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Connecting the dots: Environmental physiotherapy and service learning
25 September 2025, 6 – 7.15pm CET
The EPT Agenda 2027 continues to grow and advance its efforts to implement planetary health, environmental, and sustainability education in physiotherapy education. There are now over 100 participating institutions and more than 40 supporting organisations backing this initiative. In this public webinar, four of the contributors to the recent Frontiers in Public Health Research Topic ‘Connecting the Dots in Physiotherapy: Reframing the Role of the Profession in the Anthropocene’ will present their work and respond to questions from the audience.
Webinar program
Environmental physiotherapy: knowledge, attitudes, and practices among physiotherapists in Iceland
Steinnun A. Olafsdottir (PT, PhD)
University of Iceland
Challenges in nature-based health and therapy research and critical considerations for application in MSK health
Richard Doran-Sherlock (BA (Mod.), M. Ost)
Independent Researcher & Self-employed Osteopath
Advancing sustainable healthcare through multidisciplinary stroke team rehabilitation
Annie Palstam (PT, PhD)
Gothenburg University & Dalarna University Sweden
Diving into planetary health and service-learning conceptual synergies
Berta Paz Lourido (PT, PhD)
UiB University of the Balearic Islands and Frontiers in Public Health Research Topic Guest Editor
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Moderation
Filip Maric (PT, PhD) EPA & UiT The Arctic University of Norway
Frontiers in Public Health Research Topic Guest Editor
Frontiers in Public Health Research Topic
Connecting the Dots in Physiotherapy: Reframing the Role of the Profession in the Anthropocene
Olafsdottir, S. A., & Petursdottir, L. S. H. (2025). Environmental physiotherapy: knowledge, attitudes, and practices among physiotherapists in Iceland. Frontiers in Public Health, 13. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2025.1528217
Doran-Sherlock, R., Sood, P., Struthers, N. A., & Maric, F. (2025). Challenges in nature-based health and therapy research and critical considerations for application in musculoskeletal health. Frontiers in Public Health, 13. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2025.1509419
Persson, H. C., Reinholdsson, M., Lange, E., Barna, S., & Palstam, A. (2025). Advancing sustainable healthcare through multidisciplinary stroke team rehabilitation. Frontiers in Stroke, 3. https://doi.org/10.3389/fstro.2024.1509831
Paz-Lourido, B., & Ribeiro-Chaves, Á. (2025). Regenerating physiotherapy curriculum in higher education: diving into planetary health and service-learning conceptual synergies. Frontiers in Public Health, 13. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2025.1556869
Sturm, A., Sandseter, E. B. H., & Scheiber, B. (2025). Environmental pediatric physiotherapy and risky play: making the case for a perfect match. Frontiers in Public Health, 12. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2024.1498794
Alonso-Cortés Fradejas, B., Lafuente-Ureta, R., Calvo, S., Fernández-Gorgojo, M., Poveda-López, J. L., & Jiménez-Sánchez, C. (2025). Analysis of an intergenerational service-learning experience based on physical exercise in a community setting: a mixed-method study. Frontiers in Public Health, 12. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2024.1509016
Svensson, P., Jacobsson, M., Palstam, A., & Lange, E. (2025). Applying a sustainability perspective in the literature on physical therapy in relation to pharmaceuticals: a scoping review. Frontiers in Public Health, 12. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2024.1509677
Stone, O. M. L., Bryant, K., & Hale, L. (2024). Integrating environmental physiotherapy into New Zealand undergraduate education: exploring current practice. Frontiers in Public Health, 12. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2024.1506697
Swärdh, E., Brodin, N., Palstam, A., & Pettersson, A. (2024). High consciousness—low application: sustainable development and sustainable healthcare in undergraduate physiotherapy education in Sweden. Frontiers in Public Health, 12. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2024.1509997