WCPT E-Update - August 2015

August 2015

Celebrate World Physical Therapy Day! Join the World PT Day tweet chat Call for ER-WCPT Congress 2016: abstract reviewers Post-2015 development framework and NCDs World Conference on Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion

Celebrate World Physical Therapy Day!

With just over a week left until World Physical Therapy Day on 8th September, here are some last minute ideas to mark the day:   ·         publish this week's World Physical Therapy Day press release: www.wcpt.org/wptday-press ·         spread the word via Facebook and Twitter - see suggestions at: www.wcpt.org/wptday-social ·         print our ready-made "Fulfilling potential" posters and leaflet to display in your work place: www.wcpt.org/wptday-posters ·         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/wptday14. Access the full World Physical Therapy Day toolkit at: www.wcpt.org/wptday-toolkit    Good luck with all your activities and we look forward to receiving your photos and brief reports (send to info@wcpt.org).

Join the World PT Day tweet chat

Physiotalk, the website and blog which facilitates discussion on physical therapy practice and ideas, will be holding a "tweet chat" to mark World Physical Therapy Day on Monday 7th September at 8pm BST. The discussion will take place via Twitter. It will explore this year's "Fulfilling potential" message and what it means as a healthcare professional, patient, carer, parent and/or family member.  To join the chat follow @physiotalk and the hashtag #worldptday. Find out more about the topics to be covered at bit.ly/1VdxxlY. Last year's World PT Day tweet chat was fast and furious with 1,311,277 impressions, 780 tweets and 111 participants.

Call for ER-WCPT Congress 2016: abstract reviewers

The ER-WCPT Scientific Committee is now recruiting potential reviewers of platform and poster abstract submissions for the 2016 ER-WCPT congress in Liverpool (11th – 12th November 2016).   If you have experience in reviewing abstracts and a track record of publications and/or presentations, please respond to the survey at www.surveymonkey.com/r/P3BYK2X. Please note that you must be available to review abstracts between 7th and 23rd March. It is anticipated that no reviewer will receive more than 20 abstracts.   For further information about the congress go to www.liverpool2016.com   The ER-WCPT Congress is: Organised by ER-WCPT Hosted by CSP In collaboration with ENPHE

Post-2015 development framework and NCDs

Transforming Our World: The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development is the final post-2015 development agenda. The document contains five parts, including the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and their targets. Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are included as standalone target. With a final draft now agreed, the next and final step will be for Heads of State/Government to formally adopt the agenda at a UN Summit, to be held 25th - 27th September.   Access the full document at: sustainabledevelopment.un.org/post2015 Summit sessions will be webcast at: webtv.un.org/

World Conference on Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion

The call for abstracts is now open for the 12th World Conference on Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion: Safety 2016.   Co-sponsored by the World Health Organization, and hosted by the Finnish National Institute for Health and Welfare, Safety 2016 addresses a broad range of violence and injury prevention topics, including emerging issues in the field. The conference will be held from 18th - 21st September 2016 in Tampere, Finland.   The deadline for submission of abstracts is 1st November 2015. For further information go to www.thl.fi/safety2016.

 

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WCPT E-Update - August 2015

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August 2015

Celebrate World Physical Therapy Day! Join the World PT Day tweet chat Call for ER-WCPT Congress 2016: abstract reviewers Post-2015 development framework and NCDs World Conference on Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion

Celebrate World Physical Therapy Day!

With just over a week left until World Physical Therapy Day on 8th September, here are some last minute ideas to mark the day:   publish this week's World Physical Therapy Day press release: www.wcpt.org/wptday-press spread the word via Facebook and Twitter - see suggestions at: www.wcpt.org/wptday-social print our ready-made "Fulfilling potential" posters and leaflet to display in your work place: www.wcpt.org/wptday-posters 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/wptday14. Access the full World Physical Therapy Day toolkit at: www.wcpt.org/wptday-toolkit    Good luck with all your activities and we look forward to receiving your photos and brief reports (send to info@wcpt.org).

Join the World PT Day tweet chat

Physiotalk, the website and blog which facilitates discussion on physical therapy practice and ideas, will be holding a "tweet chat" to mark World Physical Therapy Day on Monday 7th September at 8pm BST. The discussion will take place via Twitter. It will explore this year's "Fulfilling potential" message and what it means as a healthcare professional, patient, carer, parent and/or family member.  To join the chat follow @physiotalk and the hashtag #worldptday. Find out more about the topics to be covered at bit.ly/1VdxxlY. Last year's World PT Day tweet chat was fast and furious with 1,311,277 impressions, 780 tweets and 111 participants.

