Informativo WCPT Atualização agosto 2019

WCPT E-Update - August 2019   Texto original em inglês

Celebrate World Physical Therapy Day! World Physical Therapy Day 2019 is now just over one week away on 8th September. If you haven't yet planned your activities, here are some last minute ideas.  publish this week's World Physical Therapy Day press release print our ready-made infographics, posters, leaflet and postcard to display in your work place: www.wcpt.org/wptday-toolkit spread the word via Facebook and Twitter and use our SoMe graphics to promote the day: www.wcpt.org/wptday-social remember to use the day's hashtag #worldptday add a Movement for Health web ad to your website: www.wcpt.org/wptday-logos For more last minute ideas take a look at the activities that took place to celebrate the day last year: www.wcpt.org/wptday18. Access the World Physical Therapy Day toolkit at: www.wcpt.org/wptday-toolkit. Thank you to all the volunteers who have translated materials - much of the toolkit is now available for download in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, German, Icelandic, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Slovenian, Spanish and Vietnamese. Good luck with all your activities and we look forward to receiving your photos and brief reports (send to info@wcpt.org).

WCPT appoints consultants for project in Tajikistan WCPT has contracted three consultants to develop and deliver a project in Tajikistan. The consultants will lead on the development of entry-level physical therapy education and provide clinical bridge training for clinicians and staff at the Republican Medical College of Tajikistan. Funded by the USAID Strengthening Rehabilitation Services in Health Systems, the project is a collaboration between UCP Wheels for Humanity and is supported by the Ukrainian Association of Physical Therapy, the Ukrainian National Association for People with Disabilities, the WCPT, and the Republican Medical College of Tajikistan. The project ber and will run until mid-2022. The three consultants bring a wealth of knowledge and experience in the development and teaching of entry-level physical therapist programmes, understanding of WCPT education policies and standards, demonstrable experience of mentoring, leading teams, advocacy and capacity building. To find out more about the project and the consultants: https://www.wcpt.org/news/WCPT-appoints-consultants-for-project-in-Tajikistan

WCPT President's blog: Learning to be a new board Australia, Ecuador, Ireland, Japan, Malta, Rwanda, Trinidad and Tobago – what do they have in common? At first glance, not so much but the members of the new WCPT Executive Board hail from these countries. Some have been or are currently the president or vice president of their professional organisations. One was instrumental in the foundation of the professional organisation. One has been the chair of a WCPT region and another the chair of a regulatory authority. They are clinicians, managers, researchers, teachers, humanitarian workers. They are mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers, aunts and uncles. Between them, they speak eight languages. To read more of the President's blog: https://www.wcpt.org/node/177436

Report sets out recommendations to strengthen rehabilitation services A report, published by the Global Rehabilitation Alliance (GRA), illustrates how rehabilitation can improve global health and human rights. The report provides evidence that key stakeholders can use to build strategies to improve the availability of quality, coordinated, affordable, and user-centred rehabilitation. It also includes recommendations for different stakeholders (states, donors and civil society, disabled people’s organisations) that could help strengthen rehabilitation services and improve the health and wellbeing of people around the world. Read more about the report and watch seven videos produced by Humanity & Inclusion

Physiopedia offers free online course: introduction to traumatic brain injury Traumatic Brain Injury is defined as a non-progressive injury to the brain, which occurred as a result of trauma. It occurs when an external force impacts the brain and is most often caused by a blow, bump, jolt or penetrating wound to the head. Physiopedia is offering a free online course providing an overview of physiotherapy practice relating to traumatic brain injury to develop a foundation of knowledge that will enable participants to assess and treat individuals with acute and chronic impairment as a result of traumatic brain injury. The course will give participants an understanding of the anatomy, structure, clinical presentation, assessment and management of traumatic brain injury based on the latest evidence available. To find out more about the course: https://www.physio-pedia.com/Introduction_to_Traumatic_Brain_Injury_Course To register for the course: https://www.physiospot.com/physiopedia/free-online-course-on-traumatic-brain-injury-register-now/

