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Focused Symposia
Focused Symposia
Focused Symposia are dynamic, in-depth sessions designed to explore emerging ideas, innovative practices, and current challenges in physiotherapy. Each symposium brings together leading experts and researchers to share insights, debate perspectives, and inspire collaboration across disciplines.
Are you unsure about what a focused symposium is like? Take a look at this example.
Focused symposium format
The chair, a recognised expert in the field, has the responsibility to invite and lead a group of speakers through a series of evidence-based and critically reflective linked presentations, drawing out the relevance, applicability, take-home message, and potential challenges for the audience.
It is important to deliver a coherent session with speakers working together thoughtfully.
Each symposium will last 60 minutes and consist of:
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Introduction - Chair.
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3 presentations (maximum) - Speakers.
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5-10 minutes of Q&A - Audience.
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5-minute summary - Chair.
Provisional Focused Symposia:
These are the titles of the focused symposia provisionally accepted, and are therefore subject to change.
Point-of-care evidence: a practical pathway to support clinical reasoning and evidence-based practice in European physiotherapy
Education & Research Working Group
Keywords:
Point-of-care decision-making
Evidence-based practice
Knowledge translation
Professional Autonomy in Physiotherapy: Empowerment Through Policy, Practice, and Education
Advocacy & EU Matters Working Group
Keywords:
Professional Autonomy
Regulatory Frameworks
Professional Education
Be Prepared: What should we all know about physiotherapy in cancer care?
Cancer Working Group
Keywords:
Physiotherapy
Cancer
Healthcare
Physiotherapy in the Digital Era: Practice, Policy and Education
Professional Practice Working Group
Keywords:
Digital transformation
Interoperability
Digital competencies
Sarcopenia: The Challenge and Opportunities at Our Doorstep
Keywords:
Sarcopenia
Physiotherapy
Rehabilitation
Sports Injuries in Women Athletes: An Integrated W.O.M.E.N. Framework for Risk Reduction and Individualised Strength Training
Keywords:
Women athletes
Injury risk reduction
Force–velocity profiling
Empowering digital self-management in physiotherapy for people with chronic musculoskeletal conditions
Keywords:
Digital health technologies
Self-management
Physiotherapy
Physiotherapy for people experiencing homelessness - a European perspective
Keywords:
Physiotherapy
Homeless
Social exclusion
Basic digital skills for an expert physiotherapy workforce
Keywords:
Digital
Technology
Implementation
Building a culture of quality in physiotherapy: beliefs, behaviours, competencies and frameworks across care settings.
Keywords:
Quality assurance
Knowledge translation
Professional culture
Physiotherapy in Emergencies, Disasters and Armed Conflicts: Early Rehabilitation and Community-Level Response
Keywords:
Emergency physiotherapy
Early rehabilitation
Armed conflict
Direct Access to Physiotherapy: Evolving opportunities and implementation challenges
Keywords:
Direct access
First contact physiotherapy
Implementation
From Education to Practice: Strengthening Physiotherapy’s Role in Obesity Care
Keywords:
Obesity
Physiotherapy
Evidence Based Practice
Navigating the unknown: exploration of management of clinical complexity in healthcare
Keywords:
Clinical complexity
Musculoskeletal
Diagnostic uncertainty
Educating Physiotherapists for the Future: Global Health, the Sustainable Development Goals and Climate Change
Keywords:
SDG
Physiotherapy
Global Health