Welcome - International Prehabilitation and Perioperative Exercise Testing Society

Exercise Testing & Training

Pre-operative cardiopulmonary exercise testing is used to objectively measure physical fitness before major surgery

Nutritional Optimisation

Nutritional support and supplementation, exercise without nutrition will not increase muscle mass.

Patient Case Studies

Mental support, patient education and patient empowerment. Cessation of smoking and behavioural changes.

INTERNATIONAL PREHABILITATION AND PERIOPERATIVE EXERCISE TESTING SOCIETY

iPOETTS was formed as a merger of the Perioperative Exercise Testing and Training Society (POETTS) and International Prehabilitation Society (IPS) to promote the professional practice of prehabilitatation and exercise testing.

We aim:

To promote and deliver training and education in prehabilitation and exercise testing including advising on education and training curricula for medical and healthcare practitioners.
To promote the development of the workforce required to implement prehabilitation in various health care systems.
To promote the development, conduct and dissemination of audit, quality improvement, research and innovation to further the development of prehabilitation.

Our Constitution
About iPOETTS
Board Members

Meetings & Events

07May

36th Perioperative CPET Course

Accredited for training by the POETT Society Limited delegate places per course Faculty to Delegate ratio 2:10

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03Nov

2025 World Congress of Prehabilitation and Perioperative Medicine

Vancouver is set to take center stage this fall as it hosts the World Prehabilitation and Perioperative Medicine Conference, bringing together global leaders in surgery, anesthesia, prehabilitation, and perioperative care. This premier event, happening November 3-5, 2025, will be an essential gathering for clinicians, nurses, quality improvement experts, researchers, and healthcare decision-makers who are shaping the future of surgical care.

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