Egyptian Health Council | Physiotherapy committees

The Supreme Committee for Physical Therapy Practice Examinations

The Board of Directors forms specialized committees for examinations for practicing the profession of physical therapy to propose standards, procedures and rules for the examinations held by the Council after coordination with the authorities concerned with granting licenses.

Each specialized committee also seeks the assistance of a scientific secretariat to develop the scientific content of the exam, as well as creating a bank of questions and experimental exams.

Position	Current Job Title/ Academic Degree	Name
Committee Chairperson	Emeritus Professor -Faculty of Physical Therapy- Cairo University	Prof. Amira Mohamed El-Tohamy Mohamed	1
Member	Vice Dean for Graduate Studies Affairs - Faculty of Physical Therapy- Cairo University	Prof. Amal Mohamed Abdel Baki Abdel Aziz	2
Member	Dean of the Faculty of Physical Therapy - Cairo University	Prof. Aml Mohamed Youssef El Sayed	3
Member	Dean of the Faculty of Physical Therapy- Suez University	Prof. Amany Raafat Mohamed Soleiman	4
Member	Teacher - Military Medical Academy	Brigadier Dr. Amany Mohamed Abdel Hafez Mohamed	5
Member	Medical Services - Police Sector	Colonel / Wajdi William Amin Younan	6

Scientific committees of the Egyptian Board

The Board of Directors forms a scientific council for each health specialty in the Egyptian Board, which performs the role assigned to it within the scope of the general policy set by the Board of Trustees. Each Scientific Council submits periodic reports on its proposals to the Board of Directors for approval, and through it the Scientific Council works on the following:
(A) Updating the reference framework for existing educational and training curricula, each within the scope of their specialization, and supervising their implementation, and committing to making these curricula integrated and competency-based activities professional entrust able and curricula Based competency in order to ensure the competence of graduates.
(b) Proposing examination systems and procedures, and the names of examiners, while taking the necessary measures to approve foreign examiners.
(c) Reviewing the results of the Egyptian Board tests after calibrating them with standard settings and submitting them to the Board of Directors for final approval and announcement.
(d) Proposing the evaluation system, recognition of professional certificates and training programs, and their equivalency for each specialty separately from the bodies that grant certificates and training inside and outside the country, and the periods that must be completed and the tests that must be passed to obtain the Egyptian Board, and all of this is approved by the Board of Directors.

Position	Current Job Title/ Academic Degree	Name
Committee Chairperson	Professor – Faculty of Physical Therapy- Cairo University- Dean Faculty of Physical Therapy- Heliopolis University	Prof. Dr. Usama Mohammad Rashad	1
Member	Consultant of physical therapy National Heart Institute- Vice dean of physical therapy- Sphinx university	Prof. Dr. Mervat Abdelrahman Mohamed	2
Member	Professor of Physical Therapy for Neurology and Neurosurgery - Faculty of Physical Therapy- Cairo university	Prof. Dr. Abeer Abo Bakr Abdelkader Elwishy	3
Member	Professor of Physical Therapy for surgery and burn Faculty of Physical Therapy - Cairo University	Prof. Dr. Ashraf Hassan Mohamed	4
Member	Professor- Department of Pediatrics- Faculty of Physical Therapy- Cairo University	Prof.Dr. Manal Salah El-Din Abdel Wahab Mohamed	5
Member	Associate professor of musculoskeletal physical Therapy- Faculty of Physical Therapy – Cairo University- Vice Dean Faculty of physical Therapy- Bayda University	Dr. Mohammed Shawki Abdelsalam	6
Member	Associates professor of physical therapy for internal medicine - Galala University	A.Prof. Khaled Mohamed Assem Mounier	7

Continuing Professional Development Committee

These are the committees concerned with the continuous evaluation of health workers in the field of physical therapy.

Position	Current Job Title/ Academic Degree	Name
Committee Chairperson	Former dean of Faculty of Physical Therapy- Cairo University	Prof. Gehan Hassan Hassan Elmeniawy	1
Member	Former dean of Faculty of Physical Therapy – Beni Sueif University -Dean of Faculty of Physical Therapy- October University for Modern Science and Art MSA	Prof. Olfat Abdelrahman Diab Kandil	2
Member	Assistant professor of Physical Therapy- South valley University -Acting of dean of faculty	Dr. Mahmoud Elshazly Mahmoud katamesh	3
Member	Professor of physical therapy for neurology and Neurosurgery- Cairo University Head of Neuro rehabilitation Department and acting program director- Faculty of Physical Therapy- Galala University	Prof. Enas Elsayed Mohamed	4
Member	Professor of Physical Therapy- Cairo University	Prof. Khaled Elsayed Hamed Ayad	5
Member	Assisstant professor of pediatric physical therapy-Faculty of physical therapy- Cairo University	Dr. Walaa Abd El-Hakiem Abd El-Nabie Hassan	6
Member	Officer at the Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Center affiliated with the Medical Services Sector	Colonel Dr. Ahmed Salah Abdullah	7

Guidelines committees

Which is concerned with proposing guidelines for medical interventions in cooperation with medical associations and relevant authorities and presenting them to the Board of Directors for approval.

Specialized committees for national medical records for various diseases and epidemics

It works on preparing health statistics and maps on diseases, as well as creating records for various medical and surgical interventions in coordination with the relevant medical societies.

Human Resources Committee

The Board of Directors shall establish a national registry for workers in the public and private health sectors. It shall be responsible for creating records for workers in the public and private health sectors, laying the foundations for distributing the health team to develop their various skills, and providing better service to patients in agreement with the Ministry of Health and Population, the Supreme Council of University Hospitals, the Department of Medical Services in the Armed Forces, and the services sector. Medical Center at the Ministry of Interior, taking into account the national security dimension of some entities of a special nature regarding which a decision is issued by the Board of Trustees.