Medical manipulations and the history of physiotherapy From gymnastics to splints and uterine massage, the history of physiotherapy takes in a surprisingly broad range of people and practices. Medical historian Kay Nias takes a look at the history of physical therapy through the archive of the Wellcome Collection. To find out more about the history of physical therapy: https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/XTW9ohAAACIANLbz

Call for abstracts for first international transplant athlete conference  The first international transplant sport research conference is due to take place on 10 November 2019, and the organisers are calling for abstract submissions and transplant athletes’ videos. This inaugural conference focuses on transplant athletes and is hosted by the Society of Sports Therapists in collaboration with Coventry University. The conference aims to: promote research relating to transplant athletes contribute to the evidence base of transplant sport promote the contribution of sport and exercise therapists supporting Transplant Sport. For more details about the conference: https://www.wcpt.org/news/Call-for-abstracts-for%20first-global-transplant-sport-conference

Atualização WCPT maio 2019

WCPT E-Update - May 2019   Texto original em inglês

WCPT President and Vice President elected at General Meeting Emma Stokes has been elected as President and Melissa Locke has been elected as Vice President of WCPT. Voting delegates from 107 WCPT member organisations took part in the election at WCPT’s General Meeting on Thursday 9th May at the Starling Hotel Geneva, Switzerland. The following regional board members have also been elected: Jean Damascene Gasherebuka (Africa Region)  Yasushi Uchiyama (Asia Western Pacific Region)  John Xerri de Caro (European Region)  Stacy de Gale (North America Caribbean) Daniel Wappenstein (South America) Read the press release.

13 new member organisations admitted to WCPT 13 physical therapy associations were admitted to WCPT at its General Meeting on 8th May 2019 in Geneva. This brings the total number of member organisations to 121. The new member organisations are the physical therapy associations from: Bhutan, Costa Rica, Georgia, Haiti, Ivory Coast, Kosovo, Madagascar, Mali, Morocco, Myanmar, Papua New Guinea, Senegal, Sudan. Read the press release See the full list of WCPT member organisations

Physical therapists honoured at WCPT Awards Dinner Australian physical therapist Anne Moseley was awarded the Mildred Elson Award, WCPT's highest honour, for her outstanding contribution to the physical therapy profession as a clinician, teacher, and researcher and, in particular, for her leadership and commitment to the promotion of evidence-based physical therapy through the Physiotherapy Evidence Database or PEDro. Daniel Wappenstein Deller, president of the Ecuadorian Society of Physiotherapy and the coordinator of the project humanitarian support in physical therapy earthquake Ecuador 16A was presented with a WCPT Humanitarian Service Award. Christina H Opava was awarded a WCPT Leadership in Rehabilitation Award for her contribution to the professional advancement of physical therapy. She is a pioneer in the field of physical therapy and rheumatology. Lorena Enebral Perez was presented with a posthumous WCPT Humanitarian Service Award. A Spanish physical therapist, Lorena had worked as a humanitarian aid worker in Ethiopia, Malawi, Tanzania, and the Sahara. In 2016 she began working in Afghanistan where she was fatally shot in 2017 while working with a service user of the ICRC physical rehabilitation centre in Mazar-i-Sharif. WCPT International Service Awards were also awarded to: Hana I Alsobayel – Saudi Arabia Annalie Basson – South Africa Sarah Bazin – UK Aicha Benyaich – Belgium Jennifer M Bottomley – USA Gill Brook – UK Charlotte Hager – Sweden Alice Jones – Hong Kong Shunsuke Kudo – Japan Brenda Myers – UK Guy Simoneau – Canada Read the press release Biographies for all award recipients and photographs from the WCPT Awards Dinner will be available on the WCPT website shortly.

New WCPT policies approved at General Meeting The following were approved at WCPT's General Meeting: WCPT Policy Statement: Diversity and Inclusion WCPT endorsement: The Ethical Principles of Health Care in Times of Armed Conflict and Other Emergencies See the full list of WCPT policies WCPT's policy statements set out its agreed stance or opinion on a range of topics. They are important tools for informing health and social policy around the world, and furthering the development of the profession and service delivery.

