The Buzz of World Physical Therapy Day!
For World Physical Therapy Day we created an entire new section on non-comunicable diseases. In alignment with the United Nations summit on non-communicable disease we wanted to demonstrate the enormous contribution the we, the physiotherapy profession, can make in countering non-communicable diseases. These pages in Physiopedia can be used to publicise our work, educate the public and policy makers about what we do, and try and ensure that people around the world benefit from our skills. Many people do not recognise the contribution physiotherapists make in keeping people healthy and independent, so join us to let them know!! These pages are still open for editing and we welcome continued contributions.
See the pages here:
In addition we joined in the World Physical Therapy buzz on twitter, we were:
- tweeting amongst ourselves using the hashtags #WPTD2011 #PhysioPT
- tweeting to the people of the world using the hashtags #physiotherapy #physicaltherapy
Navigate back to September 8th on any of these hashtags to see what the profession was tweeting about on World Physical Therapy Day 2011. I wonder what technology we will be using next year…?
It’s World Physical Therapy Day, join in!!
Today is World Physical Therapy Day and we are telling the world about the impact that physiotherapists can have on global health. In alignment with the United Nations summit on non-communicable disease we want to demonstrate the enormous contribution the we, the physiotherapy profession, can make in countering non-communicable diseases. Let’s all get together in Physiopedia to show the world how we can contribute.
Here’s how you can join in:
- If you don’t already have an account, register for one today.
- Once you have an account you will be able to edit pages in Physiopedia.
- Go to our Global Health special interest area and see the section on Non-Communicable Diseases.
- Choose one of the NCDs to contribute to, click on that link, and make your contributions to that page by clicking on the Edit tab.
Following the international collaborative effort to create these pages in Physiopedia we can then use them to publicise our work, educate the public and policy makers about what we do, and try and ensure that people around the world benefit from our skills. Many people do not recognise the contribution physiotherapists make in keeping people healthy and independent, so join us to let them know!!
On twitter let’s also:
- tweet amongst ourselves using the hashtags #WPTD2011 #PhysioPT
- tweet to the people of the world using the hashtags #physiotherapy #physicaltherapy
Let’s have a conversation, create a buzz, talk to the world!
Join Physiopedia to tell the world how we can contribute to the prevention of non-communicable diseases.
World Physical Therapy Day is approaching and this year it coincides with a world event of vital importance to physiotherapists and their efforts to improve the impact of the profession on global health. On September 19th, just 11 days after World Physical Therapy Day, the United Nations will hold its first ever summit on non-communicable disease, only the second such meeting to focus on global disease. The summit is an official recognition that non-communicable diseases are an increasing global health challenge.
Our profession helps millions of people every year to prevent these conditions and their risk factors. This summit provides an opportunity for physiotherapists around the world to use World Physical Therapy Day on 8th September to demonstrate the enormous contribution of physiotherapy in countering non-communicable disease (NCDs). Let’s all get together in Physiopedia to show the world how we can contribute.
In September we will be creating opportunities in Physiopedia for people to contribute to the areas of cardiovascular diseases, chronic respiratory diseases, diabetes and cancer. Why don’t you join us? We will post more information here over the coming weeks on how you can get involved so keep checking back to find out how you can collaborate with Physiopedia to make your contribution to global health.
