Real learning — through the best way to teach: by example.

Intensive clinical fellowships and mentorship led by Prof. Dr. Ricardo Wallace das Chagas Lucas. You follow the real practice of a leading professional from start to finish, and leave ready to practise.

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About the Institute

Training born from practice, not from theory alone.

Instituto Wallace offers clinical fellowships, mentorship and professional training for physiotherapists and other health professionals who want to master distinctive, highly valued fields of practice.

The method is job shadowing: you observe and follow, in real time, every technical decision the mentor makes — from assessment to report, from evaluation to prescription. It is the oldest and most effective way to train a complete professional.

Language: activities are conducted in Portuguese; English support can be arranged on request.

Programmes

Choose your specialisation path

Four on-site Intensive Fellowships — 5-day immersions in Florianópolis, Brazil — all led personally by the mentor.

Clinical Fellowship · On-site · Florianópolis

Therapeutic Resistance Training

The MT/STS method (Musculação Terapêutica) in practice: from assessment to prescription (Q = I × T). A 5-day immersion with accommodation included.

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Clinical Fellowship · On-site · Florianópolis

Physiotherapeutic Thermography

Diagnostic confidence and treatment monitoring with the SHT Protocol (Human Thermo System) — from thermal diagnosis to pathological-equivalence reports.

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Clinical Fellowship · In companies · Florianópolis

Ergonomics for Physiotherapists

From occupational risk management to quantifying work capacity. Data collection and ergonomic reports in real workplaces.

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Fellowship · On-site · Florianópolis

Labor-Court Expert Practice

A 5-day immersion with a court-appointed expert of TRT-12: examination, ad hoc opinion, work-system audit, rebuttal and expert report. Brazil-specific, taught in Portuguese.

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Your mentor

Prof. Dr. Ricardo Wallace das Chagas Lucas

Physiotherapist · CREFITO-10 · 14404-F

A physiotherapist since 1991, he combines a rare set of skills: clinical physiotherapy, ergonomics and production engineering, forensic physiotherapy and arbitration. He holds a doctorate in Principles of Surgery, a master’s degree in Human Movement Sciences and a specialisation in Ergonomics.

He is a court-appointed expert for Brazil’s Regional Labor Court of the 12th Region (TRT-12), an ad hoc consultant to the Labor Prosecution Office (MPT-12) and an arbitrator at the Physiotherapy Arbitration Chamber. He is the creator, editor and author of several chapters of the Tratado de Fisioterapia Forense (2nd edition, ABFF), the reference work in the field, and has written more than 20 books.

30+years in practice

20+books published

TRT-12court-appointed expert

Full biography (in Portuguese) →

Reflections

Columns and critical reflections

Essays by Prof. Dr. Ricardo Wallace on physiotherapy, expert witness work, ergonomics and health. Full texts and PDFs are in Portuguese; summaries in English.

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Take the next step in your career.

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