BSPRM 2026 Conference Interview Series
BSPRM is pleased to release a series of ten interviews recorded at the BSPRM 2026 Annual Scientific Conference in Edinburgh.
The conference, together with the ESPRM Ambassador and UEMS-PRM Section and Board General Assemblies hosted alongside it, created a valuable opportunity to speak with rehabilitation physicians, professional leaders, researchers and early-career colleagues from the UK, Europe and the wider international physical and rehabilitation medicine community.
Across the series, speakers share their perspectives on some of the opportunities and challenges facing the specialty. Topics include international collaboration, education and research, professional standards, workforce development, rehabilitation leadership and advocacy, as well as developments in spasticity management, stroke rehabilitation, POTS and dysautonomia, musculoskeletal rehabilitation and ultrasound education.
Explore the Interviews
- Dr Sara Laxe: European collaboration in PRM
Reflections on the conference and the value of closer collaboration across the European PRM community. - Professor Levent Özçakar: International collaboration and the future of PRM
Perspectives on international collaboration, musculoskeletal rehabilitation, ultrasound education and the future of ISPRM. - Dr Sara Laxe: A vision for the future of European PRM
Priorities for research, education, advocacy and the future development of PRM in Europe. - Dr Nikolaos Barotsis: The UEMS PRM Section and UK collaboration
An introduction to the work of the UEMS PRM Section and opportunities for continued collaboration with the UK. - Professor Frane Grubišić: A vision for European PRM
Priorities for strengthening professional standards, education, leadership and recognition of PRM across Europe. - Professor Monica Verduzco-Gutierrez: Reflections on the Bipin Bhakta Memorial Lecture
Advances in spasticity management, the development of the UK PRM workforce and opportunities for international collaboration. - Dr Ana Rita Aguiar: The ESPRM Youth Forum
How the Forum connects and supports PRM residents and early-career specialists across Europe. - Professor Tae Chung: The role of rehabilitation in POTS and dysautonomia
The contribution rehabilitation specialists can make to clinical care, professional awareness and future research. - Associate Professor Xiaolei Hu: Evidence-based stroke rehabilitation
Reflections on rehabilitation intensity, emerging technologies and international research collaboration. - Dr John MacFarlane: Developing PRM in Ireland
The growth of the specialty in Ireland and the value of greater national and international collaboration.
Watch the Full Series
Together, the interviews offer UK, European and international perspectives on clinical practice, research, education, leadership, workforce development and the future of physical and rehabilitation medicine.
