VIth Physiotherapy Conference
The VI Conference of Physiotherapy "Physiotherapist of the Future - version 2.0", that took place on the 24th and 25th March, at Escola Superior de Saúde Jean Piaget de Viseu, counted with the presence and intervention of the President of the Portuguese Bar Association, António Lopes.
The theme "Future challenges for the profession in the context of health care", included in the panel "Physiotherapy today", chosen by the organisation, was the motto for the presentation by the President of the Portuguese Physiotherapists' Association.
Beginning by highlighting physiotherapy as a scientific discipline, as an autonomous, regulated and self-regulated profession and also as a specific care provision, the President António Lopes underlined that professional autonomy is a shared responsibility: individual (of the professional and of the services in which he/she exercises the profession), of higher education institutions and of professional associations.
About the role of the Order, the President highlighted the attributions of regulating the access and the exercise of the profession of physiotherapist, approving the applicable technical and deontological norms and ensuring compliance with the legal and regulatory norms of the profession, as well as the exercise of disciplinary action on its members, within the framework of an autonomous disciplinary regime. In this context, he referred to the drafts, currently under public consultation, of the Regulation of the Physiotherapist Act, of the Code Deontological and the Disciplinary Regulation.
According to the organisation, the event sought to promote reflection, debate and knowledge sharing among students and professionals in the area about the reality of Physiotherapy in Portugal. The main focus was on the profile of the physiotherapy professional, addressing their skills, intervention models and the emerging areas of physiotherapy.
20th anniversary of the Jean Piaget School of Health in the Algarve
The Portuguese Physioterapists Order was present at the 20th anniversary of the Jean Piaget School of Health in Silves.
The ceremony took place on 24 March, in the auditorium of the campus académico de Silves, with a solemn session consisting of the Opening Table and the Table of Partner Entities. The Order was part of the latter, with the member of the Board of Directors, Pedro Rebelo, representing the President of the Portuguese Bar Association.
The Order of Physiotherapists congratulated the institution for the commemoration of two decades of history, for its contribution to the training of quality health professionals, and for the support to the development of the community in which it operates, reiterating its availability for synergies with all Teaching Institutions in the area of Physiotherapy.