Call for ER-WCPT Congress 2016: abstract reviewers

The ER-WCPT Scientific Committee is now recruiting potential reviewers of platform and poster abstract submissions for the 2016 ER-WCPT congress in Liverpool (11th – 12th November 2016).   If you have experience in reviewing abstracts and a track record of publications and/or presentations, please respond to the survey at www.surveymonkey.com/r/P3BYK2X. Please note that you must be available to review abstracts between 7th and 23rd March. It is anticipated that no reviewer will receive more than 20 abstracts.   For further information about the congress go to www.liverpool2016.com   The ER-WCPT Congress is: Organised by ER-WCPT Hosted by CSP In collaboration with ENPHE

Post-2015 development framework and NCDs

Transforming Our World: The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development is the final post-2015 development agenda. The document contains five parts, including the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and their targets. Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are included as standalone target. With a final draft now agreed, the next and final step will be for Heads of State/Government to formally adopt the agenda at a UN Summit, to be held 25th - 27th September.   Access the full document at: sustainabledevelopment.un.org/post2015 Summit sessions will be webcast at: webtv.un.org/

World Conference on Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion

The call for abstracts is now open for the 12th World Conference on Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion: Safety 2016.   Co-sponsored by the World Health Organization, and hosted by the Finnish National Institute for Health and Welfare, Safety 2016 addresses a broad range of violence and injury prevention topics, including emerging issues in the field. The conference will be held from 18th - 21st September 2016 in Tampere, Finland.   The deadline for submission of abstracts is 1st November 2015. For further information go to www.thl.fi/safety2016.

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WHPA regulation conference 2016

 

 

Save the date for the third World Health Professions Regulation Conference

The fourth World Health Professions Regulation Conference, organised by the World Health Professions Alliance WHPA, will be held on 21st and 22nd May 2016, just prior to the 2016 World Health Assembly.

Save the date now and visit the website http://www.whpa.org/whpcr2016 regularly for the latest programme information. Please feel free to share this information with others who may be interested in attending this conference. (Please note that the dates have changed from those originally published).

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Felicitaciones a la Escuela de Osteopatía de Madrid Internacional.

La Asociación de Fisioterapeutas del Uruguay, felicita a la Escuela de Osteopatía de Madrid Internacional, por la presentación de la Escuela, realizada en el 5º Congreso de la Confederación Mundial de Fisioterapia - WCPT 2015, realizado en mayo en Singapur.

REDES SOCIALES DE FISIOTERAPEUTAS DEL URUGUAY

 

Puedes informarte y comunicarte con FISIOTERAPEUTAS de Uruguay a través de las redes sociales:

 

AFU:  E-mail: fisioterafu@adinet.com.uy

Alternativo: mirthape@adinet.com.uy

Web:   www.afu.org.uy

FACEBOOK: http://www.facebook.com/fisioterafu

Comisión en defensa de la Ley: comisionafu@gmail.com

Twitter de AFU          @AFU_Uruguay

Twitter  FisiosUy        @FisiosUy

 

DIRECCIÓN DE LA AFU:

 

ASOCIACIÓN DE FISIOTERAPEUTAS DEL URUGUAY

Tristán Narvaja 1545 Of. 101 esq. Colonia

Montevideo-Uruguay

C.P.11200

 

HORARIO DE SECRETARÍA ADMINISTRATIVA (MARIELA PIÑEYRO)

Lunes, miércoles y viernes de 15 a 18 horas.

Martes y jueves de 19.30 a 21 horas.

Tele/fax:  2408.46.46

 

CONSEJO DIRECTIVO DE LA AFU

Período 2015-2016

REDES SOCIALES DE FISIOTERAPEUTAS DEL URUGUAY

 

Puedes informarte y comunicarte con FISIOTERAPEUTAS de Uruguay a través de las redes sociales:

 

AFU:  E-mail: fisioterafu@adinet.com.uy

Alternativo: mirthape@adinet.com.uy

Web:   www.afu.org.uy

FACEBOOK: http://www.facebook.com/fisioterafu

Comisión en defensa de la Ley: comisionafu@gmail.com

Twitter de AFU          @AFU_Uruguay

Twitter  FisiosUy        @FisiosUy

 

DIRECCIÓN DE LA AFU:

 

ASOCIACIÓN DE FISIOTERAPEUTAS DEL URUGUAY

Tristán Narvaja 1545 Of. 101 esq. Colonia

Montevideo-Uruguay

C.P.11200

 

HORARIO DE SECRETARÍA ADMINISTRATIVA (MARIELA PIÑEYRO)

Lunes, miércoles y viernes de 15 a 18 horas.

