Physical Therapist

SARA SILVA SOUSA

** ******* ****** • Long Branch, NJ 07740

732-***-**** • ****.********@*****.***

OBJECTIVE

Seeking a position as a Medical Office Receptionist. EDUCATION

ESSCVP, Lisbon, Portugal (B. A. Physical Therapy, September 2012) EXPERIENCE

D. MANUEL DE AGUIAR, Leiria (Portugal)

November 2012 - September 2013

Professional internship as a Physical Therapist developed in a long term care unit with mostly elderly people.

Finished with the following evaluation: “During this period of internship the Physical Therapist Sara Silva performed all her duties in an exemplar and efficient way, showing total professional competence. She also established a good relationship with co-workers and patients.”

Activities performed during the internship: A lecture designed to raise awareness within the multidiscipli- nary team with the following theme - “The Physical Therapy Intervention in patients with cardiorespiratory pathology”.

Developed management skills substituting the physical therapist in charge of the unit whenever it was necessary.

In charge of designing (and redesigning when necessary) a plan of intervention, setting of goals, and evaluations of the patients attributed to me, as well as registers and other documents specific of the unit that were demanded to be presented periodically.

Present in medical staff meetings to discuss evolution of patients. CURRICULAR INTERNSHIPS

Curry Cabral Hospital, Lisbon: Cardiorespiratory Area.

S. Jose Hospital, Lisbon: Plastic Surgery and Burnt Unit.

Nursing Home of Santa Casa da Misericordia, Lisbon: Geriatric Area.

HPP Cascais Hospital, Cascais: Musculoskeletal Area.

Santa Marta Hospital, Lisbon: Intensive Care Unit and Cardiorespiratory Unit.

Egas Moniz Hospital, Lisbon: Neuromuscular Area.

ASMECI Clinic, Lisbon: Musculoskeletal and Geriatric Area. ADDITIONAL EXTRA CURRICULAR COURSES

Kinesio Tape course where I acquired knowledge about the main purposes and techniques of the applica- tion of the Kinesio Tape.

Non-invasive ventilation workshop which consisted in a theoretical-practical lecture with various compo- nents such as: taking care of the patient in a chronicle phase of the disease with non-ventilation; hygiene of the airways; multiple clinical cases and equipment (ventilators and masks).

Stott Pilates Education Program in The Corporate Training Center (New York, USA) - Full Certification Program in all levels of practice and all the apparatuses (87% on the exam), where I developed the Pi- lates method of exercise in a new modern approach, learning new principles in the science of exercise and rehabilitation.

BLS (Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers), completed in 11/18/2015, valid for 2 years, at the American Red Cross.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Participation in the II Fisiogaspar Congress about knee sport injuries.

Presence in the 8th National Congress of Physical Therapy where I attended the following lectures: the approach of Maitland in the degenerative pathologies of the cervical spine, its interconnection with the practice of the mobilization techniques of the neural dynamic system; the approach according to Dean Watson in using Manual Therapy in chronic headaches.

Participation in the Scientific Congress of ESSCVP where there were multiple presentations and dis- cussions of scientific articles published in the scientific journal Salutis Scienta. LANGUAGES AND SPECIAL SKILLS

Fluent in English, speaking, writing and reading with the total score in TOEFL of 101 out of 120 (Read- ing 23 out of 30, Listening 27 out of 30, Speaking 26 out of 30, Writing 25 out of 30). Also a course in English Language training worldwide in the UK with the grade 4 (0-5), in 2006 and a certificate of pro- fessional course in general english from Wall Street English in Lisbon (Portugal) with the grade 91% (0- 100%) in 2014.

Proficient in both reading and speaking Spanish - Spanish course in the Spanish Institute of Languages in Lisbon, Portugal with the grade of 83% (0-100%), in 2007.

Excellent fluency in Portuguese, speaking, writing and reading.

Good capacity working with Office Software, mainly Word, Excel,Power Point and also with the Mac OS.

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