conference – Calculating the Value of a Physiotherapist’s Intervention.
Moderator: Carla Cruzinha – Vogal da Direção Regional do Sul 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.

5.00 pm – 6.00 pm
Panel Discussion
Moderator: Carla Cruzinha – Vogal da Direção Regional do Sul da Ordem dos Fisioterapeutas
Adelaide Belo – Presidente da Associação Portuguesa da Integração de Cuidados
Luís Gomes – Universidade Politécnica de Setúbal
Julian Perelman – Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública
Eduardo Cruz – Universidade Politécnica de Setúbal

6.00 pm – 6.30 pm
Closing Session
Filipa de Pona Ferreira – Vogal da Mesa da Assembleia Regional do Sul da Ordem dos Fisioterapeutas
Carla Pimenta – Coordenadora dos Fisioterapeutas da USLS São José

6.30 pm – 7.00 pm
Port of Honour & Cultural Event

Note: *pre-recorded video testimonial

PANEL DISCUSSION

Adelaide Belo

Presidente da Associação Portuguesa da Integração de Cuidados

Luís Gomes

Universidade Politécnica de Setúbal

Julian Perelman

National School of Public Health

Eduardo Cruz

Universidade Politécnica de Setúbal

LOCATION

Auditório do

Hospital Júlio de Matos

Address
Av. do Brasil 53, Lisboa

Transport
Metro: Estação de Alvalade e Campo Grande
Bus: Paragens Hospital Júlio de Matos / Hosp. Júlio Matos / USF Parque (Autocarros 717, 731, 750, 767 e 783)

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.