Martes y jueves de 19.30 a 21 horas.

Tele/fax:  2408.46.46

 

CONSEJO DIRECTIVO DE LA AFU

Período 2015-2016

WCPT E-Update - July 2015

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July 2015

World Physical Therapy Day Health Care in Danger Ebola update Bone and Joint Decade World Summit WHO online consultation: Human Resources for Health Educata

World Physical Therapy Day

There is now just over one month left to plan your activities to celebrate World Physical Therapy Day 2015. This year the theme is "Fulfilling potential", emphasising physical therapists' role in supporting people with long-term health conditions or disabilities achieve their goals, fulfil their potential and participate fully in society.   Posters, flyers and postcards with this year's theme are available for download from the toolkit page: www.wcpt.org/wptday-toolkit. From here you can also access a resources booklet with a list of facts and resources about physical therapy, independence and participation, as well as an article by the WCPT President (found in the resources booklet).   The posters, flyer and postcard are also available in Spanish at: www.wcpt.org/wptday-posters-spanish.    Remember to send us a brief report and photographs of how you celebrated the day to info@wcpt.org.

Health Care in Danger

Health Care in Danger (HCiD) is an ICRC-led project of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement aimed at improving the efficiency and delivery of effective and impartial health care in armed conflict and other emergencies. Several initiatives and publications have been launched as part of this project, including: e-learning module on legal protection of health care in war (available in French and English) Health Care in Danger Report: The untold suffering Position paper on Health care and violence: The need for effective protection e-learning on health care responsibilities in times of conflict For further information go to: bit.ly/1SbA1TX   WCPT has been an official partner of the Health Care in Danger project since July 2014.

Ebola update

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has created an interactive story of the Ebola response in action. Since July 2014, there has been some real progress towards tackling the Ebola outbreak, but new cases continue to emerge. Scroll through the interactive story of the progress made and the challenges that remain, as work continues towards the final goal of #GettingtoZero bit.ly/1OysIiS.

Bone and Joint Decade World Summit

The Scientific Programme Committee is seeking abstract submissions for oral or poster presentation at the BJD World Summit and the 4th Norwegian Musculoskeletal Research Network Conference 2015. The deadline for submission is 16th August 2015. www.bjd2015.com/new-page-1/ Titled "Breaking down the barriers - towards integrated care", the summit will focus on:   how to promote musculoskeletal health and research developing integrated models of musculoskeletal care implementation of targeted treatment in primary and secondary care presentation of original research by leading scientists The summit will be held in Oslo, Norway, 8th - 9th October 2015. www.bjd2015.com/

WHO online consultation: Human Resources for Health

The draft Global Strategy on Human Resources for Health: Workforce 2030 is now open for public consultation until 31st August 2015. Feedback is invited via an online consultation, which is open to individuals as well as Member States of the WHO, institutions, networks, civil society groups, and relevant organisations with an interest in human resources for health.    For further information go to: www.who.int/hrh/en/

Educata

One of WCPT's continuing education partners, Educata, has launched a new two hour online course on fall prevention. It covers the many simple, evidence-based, user-friendly tools to empower PTs and all health care practitioners to proactively identify those at higher risk for falling. bit.ly/1h2x2w8 A free peer-reviewed research paper on the effects of a fall prevention exercise programme on muscle strength and balance of the elderly is also available for download at: www.educata.com/articles.aspx For further information about Educata go to: www.wcpt.org/node/29540

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WCPT News - July 2015

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Congress proceedings provide an international resource for the profession WCPT's new Executive Board gets to work The message for World Physical Therapy Day 2015: fulfilling potential     Read more articles...

Congress proceedings provide an international resource for the profession

Proceedings from the WCPT Congress in Singapore are now available for physical therapists around the world to use as a free professional resource.  Read the full article

WCPT's new Executive Board gets to work

WCPT's new Executive Board met for the first time in June, just eight weeks after their election at the WCPT General Meeting in Singapore. As well as getting down to business – establishing a finance committee and deciding to set up a membership committee – the board set the groundwork for working together in the future.  Read the full article

The message for World Physical Therapy Day 2015: fulfilling potential

WCPT has launched its new toolkit of materials for World Physical Therapy Day on 8th September. The suggested focus for this year is "Fulfilling potential".  Read the full article

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