INTERNATIONAL BOBATH INSTRUCTORS TRAINING ASSOCIATION
An international association for adult neurological rehabilitation
Newsletter January 2024
Executive Committee News
Covid-19 Exemptions
Please remember to contact the Executive Committee for all exemptions and questions.
Covid-19 Exemptions: qualification without modules – LINK
Covid-19 Course Exemptions – LINK
Course Exemptions
Please submit all course exemption requests to the IBITA Chairperson Marc Michielsen – [email protected]
Upcoming Congresses
- Please take attention to the information about the upcoming 24th EU Congress of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine which will be held in Ljubljana, Slovenia https://www.
esprm2024.com - Congress of the World Federation for Neurorehabilitation in Vancouver, Canada from 22-25 May 2024. You can find out more about WCNR 2024 at wfnr-congress.org
- We recommend that information regarding interesting and relevant upcoming conferences and congresses, as well as online educational courses, be forwarded by membership to the IBITA.
Publishing Courses
Please do not forget to publish the basic and advanced courses you are teaching in 2024. Please publish all the co-instructors or/and instructor candidates who are active involved in teaching. If you need help, please contact the IBITA Secretary Victor Urquizo – [email protected]
Instructor Training Committee
2024 Italy
Module Registration is now open!
BCIC Registration Document LINK
ACIC Registration Document LINK
The ITC is happy to be offering the 2 planned Modules this year in Brescia, Italy. To reduce participants costs the Modules have been planned with no time off between AGM and Module.
Registration information can be found on the IBITA home page & the tab Instructor training / ITC Modules
Please note this year registration will close on 15th April 2024. This is earlier than in previous years.
- Pre Congress BCIC module
TITLE: Understanding the Complexity of Postural Control for the Functional Recovery of Locomotion
DATES: 25th to 28th of August 2024
FEEDBACK from previous BCIC Module:
94% of participants marked 5 or 4/5
“A safe environment to learn in with opportunities to ask question”
“An appropriate forum for interaction and learning for candidates and instructors as well”
- Post Congress ACIC module
TITLE: Task analysis as a tool for developing advanced clinical reasoning in the Bobath-Concept.
DATES: 1st to 4th September 2024
FEEDBACK from previous ACIC Module:
8/8 participants reported 5.0/5.0 as the overall rating of the course
“Pleasant teaching atmosphere, abundant supervision, and individualized feedback”
“A valuable opportunity for discussion among instructors, contributing to an enriching learning environment”.
2025 Japan
- PRE AGM: ACIC 24th to 27th August
- POST AGM: BCIC Upper Limb 31st August to 3rd September
Future modules
Refer to the webpage https://ibita.org/
Nominating Committee
Reminder: Dear Members, can you please compile the survey of the Nominating Committee?
At the moment we have received only 14 answers!!! LINK
Thank you very much.
Research Committee
The Res Com would like to invite you to an online webinar on Saturday, February 17th 2024 at 5pm Japan time.
The topic: AI analysis within the Bobath concept
Specifically, how can we use AI technology within the Bobath concept? The Open pose was used as an AI analysis technology to compare human visual analysis with the Bobath concept.
Presented by Naoki Tsukada, BCI, along with Satoru Otsuki, BCI, Hiroshi Miura, BCI, and Tetsuyuki Yamagata. The link will be sent closer to date.
Other News
If you have any information for the February newsletter, please send it to the IBITA Secretary by 15th February.
Victor Urquizo
IBITA Secretary
[email protected]