' A few noteworthy events have happened at CPN Towers over the last few weeks. CPN Exec calls for more critical scholarship Firstly, an editorial written by various members of the CPN Exec appeared in Physiotherapy Canada today. Titled Infusing Rehabilitation with Critical Research and Scholarship: A Call to Action, the paper followed a conversation with Prof Dina Brooks after our last CPN Salon in Cape Town last year. Dina challenged the CPN to do more to explain criticality to physiotherapists, and this paper was part of that conversation (full pdf here). Planning for 2019 Secondly, we had our end-of-year strategic planning meeting last week and had the full Executive present: myself … [Read more...] about A short CPN update
CPN Digest #15
Something for the weekend Healthcare providers' engagement with disability arts (article) The role of the senses in qualitative research (article) 21st-century data in qualitative research (article) What's wrong with self-management? (article) Standing desks are overrated (magazine) The best philosophy books of 2018 (blog) Digital accessibility (blog) Why the (American) education system is a waste of time and money (podcast) Being there, getting old, and quality of life (blog) The gender qualification gap (magazine) Your riding position can give you an advantage in a road cycling sprint (magazine) Full-body interactions and research methods (article) … [Read more...] about CPN Digest #15
CPN Digest #14
Something for the weekend: Walking methodologies in a more-than-human world (pdf) Tobba Sudmann's commentary on person-centred care in physiotherapy (article) Early bird registration for the 2019 Qualitative Health Research Network conference is now open (blog) A retired psychiatrist on living with chronic pain (blog) Focus on the rank and file, not the champions if you really want change (blog) A breakup letter to academic philosophy (blog) The idea of spacing applied to learning, but also therapy? (blog) Why the Enlightenment was not the age of reason (magazine) A history of the medical book (blog) Lifespan has little to do with genes (blog) Period … [Read more...] about CPN Digest #14
Files from 2nd Critical Physiotherapy Course Dress Rehearsal
A huge thank you to Hazel Horobin for her talk on Symbolic meanings in physiotherapy yesterday. As with Tobba Sudmann's session a month earlier, we were treated to another expert but also very accessible reading of an unexplored area of physiotherapy thinking and practice. Here you'll find the PowerPoint slides, the full audio recording of the meeting, and a text file of the chat feed. PowerPoint slides | Audio recording | Chat feed The dress rehearsals are now over and the courses have run without hiccups, so we're all set to begin the full course in February. Here is the provisional programme with more details to follow in the coming weeks. A big thank you again to Tobba and … [Read more...] about Files from 2nd Critical Physiotherapy Course Dress Rehearsal
Deadline for abstracts for new CPN book approaching
The deadline for abstracts to have your chapter included in the new Critical Physiotherapy Network book Mobilising Knowledge is getting closer. Just 10 days to go until the deadline closes on 1st December. A full copy of the call for abstracts can be found here, but here are the key points: The focus of the book explores knowledge in and of physiotherapy We want to take a critical look at the kinds of knowledge that traditionally formed the backbone of the profession, and examine how our understanding of what physiotherapy is and can be is changing In contrast to the first book, we are looking for authors in this manuscript to collaborate with one or more non-physiotherapy … [Read more...] about Deadline for abstracts for new CPN book approaching
CPN Digest #13
Something for the weekend: The doctor-patient relationship and patient resilience in chronic pain: A qualitative approach to patients’ perspectives (article) Multi-morbidity: A patient perspective on navigating the health care system and everyday life (article) Work was once the way to a better life. Not any more (magazine) Animating the anatomical specimen (article) Sage's new Critical Thinking course (online course) The future of the university in a polarizing world (pdf) Palgrave MacMillan weekend £15 eBook sale - use code PCW18E at checkout (link) Want to be a futurist? First, become a historian (magazine) AI, work and ‘outcome-thinking’ (blog) … [Read more...] about CPN Digest #13
Anatomy and physiotherapy
Our esteemed Roger Kerry (@RogerKerry1) asked a great question on Twitter last week. Is a detailed knowledge of anatomy (e.g. muscle structure/innervation; bone form; neural plexi structure; lung structure; etc) necessary to be a good clinician? (Here's a link to the full Twitter conversation). Interestingly, peoples' responses broadly polarised into two binary positions with roughly two-thirds of respondents arguing a qualified "yes", that anatomy was essential, with a third arguing "no". The posted comments also make for interesting reading. But it felt to me that one of the things missing from the debate was a discussion of what anatomy does for physiotherapy, beyond giving us a … [Read more...] about Anatomy and physiotherapy