Something for the Easter weekend: The European Network of Physiotherapy in Higher Education Spring Newsletter ICF: A Hands-on Approach for Clinicians and Families Cheer* in Health Care Practice: What It Excludes and Why It Matters Hospital develops AI to identify patients likely to skip appointments Technology Ethics in Qualitative Research: How to Be The role of AHPs in developing digital capabilities The self-care paradox Home/work for women workers Do you compute? Complementary and Alternative Medicine: Knowledge Production and Social Transformation. A palpating robot Clinical educators’ skills and qualities in allied health: a systematic … [Read more...] about CPN Digest #32
3rd Critical Physiotherapy Course – Resources
We had another fabulous online critical physiotherapy course session yesterday, this time delivered by Gail Teachman. Here are the resources for the talk. Audio recording | PowerPoint slides | Chat Our next session will be 23 May at 19:00 GMT featuring Patty Thille presenting on 'What does it mean to care? Thinking with Annemarie Mol'. More information, links, and invites will come out a week or two before the next session. … [Read more...] about 3rd Critical Physiotherapy Course – Resources
What is the biomedical model #5
In the 5th of this series on the key principles of the biomedical model we look at reductionism, or the idea of dividing the body and health into systems and structures. So far we have covered specific aetiology, germ theory, Cartesian Dualism, objectivity and experimentation, and there are two more pieces in the biomedical jigsaw after this week’s look at one of the most important structural elements of healthcare practice. Early on in the history of medicine it was realised that the body and health were so complex that they would be better understood by being broken down into component parts. Ancient and pre-modern notions of health and the body had concentrated on broadly holistic … [Read more...] about What is the biomedical model #5
