Anna Kołcz, PhD habil

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Maciej Daszkiewicz, MSc
Irena Duś-Ilnicka, PhD
Anna Kołcz, PhD habil
Mateusz Kowal, PhD
Łukasz Lewandowski, PhD
Julian Maciaszek, PhD, MD
Łukasz Rypicz, PhD habil
Bartłomiej Stańczykiewicz, PhD habil
Kajetan Starzyk, MD
Michał Tkaczyszyn, PhD, MD
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Anna Kołcz, PhD habil

      

Anna Kołcz, PhD habil

 

  Physiotherapist
  University professor

  www  Polish Platform of Medical Research

 

Dr hab. Anna Kołcz is a university professor and heads the Medical Education and Simulation Laboratory and the University Centre for Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation at the Faculty of Physiotherapy, Wroclaw Medical University in Poland. She is also the Dean of the Faculty of Physiotherapy.

Her research, academic teaching, and professional practice as a physiotherapist focus on developing and utilizing objective methods for diagnosing, monitoring, and evaluating patients and workers in the healthcare sector with musculoskeletal disorders. Areas of her interest are also neurophysiological fundamentals of motor control, physioprophylaxis, prevention of musculoskeletal disorders, body weight assessment, ergonomics of work and movement, and medical education. Academic activity focuses on improving the quality of medical education.

Anna serves as the Rector's Proxy for the Quality of Education. Since 2017, she has been the Secretary of the specialist group focusing on pre-diploma training at the National Council of Physiotherapists.

Main Scientific Achievements

  • 2024-2025 Team member of the bilateral project between Poland and Germany co-financed by the Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange (NAWA). The project titled Advancements in Back to Sport Decision-Making for Patients after Knee Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction aims to analyze changes in the strength of the knee joint muscles of the uninvolved limb in this group of patients.

Participation in thematic conferences

  • XIII Liberecká konference nelékařských oborů a XIV. Studentská wissenschaftecká conference Multioborová Zusammenarbeit v nelékařských zdravotnických oborech Implementation of training to support ergonomic performance of health care personnel (2021) Liberec, Czech Republic
  • Invited online lecture Education in the field of safe performance of professional activities, as an element of supporting health, for people employed in the health care sector (2021) London, United Kingdom
  • XVII International Conference on Computer Aided Systems Theory - EUROCAST Occupational safety diagnosis for lifting technique optimization using motion capture analysis in healthcare sector (2019) Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
  • XI International Joint Conference on Occupational Health for Health Workers Global shortage of health workers (OHHW) The importance of ergonomics among the medical professionals in Poland - cooperation of the Wroclaw Medical University and the ISSA (2019) Hamburg, Germany
  • XX Congress of the International Ergonomics Association (IEA) Evaluation of the symmetry of lower limbs symmetry loading and body composition as elements of monitoring of health-related behaviours among professionally active nurses (2018) Florence, Italy

Anna completed the JBI Comprehensive Systematic Review Training Program in Brandenburg an der Havel, Germany (2024).