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Recently, a study developed by Helena Reis, a researcher from ciTechCare, and a group of 4th grade students of the Occupational Therapy course of the School of Health Sciences, Polytechnic of Leiria, was published that describes a process of developing a technological application ‘REGUL-A’, which aims to help parents of children with autism aged between 3 and 6 years to regulate their children at home, during activities of daily living (ADLs).A focus group interview was carried out with occupational therapists specialized in the area of sensory integration and with experience in monitoring these children and their families, in order to

On October 9th, Pedro Machado, PhD fellow at ciTechCare, was invited to participate in the Roundtable: Rehabilitation in Survival, in the II Congress of PsychoOncology of the Liga Portuguesa contra o Cancro, with the topic “Rehabilitation and physical exercise”, where he highlighted the main benefits of physical exercise in cancer.According to Pedro, ‘this was another opportunity to learn and share knowledge”. This initiative continues the scientific events in the field of Psycho-Oncology that the League has been promoting since the creation, in 2009, of Psycho-Oncology Units across the country, complementing the provision of free consultations for cancer patients and their

ciTechCare will be represented at the III Jornadas Gerontológicas da Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Leiria. The event will take place on October 19th, in Leiria, under the theme “Aging: A life with rights”.This event, which will be held for the third time, counts on overcoming the vast success of the previous editions, and is directed both to the community of health professionals and to the academic community.Maria Guarino is going to present a talk on how ciTechCare is trying to chart a path for Health Innovation in the region and Sara Gordo, ciTechCare´s Post-Doc researcher, will present a talk

On August 8th, Sónia P. Gonçalves, researcher at ciTechCare, was at Liceu Pedro Nunes, in Lisbon, in an educational session on microbiology and infection prevention, for 12th grade students, promoted by Biology teachers Sara Soares and Maria Emília Carvalho.Students had the opportunity to discuss the topic, and their doubts regarding the challenges of the scientific career, as well as try out some laboratory techniques in microbiology. One of the objectives of the session was to assess the impact of washing and disinfecting hands on the number of cultivable microorganisms present on the skin, as a way to better make them