Newsletter #8 of the European Region News

Contents:

• The 6th Nordic Physiotherapy Congress 2005
• Twinning Programmes
• Summary of the last Executive Committee
• Patients Safety Conference
• New Directive
• Service Directive
• EU Commission site on migration statistics
• Conference on Humour and Health
• The new European healthcare agenda
• Commission President sets agenda for the coming years
• New EU anti-smoking campaign launched

Date: 2005-04-20

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ER-WCPT office has moved on April 1st

The new address will be:

European Region of WCPT
Rue de Pascale, 16
B-1040 Brussels

Tel.: (+32) 2 231 50 63
Fax: (+32) 2 231 50 64
e-mail: physio.europe@tiscali.be

Date: 2005-04-01

Newsletter #7 of the European Region News

Contents:

• European Congress on Physiotherapy and Post Congress of the ER-WCPT
• First "Language" task force Meeting
• New member of the Professional Issues Working Group
• Summary of the last Executive Committee
• World Health Day 2005
• WHO 2004 Health report
• EU Health Commission 2005 Work Plan
• New Directive and Service Directive
• EU Commission site of the lists of regulated professions
• Luxembourg EU Presidency
• EU Commissioner Kyprianou sets out his priorities for the coming five years

Date: 2005-01-31

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Post Congress Seminar of the European Region of WCPT on physiotherapy education

The European Region of WCPT arranged a Post Congress Seminar on physiotherapy education for delegates from the Member Organisations in Estoril, Portugal on 6th November 2004.
The aim of the seminar was to analyse the conclusions of the European Congress on Physiotherapy Education and discuss the implications for further work to be developed by the Working Groups of the European Region of WCPT.

Date: 2004-12-21

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Statement on the occasion of the WHO Regional Committee for Europe, fifty-fourth session

The World Confederation for Physical Therapy, WCPT, aims to improve quality of global health care by encouraging and supporting high standards of physiotherapy education and practise. The commitment to ensure high standards and quality of service is reflected in the WCPT Declartions of Principle and Position Statements adopted by the General Meeting in 1995 and later revised in 2003.

Date: 2004-09-13

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Framework for Clinical Guideline Development in Physiotherapy

This document describes a framework for the development of clinical practice guidelines within the European Region of WCPT. The framework has been developed in a collaboration of The Chartered Society for Physiotherapy (CSP) and the Royal Dutch Society for Physical Therapy (KNGF). The methods for guideline development of CSP and KNGF have been used as well as several other international guideline programmes.

Date: 2004-09-10

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Summary Report from the 4th General Meeting of the European Region of WCPT 13-15 May 2004 in Limassol, Cyprus

The General Meeting of the European Region of WCPT was held in Limassol, Cyprus on 13-15 May 2004 with representation from 30 member organisations. Many important documents and common frameworks had been prepared for discussion and approval that will move the physiotherapy profession in the European Region forward.

Date: 2004-08-03

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Audit Tool for use with European Core Standards of Physiotherapy Practice

Clinical audit is a cyclical process, involving the identification of a topic, setting standards, comparing practice with the standards, implementing changes and monitoring the effect of those changes. Its purpose is to improve the quality of clinical care. The audit tools document will allow you to compare ...

Date: 2003-10-28

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European Physiotherapy Benchmark Statement

The Benchmark Statement describes the nature and standards of programmes of study in physiotherapy that lead to awards made by higher education institutions in Europe and the European Union (EU) in the subject of Physiotherapy. The document describes profession-specific statements for ...

Date: 2003-10-28

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European Physiotherapy Service Standards

Service standards describe parts of the physiotherapy service for which the organisation is responsible in order to maintain the safety and quality of services for patients, and an environment conducive to the safety of staff, and their continuing development. The standards provide a ...

Date: 2003-10-28

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PEDro The Physiotherapy Evidence Database

In our LINK-Section you will find the actual link to PEDro. PEDro is the Physiotherapy Evidence Database. It has been developed to give rapid access to bibliographic details and abstracts of randomised controlled trials and systematic reviews in physiotherapy. Most trials on the database have been rated for quality to help you quickly discriminate between trials that are likely to be valid and interpretable and those which are not. ...

Date: 2003-06-20

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EU Public Health Programme 2003-2008

Following consultation with many organisations concerned about health matters, including the European Region, the EU Public Health programme was launched last month. ...

Date: 2003-06-20

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