The meeting of the General Council of the Order of Physiotherapists took place on 21st December 2021 where, under the terms of Article 25 of the Statutes of the Order, the Board of Directors nominated by the President of the Order, Prof. António Manuel Fernandes Lopes, was assessed and ratified.
Due to the delay in sending the cédula and the identification stickers, the Order of Physiotherapists is reporting the situation for the clarification of its registered members.
All physiotherapists and public in general are informed that on the 24th and 31st of December, the presencial attendance services of the Order of Physiotherapists will be closed.
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The official ceremony of the inauguration of the first Statutory Bodies of the Order of Physiotherapists took place on 14th December 2021 at the Auditório of the Ordem dos Contabilistas Certificados, in Lisbon.
The official inauguration ceremony of the first Statutory Bodies of the Order of Physiotherapists will take place next Tuesday, 14th December, at 16h30 in the Auditorium of the Ordem dos Contabilistas Certificados, in Lisbon.
In the closing of a very challenging cycle, of objectives fulfilled and with great pride for the work done, the Installation Commission of the Portuguese Physioterapists Order, in the spirit of Christmas, wishes all the physiotherapy "family" a Merry Christmas, a New Year full of success and the fulfilment of more and bigger dreams!
The Installation Commission of the Physiotherapists Order requested from the DGS - Covid19 Vaccination Coordinating Centre information on the methodology of submission to vaccination to be adopted for the members of this Order.
The Armed Forces Officers Association (AOFA) celebrated its 29th anniversary on 27 November last.
The Installation Commission of the Order of Physiotherapists, within the scope of the Integrated System of Quality Warranty for the services rendered, has prepared a questionnaire about the enrolment process to evaluate the satisfaction of the enrolled members.
We present results obtained by the end of October 2021.
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.