Something for the weekend: Trees in/as traumaCfP: Brocher Foundation Residencies and Workshops 2020/21Festival of minds and bodies and the ‘Being Human’ exhibitionWhy do many people with Parkinson's develop addictions?Medieval bodies, head to toeHow male bias in medical trials ruined women's healthDance: objects, environment and bodiesApproaches of anatomy teaching for seriously resource-deprived countries: A literature reviewThe human kindness curriculumEnvironmental competencies for healthcare educators and traineesTouch in health professional practiceStudent‐led community placement in physiotherapyCan you dance your way to better health and well-being?Dear white peopleTransgressive … [Read more...] about CPN Digest #64
Having trouble talking to your patients?
Two articles published over the last two weeks suggest that we might be having some problems talking to our patients. The first, by Sullivan, Hebron and Vuoskoski (Sullivan, Hebron, & Vuoskoski, 2019) looks at the anxiety experienced by physiotherapists ‘selling’ their own explanations of chronic pain to patients. The therapists were trying to be patient-centred, but their efforts were undermined by ‘an underlying paternalistic wish to get patients “on board”’ (ibid). The authors attribute this anxiety to the confidence that the therapists feel in their biomedical understanding for pain, coming up against the patient’s values and beliefs that either contradict or destabilise their … [Read more...] about Having trouble talking to your patients?
CPN end-of-year quick review
We had our annual Strategic Planning meeting for the CPN Exec last week and had most of our present and past Exec members present. Here is a brief summary of the CPN in 2019: Current Eight-member Exec: Co-chairs Viviana Silva Guerrero (Australia/Colombia) and Dave Nicholls (New Zealand), supported by Tone Dahl-Michelsen (Norway), Jeanette Praestegaard (Denmark), Anna Rajala (Finland/UK), Aydee Luisa Robayo (Colombia), Nicky Wilson (UK), and Adriane Vieira (Brazil)650 members in 57 countriesUK by far the largest members group (120), followed by Australia (50), Canada (42), New Zealand (38), Denmark (32), Norway (28) and USA (26) This year's work: Authors drafting 15 chapters for … [Read more...] about CPN end-of-year quick review
CPN Digest #63
Something for the weekend: The worrying face of digital surveillance in the classroomRethinking the demographic crisis of ageingFoucault audio and video recordings online – updated and links fixedWhat Do U.K. Orthopedic Surgery Patients Think About PROMs?A Discursive Analysis of Differences in Forgetting Talk Between Adults With Cystic Fibrosis With Different Levels of Adherence to Nebulizer TreatmentsPostdisciplinary knowledgeInterventions reducing sedentary behaviour of adults: An update of evidenceTracking biomedicalization in the mediaThe works of Gilles Deleuze: 1953-1969The making of British medicine, 1850-1980Google is hoovering up Americans’ health data - and its perfectly … [Read more...] about CPN Digest #63
CPN Digest #62
Something for the weekend: When theory means campus-based training and practice means work placementsSmashing the Imperial Frame: Race, Culture, (De)ColonialityTheorising with disabled young people with life‐limiting impairmentsProstheses in antiquityHealth Care in Crisis: Hospitals, Nurses, and the Consequences of Policy ChangeHealing architecture and psychiatric practice: (re)ordering work and space in an in‐patient ward in DenmarkAnimals, veterinarians and the sociology of diagnosisWhat makes science trustworthy?Philosophical PosthumanismRisk and the spectral politics of disabilityIn surprise news ... ‘Discrimination influences student activity and mood’Abusing a robot won’t hurt it, … [Read more...] about CPN Digest #62
CPN Digest #61
Something for the weekend: A Theoretical Framework for the Critical PosthumanitiesThe Digital Subject: People as Data as PersonsHow does climate change affect your department?15 ways to practice environmental physiotherapyEmbodied cognitive scienceReparation hardware“Wipe out fee debt for teachers, nurses, and allied health professionals after 3 years in post (76%)” A manifesto for higher education.Reason won’t save usKierkegaard’s leapA shorter working weekThe bizarre social history of bedsRacial bias in healthcare algorithmsA robot puppet can learn to walk if it’s hooked up to human legsWhat’s wrong with work (podcast)Why not to rely on claims robots threaten half our jobs … [Read more...] about CPN Digest #61
Should a Critical Physiotherapy Course be practically useful?
Last week we asked what kind of Critical Physiotherapy Course format you would be most interested in next year. Here are the results: 23 people voted for one of the four options. 9 voted for the idea of using clinical scenarios as the basis for thinking through theories and ideas. 7 voted for inviting non-physiotherapy speakers to introduce us to unfamiliar ideas and theories. 4 for using YouTube videos of theories and ideas as a prompt for discussion. And 3 for inviting clients/patients to present as a starting point to thinking through theories and ideas. What does this tell us? Perhaps firstly that people are still struggling to find the practical use for … [Read more...] about Should a Critical Physiotherapy Course be practically useful?
