ENPHE Conference 2022 – Physiotherapy Education in an Agile World

The ENPHE conference 2022 comprises of three days of activities. The first day is dedicated to ENPHE Management and ENPHE Students Body Program (15th of September). The second and the third days (16-17 September 2022) cover the Working Groups and invited workshops, poster sessions and invited Keynote Lecture’s.

Specific themes related to higher education in Physiotherapy such as facilitation of learning, Inter-professional Learning, practice-based learning, direct access, professional Issues, research in physiotherapy education will be the working groups focus. Additional workshops related to Pain Science in physiotherapy education, Environmental Physiotherapy, Programmatic assessment and Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs) will be available. The planned keynotes will meet the central theme of the seminar “Physiotherapy Education in an Agile World” and can be an element of help in its construction.

This conference will be an excellent opportunity for networking and debate of Physiotherapy professional and educational issues, combined with enjoyable moments of sports and social events. All educators and students (ENPHE members and non-members) are invited to participate and contribute to the strengthening of the cooperation between European Higher Education Institutions in the field of Physiotherapy, and get to know this beautiful region of Portugal full of history, its gastronomy and hospitality.

Thursday, 15th of September

ENPHE Students Day – Student Program

08:30 – 09:00 Arrival and registration
09:00 – 10:30 Students conference
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee break & networking
11:00 – 12:30 Students conference
12:30 – 14:00 Lunch break & networking
14:00 – 16:00 Students conference
16:30 – 17:30* ENPHE Board of Directors meeting with the Students’ Representatives

ENPHE Boards, Country Coordinators and Working Group Facilitators – ENPHE Management Program

08:30 – 09:00 Arrival and registration
09:00 – 09:30 ENPHE Boards meeting with the Portuguese Organizing Committee
09:30 – 11:00 ENPHE Boards meetings
11:00 – 11:30 Coffee break & networking
11:30 – 12:30 ENPHE Board of Directors and General Assembly Board meeting with the Country coordinators
12:30 – 13:00 Lunch break
13:00 – 14:30 ENPHE Board of Directors meeting with the Working Group Facilitators
14:30 – 15:30 ENPHE Board of Directors meeting with EFIC
15:30 – 16:30 ENPHE Board of Directors meeting with the Environmental Physiotherapy Group
16:30 – 17:30* ENPHE Board of Directors meeting with the Students’ Representatives

For all participants

17:00 – 19:00 Registration for people attending the Welcome Reception
19:00 – 21:00 Welcome Reception

Friday, 16th of September (for all participants)

08:30 – 09:00 Arrival and registration for all participants
09:00 – 09:30 Opening Ceremony | ENPHE Board of Directors and Organizing Committee
09:30 – 10:00 Introduction of new website
10:00 – 10:30 Keynote Lecture I – Entrustable Professional Activities as an Assessment Framework for Physiotherapy
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee break & networking
11:00 – 11:30 Keynote Lecture II – Beautiful ideas, messy realities, and emergent opportunities – A journey towards a programmatic, whole-system approach to assessment
11:30 – 12:00 Poster pitches and discussion (half of the posters)
12:00 – 12:30 Working Groups presentation by Working Group Facilitators
12:30 – 14:00 Lunch break & networking Posters viewing
14:00 – 15:30 Inspirational Sessions & Workshops
15:30 – 16:00 Coffee break & networking
16:00 – 18:00 Social Event: Visit to a local museum/ foundation
Sports Event: Sport Event: Walking or Running (short or long distance)
International collaboration/ projects meetings (organised by members)
19:30 Gala Dinner

Saturday, 17th of September (for all participants)

08:30 – 09:00 Arrival & networking
09:00 – 09:30 Keynote Lecture III – Service-Learning in Physiotherapy Education
09:30 – 10:00 Poster pitches and discussion (half of the posters)
10:00 – 10:30 Thesis awards
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee break & networking
11:00 – 12:30 Inspirational Sessions & Workshops
12:30 – 14:00 Lunch break & networking
Posters viewing
14:00 – 16:00 General Assembly
Closing ceremony
Poster award
Take home messages
Presentation of next seminar and conference
Closing words by ENPHE Board of Directors
16:00 – 16:30 Coffee break & networking