The objective of the European Network of Physiotherapy in Higher Education is to organize meetings and encourage collaboration between the european physiotherapy institutes. The ENPHE holds an annual meeting, which was held this year in Graz on september 16 and 17.  Two of the PETHRA university parners, IRFSS and IPP, attended the congress, during which […]

On september 8 the Order of Physiotherapists organized a conference to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the profession and the 10th anniversary of the creation of the Order. The theme of the conférence was : « Physiotherapy, technology and the human factor ». The progress of the PETHRA project was one of the subjets of […]

PETRHA was presented in July at two international congresses : – The 8th international forum on the evaluation of the quality of research and higher education held in Granada –  The 3rd portugese congress on pedagogicalal methods in higher education held in Lisbon Several physiotherapists involved in the PETHRA project will also attended both the congress of […]

Early in june the physiotherapists involved in the serious game and the project leader for Interaction Healthcare had a meeting at the physiotherapy school of UPNA in Tudela (Spain). After an assessment of the progress of the various workgroups, we finalized the consensus on all the variables to be considered for our geriatric clinical cases. […]

The PETHRA project was presented during a session of discussion and debates on Social and Interdependant Economy in european policies, based on examples given by project leaders from Aquitaine.  

The second transnational meeting was held at the Porto Design Factory, a platform of the Polytechnic Institute of Porto which purposes are Innovation, research, collaboration and formation, all terms which can also fit the PETHRA project. During the meeting, an assessment of the projet’s progress at this stage was made by the partners. The next […]

At the beginning of this year, physical therapists from UPNA sciences of health faculty widely presented the project PETRHA to the Spanish press. More precisely, the objectives of the project were emphasized, notably serious game intented to european physiotherapy students, allowing them to improve their clinical process. Next publications are programmed on 2017 during final […]

On the last week of january in Porto, a formation to the MOOC was given to trainers of the IRFSS and the UPNA by teachers of the Polytechnic Institute of Porto (IPP). It dealt with the MOOC technical aspects, the creation of its content and the elaboration of medical scenarios. IPP is the most advanced […]

The construction of the serious game is going full speed ahead. The partners have finalized their thoughts on the physiotherapy clinical approach, bringing each point of view into line. Once a concensus was reached and each partner’s specfic expectations had been formulated we selected the theme of the first clinical case : “The senior person […]

One of the intellectual productions to be developed in project PETHRA is a booklet of research on the senior population. The booklet will be produced with the cooperation of home helpers from the CCAS of Bègles. The first meeting was held in Bègles, at the CCAS, and the project was greeted with enthousiasm by the helpers. The […]