Today, 21 April, is National Respiratory Rehabilitation Day. The date was implemented in 2016, on the initiative of the Portuguese Lung Foundation and signed by 12 other entities (medical societies and associations of health professionals and respiratory patients).
With the aim of fostering the development of research in the area of Physiotherapy, the Order of Physiotherapists, with the support of the Gabinete de Estudos e Planeamento, has submitted its expression of interest to host doctoral students, under the notice of opening for Doctoral Scholarships in a non-academic environment.
The Board of the Order of Physiotherapists (OF) met on Tuesday, 11 April, with the Board of Directors of the Health Regulatory Entity (ERS).
Today, 7 April, is World Health Day. The date coincides with the 75th anniversary of the World Health Organization, which recalls: access to health is a right for all, with the slogan "Health for All".
The President of the Portuguese Physiotherapists' Association, António Lopes, and the 1st Vice-President of the Board, Nuno Cordeiro, met this Thursday, 6th April, with the Executive-Directorate of the NHS.
The Portuguese Physioterapists Order marks the National Day for the Rheumatoid Arthritis Patient.
The date was instituted in 1999 by the Ministry of Health, given the high number of cases diagnosed in Portugal. The Portuguese Society of Rheumatology estimates that it affects 0.8 to 1.5% of the Portuguese population.
Today, March 31, marks the National Day of the Stroke Patient. Instituted since 2003, it aims to raise awareness among the general population of the problem that remains the leading cause of death and permanent disability in Portugal and one of the main ones in Europe, and to promote the improvement of professional health practices
The Portuguese Order of Physioterapists participated in the National Meeting of Physiotherapy Students (ENEFt), organized by the Associação Nacional de Jovens na Fisioterapia, that classifies this event as an opportunity to share knowledge and establish contacts and as the biggest meeting of students and young physiotherapists in Portugal.
The Portuguese Physioterapists Order participated in the EurHeCA General Assembly, represented by the 2nd Vice-President, Conceição Bettencourt, which took place in Madrid on 31 March.
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.
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 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.