Health Care in Europe and the Accreditation of Physiotherapeutic Tools - a Professional Assignment Project by Britta Dahmen and Sibylle Spannagel

Contents Introduction to our Topic Choice Survey among ESP-Students Viable Sources for Information Accreditation Topic Choice ESP-Survey Viable Sources Accreditation ESP - Professional Assignment Project - B. Dahmen S. Spannagel - slide 2 of 26

Introduction to Topic Choice Topic Choice ESP-Survey Viable Sources Accreditation ESP - Professional Assignment Project - B. Dahmen S. Spannagel - slide 3 of 26

Why this topic? Topic Choice ESP-Survey Viable Sources Accreditation ESP - Professional Assignment Project - B. Dahmen S. Spannagel - slide 4 of 26

Why this topic? Topic Choice ESP-Survey Viable Sources Accreditation ESP - Professional Assignment Project - B. Dahmen S. Spannagel - slide 5 of 26

Competences of a PT Topic Choice ESP-Survey Viable Sources Accreditation healthcare worker –assessing, diagnosing, planning –therapeutic & preventative measures manager –organising –business-undertaking profession developer –conducting research –innovation ESP - Professional Assignment Project - B. Dahmen S. Spannagel - slide 6 of 26

ESP - Survey ESP-Survey Viable Sources Accreditation Topic Choice ESP - Professional Assignment Project - B. Dahmen S. Spannagel - slide 7 of 26

Where do we start? Location, location, location… ESP - Professional Assignment Project - B. Dahmen S. Spannagel - slide 8 of 26ESP-Survey Viable Sources Accreditation Topic Choice

Survey among ESP-Students ESP-Survey Viable Sources Accreditation Topic Choice ESP - Professional Assignment Project - B. Dahmen S. Spannagel - slide 9 of 26

Europe as future workplace? ESP-Survey Viable Sources Accreditation Topic Choice ESP - Professional Assignment Project - B. Dahmen S. Spannagel - slide 10 of 26 6 % 63 % 32 %

Ranking of Country Choices ESP-Survey Viable Sources Accreditation Topic Choice ESP - Professional Assignment Project - B. Dahmen S. Spannagel - slide 11 of 26

Ranking of Country Choices ESP-Survey Viable Sources Accreditation Topic Choice ESP - Professional Assignment Project - B. Dahmen S. Spannagel - slide 12 of 26

Countries of Interest Other Countries of interest: - Belgium - DenmarkESP-Survey Viable Sources Accreditation Topic Choice ESP - Professional Assignment Project - B. Dahmen S. Spannagel - slide 13 of 26

ESP-Survey Viable Sources Accreditation Topic Choice Viable Sources for Information ? ESP - Professional Assignment Project - B. Dahmen S. Spannagel - slide 14 of 26

Viable SourcesESP-Survey Accreditation Topic Choice ESP - Professional Assignment Project - B. Dahmen S. Spannagel - slide 15 of 26

Viable Sources World Health Organization European Observatory World Confederation for Physical Therapy EU CommissionESP-Survey Viable Sources Accreditation Topic Choice ESP - Professional Assignment Project - B. Dahmen S. Spannagel - slide 16 of 26

European Observatory ESP-Survey Viable Sources Accreditation Topic Choice ESP - Professional Assignment Project - B. Dahmen S. Spannagel - slide 17 of 26

“HIT” - Structure Introduction and historical background Organizational structure and management Health care financing and expenditure Health care delivery system Financial resource allocation Health care reformsESP-Survey Viable Sources Accreditation Topic Choice ESP - Professional Assignment Project - B. Dahmen S. Spannagel - slide 18 of 26

Accreditation Topic Choice ESP-Survey Viable Sources Accreditation ESP - Professional Assignment Project - B. Dahmen S. Spannagel - slide 19 of 26

Back to the Start Topic Choice ESP-Survey Viable Sources Accreditation §§§§§§§§§§§§ ESP - Professional Assignment Project - B. Dahmen S. Spannagel - slide 20 of 26

Within the EU The “CE”-mark: Topic Choice ESP-Survey Viable Sources Accreditation ESP - Professional Assignment Project - B. Dahmen S. Spannagel - slide 21 of 26

Medical Devices Classification Council Directive 93/42/EEC: –class I –class II a –class II b –class III Topic Choice ESP-Survey Viable Sources Accreditation ESP - Professional Assignment Project - B. Dahmen S. Spannagel - slide 22 of 26

Medical Devices Classification Criteria: –duration of body contact –invasive character –use of an energy source –effect on the central circulation or nervous system –diagnostic impact –incorporation of a medicinal product Topic Choice ESP-Survey Viable Sources Accreditation ESP - Professional Assignment Project - B. Dahmen S. Spannagel - slide 23 of 26

How to obtain a CE-Mark Declaration of Conformity Notified Body Certificate of Conformity Topic Choice ESP-Survey Viable Sources Accreditation ESP - Professional Assignment Project - B. Dahmen S. Spannagel - slide 24 of 26

Topic Choice ESP-Survey Viable Sources Accreditation ESP - Professional Assignment Project - B. Dahmen S. Spannagel - slide 25 of 26

Thank you for your attention! Any questions? Topic Choice ESP-Survey Viable Sources Accreditation ESP - Professional Assignment Project - B. Dahmen S. Spannagel - slide 26 of 26

References Amsterdam School of Health Professions. Official documents – National transcripts - English [online]. Amsterdam: Hogeschool van Amsterdam; 2009 Sept 2 [last update Sept. 2009; cited 2009 October 29]. URL: FlexchairMovement b.v. Nootdorp; 2009 Dec [cited 2010 Jan 23]. URL: ] European Commission for Enterprise and Industry. Directive 93/42/EEC - Medical Devices Framework [online]. European Union [last update 2010 Jan. 12, cited 2010 Jan. 24]. URL: The European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies. [last update 11 November 2009, cited 26 January 2010]. URL: World Health Organization. [retrieved Jan 2010]. URL: Survey: Future Workplaces of ESP Students. URL: Pictures’ Copyrights: all pictures are retrieved from with kind permission of the authors. Other pictures were retrieved from and are protected under the Creative Commons (Attribution to Non- Commercial Sharing). For this please see Topic Choice ESP-Survey Viable Sources Accreditation ESP - Professional Assignment Project - B. Dahmen S. Spannagel - slide 27 of 26

FlexchairMovement b.v. Topic Choice ESP-Survey Viable Sources Accreditation ESP - Professional Assignment Project - B. Dahmen S. Spannagel - slide 28 of 26 FlexchairMovement bv., Nootdorp, NL Represented by Mr. Wim Don.

Notified Bodies per Directive Topic Choice ESP-Survey Viable Sources Accreditation ESP - Professional Assignment Project - B. Dahmen S. Spannagel - slide 29 of 26

Notified Bodies per Country Topic Choice ESP-Survey Viable Sources Accreditation ESP - Professional Assignment Project - B. Dahmen S. Spannagel - slide 30 of 26

Medi-TÜV-Certification Topic Choice ESP-Survey Viable Sources Accreditation ESP - Professional Assignment Project - B. Dahmen S. Spannagel - slide 31 of 26

Medi-TÜV-Certification Topic Choice ESP-Survey Viable Sources Accreditation ESP - Professional Assignment Project - B. Dahmen S. Spannagel - slide 32 of 26