February 2014

Newsletter
Hello everyone, This February was a very intensive month and we are happy to provide you not only a lot of new information but also for your help as members :) !! Physio students of Europe have been very active over the last few months. We have a new website, free ticket giveaway, ASIFI report on their student conference and much more!

Free conference

ASIFI On The Snow

On February 1st 2nd 2014, between the white mountains of a northern Italian region, Trentino, the first italian physiotherapy students association (ASIFI - Associazione degli Studenti Italiani di Fisioterapia) meeting took place. At the event participated about thirty students coming from different italian universities (Verona, Padua, Bologna, Milan), some of them were just graduated, whereas others just entered in the physiotherapic world. We met each other, played with physiotherapy and left with a stronger energy and passion. The event had different goals: it was a first chance to build relationships between students coming from different italian university; an opportunity to share projects, ideas which could develop our educational experience; a stimulus to plan events like this in other Italian realities, allowing students to meet, enjoying through the common identity of Physiotherapy.

We have fantastic news concerning the student event in Izmir, Turkey 18th20th April 2014!!! Two ECPTS members are invited to join the conference for free, hotel and lunch costs will be included! So the only costs you have to cover for yourself are the flights, train or bus tickets. You are required to represent ECPTS at this event and talk with students about ECPTS at the conference. Interpreters will be provided for this event so you will not be expected to speak Turkish! The conference is very soon so if you are interested please email Atilla Sezik as soon as possible: cagataysezik@hotmail.com . The first two to reply will be selected. Check out the event on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TFDGenclikKomisyonu

For further information about ASIFI their website address is: http://www.asifi.it/ or email info@asifi.it

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Brand New Website

February 2014

National students boards

On the website you can also find information about the students associations on the website, but this is till now only available for Germany and Czech Republic. It would be fantastic if you could gather some information about your own and send it to me. Its great advertising for your associations and helps other students find relevant information and links. And we would like to put the email-address of the country delegates on the website, so that people who have concrete questions about a country can directly contact the student. So please send me the email-address (you can also create one like: ECPTScountry@gmail.com, which I can put on the website for your country. Please email Henrike with your preferred contact email address!

Website help
We need help making our website even more awesome. Unfortunately ECPTS do no have information about every country so we need you guys!! Attached you find a country questionnaire, which should be filled in and then send it to Henrike: sg.ecpts@gmail.com

Mobility maps
Mobility maps: We want more maps :)! Please create a mobility map of your own country, and send me the link! How to do it? make categories of color for the pins (e.g. green = bachelor, red = master,...) Then find schools: 1. Search them by school-address or school's name, 2. School is marked with an 'A' mark, you can add all information what you think could be helpful (e.g. website, email, school-fee). 3. Click on mark 4. Click 'save to map' 5. Click on share the map with others and send the given link to Henrike: sg.ecpts@gmail.com

Mobility questionnaires
Our mobility group worked on a fantastic questionnaire to gather the most important information from each country. You will find this questionnaire attached as a worddocument. Please take your time to answer as a country representative for your country. If you have any questions or concerns dont hesitate to contact Mira from our mobility group!

New member from Finland

Hi! My name is Mariia Helske (26 years) and I study physiotherapy in Helsinki, Finland. I just finished my third semester and have now 4 semesters left (we stude 3.5 years or 7 semesters). My school is Metropolia University of Applied Sciences. We have many faculties in our school and in my faculty you can study to become for example Occupational therapist and Prothetist & Orthotist. Our school is one of the biggest Univesities of Applied Sciences in Finland and very popular school. In the Physiotherapy Before my studies in Physiotherapy, I have studied linguistics and more precisely German translation in Helsinki University. I now have a Masters Degree in Linguistics, where my main subject was german translating. In my earlier studies I have lived and worked in Germany and I have also made an Erasmus student exchange in Hildesheim, Germany. I have also worked abroad for example in Italy as an Alpine guide. In my studies as a physiotherapist, I have taken part to an intensive program in Haapsalu, Estonia. We studied the basics of client work in a neurological rehabilitation center with many students from different European countries (Bulgary, Denmark, Portugal etc.). It was interesting to see, how the physiotherapists work differs in Estonia and other European countries. This is why Im also interested to work on a European level. I would like to get involved in international work in Physiotherapy and also make an exchange somewhere abroad. Greetings from Finland! Mariia

1st physio-couch event

In February the first physio-couch event was held at the HAN university in Nijmegen, NL. Organized by students with the focus on gait it became a super-successful and great event with students from 12 EUcountries! Big thanks to Roeleke and Anna for organizing such a great event and we are looking forward to the next physio-couch meeting!

Changing education in Italy

The active students from Italy are currently working on the project of changing the education from 3 to 4 years. So they would be grateful to receive curricula or information of students who studied within the period of 3 years. If you have information for them, they will be grateful to receive it, just send it to Nicola: nicolalaudadio@gmail.com

Next general assembly of ECPTS

The next General assembly of ECPTS will be in August/ September, but where? You would like to welcome ECPTS in your country at your university? Then let us know and send us soon your ideas!

What is important for the meeting?

Participants. 40-60 students acommodation for free (maybe hostal, couchsurving, gymnasium,...) Rooms for the whole meeting for free (we need at least one big aula for the general meetings and if possible smaller rooms for group-works) Food for free (breakfast, lunch, and maybe dinner) Public transportation costs should be affordable (group tickets,...) Reachable and affordable arrival (ryanair/ easy -jet-airport? Bus-stop of international busses) Students who help you during the meeting (back-up-team of at least 6 students!) Planning of leisure activities (city trip, museum), booking rooms in a restaurant or cocktail-bar Maybe inviting lecturers for 1/ 2 interesting lectures/ workshops on physiotherapeutic topics

You are interested or you have questions? Then contact Roisin, Kristoffer or Henrike and they will answer you as soon as possible!