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BREATH Multiplier Event

Place
Lisbon, Portugal
Date
2025-06-20
Programme
The Multiplier Breath Event, hosted around 47 nurses, with various specializations, such as: rehabilitation nursing; community health and public health; medical-surgical fields and mental health and psychiatry. This event organised in ESSATLA`s facilities, focused on the presentation of the overall project actions, its objectives, activities and results. This part of the event was supported by two guest speakers specialised in rehabilitation nursing who presented their experience in correlation with the project. The participants belong to our external network and were invited to attend. Some of them also host our students training and are integrated into Local Health Units in the Lisbon region (ULSAS, ULS São José, ULS Lisboa Ocidental, ULS Santa Maria, ULS Loures-Odivela) or private health groups (Trofa Saúde, Lusiadas, CUF). Besides, 43 students from the undergraduate nursing course also participated from which most of them are already in the working force. In a way to provide concrete information to the health professionals present, 20 good practices in Portugal were presented and analysed. During the event, the project team had the opportunity to go over the process of compiling and producing the content for the module on integrated care shown. The Portuguese team contributed with scientific publications and dissertations in line with the project. Considering that ESSATLA also offers the degrees of physiotherapy and osteopathy as well as the master in rehabilitation nursing, the connection with sports professionals is also strong, therefore they were also invited. These participants greatly benefit from the e-learning platform that promotes flexible, evidence-based learning, facilitating the development of skills in these professionals. At the end of the event, it was expressed that the BREATH Project has great potential to make a significant contribution to training professionals in the integrated management of chronic respiratory disease, highlighting the role of physical activity and promoting more effective, person-centered clinical practices and health policies.