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ENEFFt 2022, Ordem dos Fisioterapeutas was present

ENEFFt 2022, Ordem dos Fisioterapeutas esteve presente

The Board of the Order of Physiotherapists attended the National Meeting of Physiotherapy Students (ENEFt) that took place between 8 and 12 April 2022. The participation of the Order was attended by the President, Professor António Lopes and the Board members, Physiotherapists Afonso Neutel Pedro Rebelo.

On 9 April, the Portuguese Order was present at the Opening Table and held a working meeting with the National Association of Young People in Physiotherapy (ANJF), in which the main priorities for the development of physiotherapy in Portugal were discussed and the main concerns of young people in physiotherapy were heard. The Board of the Order and the ANJF intend to hold regular meetings in order to promote the collaborative development of physiotherapy in Portugal. In this meeting, Professor António Lopes and physiotherapist Afonso Neutel were present on behalf of the Order. The President Teresa Miguel, the treasurer Sofia Tavares and the members Ana Rosa Coelho, Beatriz Silva and Constança Carreira were present on behalf of ANJF.

On the 11th April the Order was present in the Fisiomeeting with the topic "What changes with the Order", in which the physiotherapist Pedro Rebelo had the opportunity to approach the topic, having taken place in a very proactive and enriching way, in a question and answer format, allowing an important and clarifying message to be passed about the role of the Order. 

Mesa de abertura
Opening table
Reunião com ANJF
Meeting with ANJF
Fisiomeeting com Pedro Rebelo
Physiomeeting with Pedro Rebelo
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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.

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