We’ve published just over 800 blogposts on the CPN site over the last six years. A few were just announcements, but a lot have been strong arguments for an otherwise physiotherapy covering a lot of different topics. So we thought we would bring some of the most popular, controversial, and challenging pieces together into a few themed issues. Our plan is to build up some resources on the website around the particular subject matter so that people can have ready access to topics that have been important for us over recent years. Today’s first compilation is on the subject of disability. In October 2014, I wrote the first of a series of four blog posts on the topic of connectivity. The … [Read more...] about Looking back on disability
CPN Digest #80
Something for the weekend: The rise of campus robotsGoogle ordered to reveal author of Australian dentist's bad reviewModernizing Scope-of-Practice Regulations — Time to Prioritize Patients (also read down to comments)Your next colleague could be a robotA feminist genealogy of the lived body?Cooperation and critique in neuroscienceArtificial Hearts: The Allure and Ambivalence of a Controversial Medical TechnologyFoucault on the Wards: Rediscovering Reflection as a Social Pediatrician in Training100 Milestones of Physical TherapyUnderstanding the Muslim Community From a PT-Specific LensJudith Butler wants us to reshape our rageIf you want to understand how technology is changing our job … [Read more...] about CPN Digest #80
The 2nd fully free and open Critical Physiotherapy Course is back for 2020!
The course was your biggest priority for 2020 in last year's 30DoS campaign, so here it is.And this year is going to be particularly special.We're tying the course to the publication of the 2nd international book of critical physiotherapy thinking - Mobilising knowledge- which will be out at the end of the year.You'll get to read some of the chapters from the book in advance and hear the authors talk about some of the most innovative work currently going on in physiotherapy.We have six sessions running from May to October, each covering a different chapter from the book: 14th May 8pm (CET) - Bodily ways of knowing: How students learn about and through bodies … [Read more...] about The 2nd fully free and open Critical Physiotherapy Course is back for 2020!
CPN Digest #79
Something for the weekend: Life diagrams: a methodological and analytical tool for accessing life historiesVital Bodies: Living with Illness, review(see Ch. 2 on ‘Exercise’)How bureaucracy fuels innovationHow racism became a public health crisis in PittsburghAPTA’s 100 milestones of physical therapy timelineCritical reflection in medical training and the biomedical worldviewArts on prescription in Scandinavia: a review of current practice and future possibilitiesGroup pain neuroscience education and dance in institutionalized older adults with chronic painHow propaganda became public relationsArchitecture and the modern hospitalRobots steady breast cancer surgeon's hands in first human … [Read more...] about CPN Digest #79
CPN Digest #78
Something for the weekend: Big gender gap in medical faculty payCfP: Living with disease and its politicsUpskilling health-care workersThe politics of logicHumility and self-doubt are the hallmarks of a good therapistThe AI delusion: Why humans trump machinesThe dark shadow in the injunction to ‘do what you love’An algorithm that can spot cause and effect could supercharge medical AIGoogle has released a tool that can spot doctored imagesOB-GYNs Are Using Reddit To Help People Who Desperately Need AdviceChristopher Bray reviews History and Imperialism by Louis AlthusserRacial disparities in health carePills are not the only way to manage chronic pain like mineDear Life by Rachel Clarke … [Read more...] about CPN Digest #78
CPN Digest #77
Something for the weekend: Translating healthcare research evidence into practice: The role of linked boundary objects in falls preventionChronic pain experience among people who use illicit drugs in Montreal (Canada)The Unmapped Geography of BreathLimbsPower and Culture: The Cultural Foundations of Brazilian SociologyCultural competency and the reproduction of White supremacy in occupational therapy educationMarketplace, Power, Prestige. The Healthcare Professions’ Struggle for Recognition (19th-20th Century)High-income countries remain overrepresented in highly ranked public health journalsPain managementPicture books on prescriptionCould this hand washing robot help save lives?Welfare … [Read more...] about CPN Digest #77
Qualitative Health Research – A guide for the perplexed
Part 8 - So how do you know if a piece of qualitative health research is good? In the seven blogposts that have preceded this, I’ve set out a personal critique of some of the problems I see all too often in qualitative research. I read and review dozens of qualitative health research articles each year, and my broader interest in the sociology and philosophy of health means I also get to read a lot of really good stuff too. So I’m claiming that as my mandate to offer some critical comments. So what makes for a good qualitative health research study, and how can you tell if you’ve found a diamond or just a bit of cheap plastic costume jewellery? Well I would say that the first thing … [Read more...] about Qualitative Health Research – A guide for the perplexed