New open access journal This month saw the publication of the first issue of The Lancet Digital Health, an open access journal in the Lancet family. It is committed to publishing high-quality original research, comment, and correspondence contributing to promoting digital technologies in health practice worldwide. Access the first issue

WCPT atualização setembro 2018

WCPT E-Update - September 2018     Optamos pelo texto original em inglês para manter a originalidade e a credibilidade da fonte. Use Google Translate se necessário. Boa Leitura

World Physical Therapy Day - thank you! Thank you to all our member organisations and the many individual physical therapists and health care centres who took part in the day and helped make World Physical Therapy Day 2018 a resounding success! We have already received a great number of reports of the activities that took place to mark the day - take a look at how the day was celebrated around the world: www.wcpt.org/wptday18. Thank you to everyone who has submitted their report - if you haven't please email info@wcpt.org with a brief report (max 200 words) and a small selection of photographs.

#worldptday The #WorldPTDay hashtag gathered momentum around the globe generating enormous traffic on social media - on Twitter 7.6 million impressions were made with over 4,500 tweets. The hour long physiotalk tweetchat held on 3rd September for World Physical Therapy Day also achieved a reach of 1.4 million people. For the first time, WCPT published animation videos promoting this year's campaign message - these proved enormously popular with both the English and Spanish versions each achieving a reach of 300,000 people.

Candidates for WCPT President and Vice President announced The candidates for election to the positions of President and Vice President have been announced as follows: Candidates for President Alain Belanger  Emma K. Stokes Candidates for Vice President Michel D. Landry Melissa Locke John Xerri de Caro  The elections will take place at the General Meeting, 8-9 May 2019, in Geneva, Switzerland. Only WCPT member organisations in good standing are able to vote, with each organisation having one vote. View the candidates: www.wcpt.org/gm19/candidates

Preliminary programme announced for WCPT Congress 2019 WCPT is delighted to announce that the preliminary programme for congress has just been published. With all the key sessions included and over 150 speakers confirmed, now is the time to start planning your days in Geneva. Take a look at the daily overviews online or download a pdf of the programme: www.wcpt.org/wcpt2019/programme/preliminary To save up to 35% with the Super Early Bird rate remember to register before the 31st October deadline: www.wcpt.org/wcpt2019/registration

Physical therapy equipment donation This month WCPT has developed an information note to provide guidance for recipients and donors to help find the best possible solution for the donation of physical therapy equipment. In some countries nearly 80% of health care equipment is donated or funded by international donors. But, according to WHO a large proportion (up to 70% in sub-Saharan Africa) of donated equipment lies idle because of a disconnect between recipients and donors around need. WCPT has developed the information note in response to this with input from a range of stakeholders including ADAPT, ICRC and WHO. Find out more: http://bit.ly/2OiJyfj

WCPT E-Update - Junho 2018

WCPT E-Update - June 2018     Optamos pelo texto original em inglês para manter a originalidade e a credibilidade da fonte.   Use Google Translate se necessário. Boa Leitura

World Physical Therapy Day 2018 Next week will see the launch of the toolkit for this year's World Physical Therapy Day. With a focus on the role of physical therapy and physical activity in mental health, the toolkit will include a set of brand new campaign materials including: infographics posters flyer postcard social media graphics The toolkit will be available from www.wcpt.org/wptday-toolkit and will be launched in English, French and Spanish.

Danish physical therapists celebrate 100th anniversary Congratulations to the Association of Danish Physiotherapists, Danske Fysioterapeuter, which this month celebrated its 100th anniversary.   Attending the celebrations were WCPT President Emma Stokes and CEO Jonathon Kruger. Emma congratulated the association and expressed great gratitude for decades of cooperation with successive leaders of the Danish organisation. In particular, she noted that the founding meeting of WCPT took place in Copenhagen in 1951 and that the Danish association had given WCPT a President, Rudie Agersnap, a Vice-President, Inger Brønsted, and very recently a Board member, Johnny Kuhr.  Emma also paid tribute to the current President Tina Lambrecht for her support on WCPT’s international work.   Read the full news story: http://bit.ly/2KlDOMS

