| | From the President and Secretary General Recently a film from the first WCPT Congress held 60 years ago in London came to light. It is a poignant reminder of WCPT's heritage and the significant role the congresses have played in our evolution. As we begin 2013, the 60th anniversary of that first congress, planning for our 17th Congress to be held in Singapore in 2015 is well underway. You will shortly receive the first Congress Update including the announcement of the members of the International Scientific Committee, chaired by Aimée Stewart, and providing you with an opportunity to help shape the congress by participating in a survey. So, have a look at highlights from the congress in 1953 (www.youtube.com/user/theWCPT/), provide your ideas for 2015 by participating in our upcoming survey and then start making plans to join us in Singapore. Kind regards
Marilyn Moffat and Brenda J Myers If you would like to use all or part of this e-letter for your own newsletters/websites then please feel free. We need your assistance to reach the profession around the world, so please send this e-update to your members. Physical therapists required WCPT has recently received several calls from Handicap International (HI) for physical therapists required in development work. Find out more about the opportunities in DPR Korea, Ethiopia and Tajikistan as well as information about the HI recruitment pool at www.wcpt.org/node/32997. The main objective of the recruitment pool is to better target candidates when positions on an emergency project are open saving valuable time. For other volunteering, working, studying or research opportunities please see our International work and study page at www.wcpt.org/node/29331. Continuing education partner, EDUCATA, is making available a special offer to WCPT. For a limited time there is 25% off any course in the EDUCATA catalogue. This offer is available until 15th February 2013 only. To take advantage of it go to http://bit.ly/XmL8sh, select a course and proceed to checkout. The discount will be applied automatically. Recent updates and announcements from the World Health Organization (WHO) include: - Access the latest WHO newsletter on disability and rehabilitation at http://bit.ly/126xb7u. It includes a report on the 1st CBR World Congress held in Agra India in November 2012 and details of the first consultations held to prepare for the UN High Level Meeting on Disability to be held in September 2013 under the theme "The Way Forward: a disability inclusive development agenda towards 2015 and beyond".
- The WHO country assessment tool on the uses and sources for human resources for health (HRH) data is now available in English. The tool is intended to assist countries in strengthening their human resources information systems and can be downloaded at www.who.int/hrh/statistics/survey_use_source/en/index.html
- The latest update on the Global Campaign for Violence Prevention is available at http://bit.ly/WBfxVC
- WHO has issued a call for innovative health technologies: medical devices and eHealth solutions 2013. The publication will be part of an annual compendium series initiated to encourage dialogue and stimulate further development and dissemination. See http://bit.ly/ZHF2Yo
The Golden Apple award honours Health Volunteers Overseas' (HVO) volunteers and members who have made extraordinary contributions to HVO's mission, organisation and/or programme sites. If you know an individual who exemplifies a commitment to HVO, then find out how to nominate them at http://bit.ly/TQLivE. The deadline for nominations is 15th February. HVO is a network of health care professionals, organisations, corporations and donors united in a common commitment to improving global health through education. For 26 years, HVO has been sending health care professionals overseas to teach and train their counterparts in developing countries. Access medical case reports You can now explore thousands of peer-reviewed medical case reports, including content integrated from PubMed Central, via BioMed Central's new resource, Cases Database. It is a freely accessible and continuously updated search interface for clinicians, researchers, teachers and patients. By bringing case reports together, Cases Database adds value to individual reports, allowing comparison of similar cases, helping to highlight trends and patterns which may help researchers to develop hypotheses which can then be tested by systematic research. For more information go to http://bit.ly/SwZzwQ.
. WCPT region and subgroup events World Parkinson Congress 2013: registration is now open for this event and the deadline for abstract submissions is 15th April. The congress will be held 1st - 4th October in Montreal, Canada. www.worldpdcongress.org/ 8th European Congress on Violence in Clinical Psychiatry: to submit an abstract, view the preliminary programme or register for this congress go to www.oudconsultancy.nl/GhentSite/index.html. The event will be held 23rd - 26th October 2013 in Ghent, Belgium. INFORMATIONIf you are unable to access our website using the links within this email, you may need to copy and paste the hyperlinks directly into your internet browser. If you have problems reading this email please follow the link below for help. www.wcpt.org/eupdate | | | |
