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WCPT E-Update - October 2019
Versão original em inglês
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| 2019 is most successful World Physical Therapy Day |
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This
year’s World Physical Therapy Day (WPTD) and the theme of chronic pain
has proved to be the most successful since the launch of the day in
1996.
Materials for the day were translated into 22 languages, compared with
12 languages in 2018. The toolkit produced for 2019 was downloaded more
than any previous WPTD toolkit: 118,800 downloads, compared with 52,414
in 2018.
And there's still time to send us a report about WPTD activities you organised. Please send your report and photos to communications@wcpt.org
To find out more about activities around the world for this year's WPTD, please visit: www.wcpt.org/wptday19
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| WCPT Annual Review 2018 now available |
The WCPT Annual Review for 2018 is now available online.
You can download a copy of the Annual Review and find out about WCPT projects and activities, including:
- membership engagement in Taiwan, South America and West Africa - and other countries and regions
- development of a new WCPT Constitution
- preparing for WCPT General Meeting and Congress 2019
- signing of a Memorandum of Understanding with the International Committee of the Red Cross
- founding the Global Rehabilitation Alliance
To download a copy of the WCPT Annual Review: bit.ly/2Wa0PZF |
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| WCPT Congress 2021 - call for focused symposia opens in November |
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The call for focused symposia at WCPT Congress 2021 will open on 18 November.
This is an opportunity to be involved in one of the event's leading
sessions, where cutting edge topics are explored by high profile
speakers drawing large audiences. The submissions should address the
topic from an international/diverse perspective by including
presentations from a range of countries and preferably from three
different WCPT regions.
The submission deadline for focused symposium proposals is 31 January
2020. Details will be added to the WCPT Congress website in November. |
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Stakeholders discuss provision of physical therapy education and training in Tajikistan
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More than 30 people attended a three-day stakeholders’ meeting in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, to discuss the development
of entry-level physical therapy education and provide clinical bridge
training for clinicians and staff at the Republican Medical College of
Tajikistan.
The meeting was part of a project, Strengthening Rehabilitation Services
in Health Systems (SRSHS), to establish physical therapy services and
raise awareness of rehabilitation services to improve the quality of
life for people in Tajikistan.
Read more about the stakeholders' meeting: https://www.wcpt.org/news/Stakeholders-discuss-provision-of-PT-education-and-training-in-Tajikistan |
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| Research project focuses on ethical decision-making project |
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A research study is looking for physical therapists to take part in interviews about ethical decision-making.
Andrea Sturm, a PhD student from the Interuniversity of Graz, and Dr Caroline Fryer and Dr Ian Edwards,
both from the University of South Australia, are collaborating on the
project to investigate factors influencing ethical decision-making in
physical therapy practice worldwide. The research team are all physical
therapists, researchers and educators who are teaching professional
ethics.
For more information about the project, please visit: https://www.wcpt.org/news/Research-study-focuses-on-ethical-decision-making
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| PEDro celebrates its 20th birthday! |
For 20 years PEDro,
a professional partner of WCPT, has been providing physical therapists
around the world with easy access to high-quality clinical research so
they can practice effectively and safely.
PEDro was conceived in 1999, just four years after the launch of the
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, when evidence-based practice
was in its infancy. Since then, PEDro has been used to answer over 24
million questions. These searches have been performed by physical
therapists from 237 countries and territories. At the top of the league
table of PEDro users is Brazil (23%), followed by the United States
(9%), Spain (8%), Australia (7%), and France (5%).
https://www.pedro.org.au/ |
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| WCPT South America Region Congress |
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The 6th Congress of the South America Region of WCPT will be held in Lima, Peru, 28-30 August 2020.
To register at the super early bird rate contact aspetefi@gmail.com.pe before 30 November 2019.
To find out more about this congress and other events of interest to WCPT members and regions, please visit https://www.wcpt.org |
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