WCPT Congress 2019: registration fees now available Registration fees for the WCPT Congress 2019 have been announced - online registration will open in July.   WCPT has introduced three brand new measures to enable as many people as possible to attend the congress. Reduced registration fees for physical therapists from WCPT member organisations in lower-middle and low income countries. Registration fees for the WCPT Congress 2019 have been kept at the same rate as the congress in 2017. Introduction of a Super Early Bird rate offering savings of up to 35% on your registration fee. View registration fees: www.wcpt.org/wcpt2019/registration   The call for abstracts is now also open. The submission deadline is 31st August. www.wcpt.org/wcpt2019/programme/abstracts

WCPT awards programme - call for nominations There are just two months left before the deadline for nominations on 31st August. WCPT is calling on its member organisations, regions and subgroups to submit nominations for physical therapists who have made an outstanding contribution to the profession internationally.   If you know a physical therapist you would like to nominate please contact the WCPT member organisation in your country: www.wcpt.org/members. The awards will be presented in Geneva at the time of the WCPT General Meeting and Congress in 2019. See each of the award categories: www.wcpt.org/awards

Global action plan for physical inactivity Earlier this month WCPT reported on A Global Action Plan on Physical Activity (GAPPA) launched by the World Health Organization to reduce physical inactivity by 15% by 2030. It recommends a set of 20 policy areas, which combined, aim to create more active societies through improving the environments and opportunities for people of all ages and abilities to do more walking, cycling, sport, active recreation, dance and play. It also calls for support to, for example, training of health care workers and other professionals. WCPT was represented at the launch by Charlotte Chruzander, Swedish Association of Physiotherapists professional adviser. She said "With our specific expertise in using adjusted physical activity in the prevention and treatment of diseases for all ages and abilities, physiotherapists have a crucial role in implementing GAPPA.”   Read the full story: http://bit.ly/2KahHNq

Ivory Coast hosts first international physical therapy conference More than 90 physical therapists from nine countries attended this week-long training event, organised by the Association Ivoirienne des Masseurs-Kinésithérapeutes (AIMK). The conference marks the completion of the SUDA project (a partnership with HI funded by USAID). The SUDA project has strengthened the local ties between WCPT-Africa member organisations and there is broad commitment to organise further events to enable physical therapists in the region to share knowledge and experience, and gain CPD through collaboration.   Read the full story: http://bit.ly/2KlbRoo

Free MOOC - Wheelchair Service Provision Physiopedia has opened registrations for this year's free online course on Wheelchair Service Provision. The four-week course starts on 3rd September and will be available in French and English.   The course will be run in collaboration with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and Humanity & Inclusion (HI). It aims to provide a basic theoretical understanding of wheelchair mobility and to develop an understanding of the theoretical principles, skills and knowledge underlying the management skills and knowledge in the management of wheelchair service delivery.   Find out more: http://bit.ly/2lz6GX6

International humanitarian law course Are you working with an international or local organisation on humanitarian issues? Do you have to make decisions that can have a humanitarian impact in the field? .   Organised by the ICRC in Geneva from 23rd - 28th September 2018, this five-day course in international humanitarian law is open to senior humanitarian practitioners and policy-makers with extensive working experience in the humanitarian sector.   Find out more: http://bit.ly/2N0TE18

WCPT E-update - março 2018

WCPT E-Update - March 2018   Optamos pelo texto original em inglês para manter a originalidade e a credibilidade da fonte.   Use Google Translate se necessário. Boa Leitura

World Health Day 2018 The theme for this year's World Health Day on 7th April is "Universal health coverage: everyone, everywhere". The World Health Organization (WHO) has put together a toolkit of materials and messages so that you can get involved in the day.   Some of the day's key messages include: Universal health coverage (UHC) is about ensuring all people can get quality health services, where and when they need them, without suffering financial hardship. No one should have to choose between good health and other life necessities. UHC is key to people’s and nations’ health and well-being. UHC is feasible. Some countries have made great progress. Their challenge is to maintain coverage to meet people’s expectations. All countries will approach UHC in different ways: there is no one size fits all. But every country can do something to advance UHC. Making health services truly universal requires a shift from designing health systems around diseases and institutions towards health services designed around and for people. Everyone can play a part in the path to UHC, by taking part in a UHC conversation. Access the WHO website to find out more and how to take part: www.who.int/campaigns/world-health-day/2018/en/

