Newsletter February 2014

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!

We have fantastic news concerning the student event

in Izmir, Turkey 18th–20th 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

Free conference

ASIFI On The Snow On February 1st – 2nd 2014, between the white mountains of a north-

ern 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, Mi-

lan), some of them were just graduated, whereas others just entered

in the physiotherapic world. We met each other, played with physio-

therapy and left with a stronger energy and passion.

The event had different goals: it was a first chance to build relation-

ships between students coming from different italian university; an

opportunity to share projects, ideas which could develop our educa-

tional experience; a stimulus to plan events like this in other Italian

realities, allowing students to meet, enjoying through the common

identity of Physiotherapy.

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

email info@asifi.it

Website help

Newsletter February 2014

Brand New Website

www.ecpts.weebly.com Advertise your student conferences

and events for free at our website!

Check out the website for links!

Spread the word!!

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

National students’ boards On the website you can also find information

about the students’ associations on the web-

site, but this is till now only available for

Germany and Czech Republic. It would be

fantastic if you could gather some informa-

tion about your own and send it to me. It’s

great advertising for your associations and

helps other students find relevant informa-

tion 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: ECPTScoun-

try@gmail.com, which I can put on the web-

site for your country. Please email Henrike

with your preferred contact email address!

We need help making our website even more

awesome. Unfortunately ECPTS do no have infor-

mation 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 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 word-

document. Please take your time to answer

as a country representative for your

country. If you

have any questions or concerns don‘t

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 Master´s 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 I´m 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

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 stu-

dents 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

1st physio-couch event In February the first physio-couch event

was held at the HAN university in Ni-

jmegen, NL.

Organized by students with the focus on

gait it became a super-successful and

great event with students from 12 EU-

countries!

Big thanks to Roeleke and Anna for

organizing such a great event and we are

looking forward to the next physio-couch

meeting!

Next general assembly of ECPTS The next General assembly of ECPTS will be in August/ September, but where? You would like to wel-

come 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, couch-

surving, 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 din-

ner)

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, mu-

seum), booking rooms in a restaurant or cock-

tail-bar

Maybe inviting lecturers for 1/ 2 interesting

lectures/ workshops on physiotherapeutic top-

ics

You are interested or you have questions? Then contact

Roisin, Kristoffer or Henrike and they will answer you

as soon as possible!