Base Knowledge
Not applicable.
Teaching Methodologies
Exposure and problem solving. Group activities (co-creation)
Learning Results
– Understands the social and economic factors impacting health and health care delivery;
– Understands the changing and diverse context in which Physiotherapy practice occurs;
– Understands the impact of social and health policies on Physiotherapy practice;
– Draws up business plans;
– Participates in activities related to marketing and public relations;
– Recognises the background factors and health policies surrounding health care in general, and Physiotherapy in particular, being able to adapt to changes in the context of care delivery.
– Recognises current regulatory and legal requirements;
– Recognises emerging technologies and advocates for their application to improve Physiotherapy services;
– Advocates new approaches to improve the care provided to the user/group and implements solutions to challenges encountered in Physiotherapy practice, always based on the best scientific evidence available.
– Advocates and promotes sustainable approaches contributing to the fight against waste and climate change.
Program
The Portuguese Health System
History of the Portuguese health system
Portuguese health care and social service structures and organizations
Health care sectors, service provision and financing models
Health policy and implications for disability issues and physiotherapy practice
Functions National Health System, regional health organizations
Physiotherapy practice in Portugal
Management of professional practice
Legal requirements of physiotherapy spaces
Designing a business model
Basic financial concepts of business
Leadership and team management
Conflict management
Marketing and public relations
Practical tools of management in physiotherapy
Entrepreneurship and innovation in physiotherapy
Characteristics of the successful entrepreneur
The entrepreneurial process
Creative entrepreneurship
Emerging technologies: precautions and opportunities to innovate physiotherapy services
Climate change, sustainability and physiotherapy
Curricular Unit Teachers
Internship(s)
NAO
Bibliography
Principal Bibliography:
APTA (2015). 2016 Strategic Plan. Vision for the Profession: Transforming Society by Optimizing Movement to Improve the Human Experience. Website: http://www.apta.org/StrategicPlan.
Mota da Silva T., Costa L., Garcia A. & Costa L. (2015). What do physical therapists think about evidence-based practice? A Systematic Review. Manual Therapy. 20, 388-401.
Nast I, Tal A., Schmid S., Schoeb V., Rau B., Barbero M. & Kool J. (2015). Physiotherapy Research Priorities in Switzerland: Views of the Various Stakeholders. Physiotherapy Res Int. doi: 10.1002/pri.1621
Ramírez-Vélez R., Domínguez M., Morales-Osorio M., Meneses-Echavez J., González-Ruiz K., Martínez-Torres J. & Agredo-Zuñiga R. (2013). Estado actual de la investigación y principales barreras para la práctica basada en evidencia en fisioterapeutas Colombianos. Fisioterapia. 4, 146-153.
Sánchez L. (2015). Factores que influyen en el razonamiento clínico. Estrategias para su desarrollo. Fisioterapia e y Divulgación. 33, 30-36.