Global Rehabilitation Alliance This month the WCPT President and CEO attended a stakeholder meeting to discuss establishing a Global Rehabilitation Alliance. The meeting follows the WHO Stakeholder Meeting Rehabilitation 2030: A Call for Action in February last year.   WCPT believes a Global Rehabilitation Alliance can be a unified voice to strengthen rehabilitation in health to achieve the vision of a world where everyone has access to rehabilitation by: engaging a diverse and comprehensive community of stakeholders; fostering a common understanding of rehabilitation as a health strategy; advocating with one voice at a global level. The vision of the Global Rehabilitation Alliance is a world where every person has access to timely, quality, user-centred rehabilitation services. Its mission is to advocate for the provision rehabilitation as an integral component of Universal Health Coverage, and to be a strong, cohesive body of stakeholders united to further the development of rehabilitation around the world.   There is strong global support for this alliance. At the conclusion of the meeting stakeholders agreed to reconvene in Geneva in May where organisations will be ask to commit to the founding of this entity .

International conference on health professional regulation  Margot Skinner, WCPT Vice President, will be speaking at the Fifth World Health Professions Regulation Conference, taking place 19th - 20th May 2018 in Geneva. Titled "Mutual recognition: helping professionals move more freely" her presentation will focus on her experiences of the Trans-Tasman Mutual Recognition (TTMR) Arrangement. Dr Skinner will share her experiences around the mutually agreed thresholds for professional standards and describe the benefits of the TTMR. "The agreement requires professionals to register with authorities, so they don't have to jump through all the same hoops to practise," she explains. Dr Skinner highlights that the agreement between Australia and New Zealand enables each country's professional workforce to come from a bigger pool. Professionals are also able to undertake courses and post graduate qualifications without the usual barriers. To register for the conference go to: www.whpa.org/whpcr2018/index.htm

WCPT Experts database The recently relaunched WCPT Experts Database, the WCPT Database of Volunteers and Experts (WCPT DOVES), is seeking volunteers who are willing to support the development of the global profession. It is an opportunity to share your expertise / experience / interest in physical therapy practice, education, research, professional issues and global health. Once there are a sufficient number of volunteers a searchable database will be created to support WCPT member organisations and other organisations/institutes with which WCPT collaborates.   To register on the database please login or register to the WCPT website: www.wcpt.org/mywcpt

Healthcare in Danger MOOC Health Care in Danger has launched a new MOOC on violence against healthcare. The course caters to all people interested in understanding the issues of violence against healthcare, especially those in training or already working in the humanitarian, medical, social and military fields. The course starts on 2nd April. www.coursera.org/learn/violence-against-healthcare Health Care in Danger (HCID) is an initiative of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement aimed at addressing the issue of violence against patients, health workers, facilities and vehicles, and ensuring safe access to and delivery of health care in armed conflict and other emergencies.

WCPT network on social media Do you work in occupational health and ergonomics? The WCPT Physical Therapy Network for Occupational Health and Ergonomics is now on Facebook http://bit.ly/2nIB8iV. You can also find them on Twitter at https://twitter.com/wcptOHE. Remember you can follow all of WCPT's activities on social media: Facebook: http://on.fb.me/1k6wQ0E Twitter: https://twitter.com/WCPT1951 LinkedIn: http://bit.ly/2xlNikv YouTube: www.youtube.com/user/theWCPT/

International Conference on Physical Therapy in Oncology (ICPTO) The first International Conference on Physical Therapy in Oncology (ICPTO) will take place on 5th June in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The conference aims to bring together physical therapists working in oncology from around the globe, to discuss the way forward for oncology PT and to exchange knowledge and best practices. www.npi.nl/congressen/icpto-june-5-2018