Informativo World Physiotherapy - setembro 2021

Setembro 2021 Participe da nossa pesquisa e ajude a definir o planejamento do Congresso Mundial de Fisioterapia 2023     O planejamento para o Congresso Mundial de Fisioterapia 2023 já começou e você pode ajudar!     Participe de nossa pesquisa e suas respostas podem nos ajudar a definir o planejamento.     A pesquisa levará cerca de cinco minutos para ser concluída.     O prazo para completar a pesquisa é 15 de novembro de 2021.  Texto original em inglês Take part in our survey and help shape the planning for World Physiotherapy Congress 2023  Planning has started for World Physiotherapy Congress 2023, and you could help! Take part in our survey and your responses could help us shape the planning. The survey will take about five minutes to complete. The deadline to complete the survey is 15 November 2021. Take part in the survey Physiotherapists share World PT Day 2021 activity reports  Physiotherapists around the world have been sharing how they marked World PT Day on 8 September. We have started receiving activity reports from member organisations and individual physiotherapists and have started uploading them to our website. If you would like to share your activity report with the global physiotherapy profession, please email communications@world.physio and we will upload it to our website. The theme for this year's World PT Day was safe rehabilitation and Long COVID, and the role of physiotherapists in the treatment and management of people affected by it. Thanks to the many volunteer translators, the materials were translated into almost 60 languages, including 16 languages that had not previously been available for World PT Day. The resources are still available and are important in supporting the work of physiotherapists and individuals. View the activity reports for World PT Day 2021 Board calls for general board member nominations The World Physiotherapy board is calling for nominations for the election of one general board member. The reasons for the call are because of gaps in capacity and regional/cultural perspectives. All board members are volunteers and all currently have full-time work commitments. The impact of COVID-19 has placed even more demands on the board members from both work and personal perspectives, with increasing challenges from the need to meet virtually and more frequently for World Physiotherapy.  The board believes that we are missing the insights/experiences of a physiotherapist from the Middle East region. The successful general board member will be elected for a two year term from 1 January 2022 until 31 December 2023. Nominations close: 15 October 2021, 1700 UTC Find out more about the general board member election

Webinar will introduce the Physiotherapist education framework Join physiotherapists around the world in a webinar to introduce the Physiotherapist education framework to a global audience. The webinar will also explore the framework's strategic and practical implications for educators and the education of physiotherapists globally, consider how it could be used, and discuss how to ensure it develops as a living document.   Speakers: John Xerri de Caro, Kathy Davidson, Djenana Jalovcic,  Alice Jones, Jonathan Quartey, Oscar Ronzio Date: 1300 UTC, 13 October 2021 The Physiotherapist education framework is now available in: Chinese - Simplified English Japanese If you are unable to join the webinar, a recording will be available on our website. Dates announced for AWP regional congress The AWP regional congress will take place, with the Hong Kong Physiotherapy Association conference, in Hong Kong, 18-20 June 2022. This congress will be a hybrid event. The theme of the congress will be Advancing physiotherapy practice: from institution-based to community-based care. For more details, visit the congress website. Visit the AWP regional congress website Future Network for students and early career professionals: call for regional facilitators in North America Caribbean and South America Want to know more about what's involved in being a Future Network regional facilitator? Find out more about the regional facilitator roles. Future Network webinar: Thriving as a physiotherapist in a pandemic The Future Network is holding its first webinar: Thriving as a physiotherapist in a pandemic.The webinar will explore the perspectives of students and early career professionals. Date: 0900 UTC, 23 October 2021. Register for the webinar

Nearly 1 in 7 survey respondents reported testing positive for COVID-19 in the first wave of the pandemic in Italy A new study, published in the Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Journal, explores the spread of COVID-19 among physiotherapists in Italy from April to May 2020.   The purpose of the study was to explore the prevalence, personal- and work-related exposures, and signs and symptoms among physiotherapists during the first wave of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Italy. All physiotherapists working in inpatient and outpatient care in Italy were eligible. A total of 15,566 respondents completed the survey, with a response rate of 43.3%. Find out more about the study Physiopedia MOOC: understanding rehabilitation as a health strategy Physiopedia, in collaboration with ReLAB-HS and with support from USAID, has launched a new MOOC: understanding rehabilitation as a health strategy. The MOOC is designed to help physiotherapists develop their knowledge to effectively integrate rehabilitation into health systems. The course aims to equip health and social care professionals with a comprehensive knowledge of rehabilitation within the current global context, so they can play an effective and proactive role in global and local efforts to increase access to high quality rehabilitation. Find out more about the MOOC