Tell us a little about your current work and study, especially how you think and practice critically My current work and studies are on the lived-experience of participating in pain education programs including the Master of Clinical Science for the Advanced Healthcare Practice in the field of Interprofessional Pain Management, which I co-created with my PhD Supervisor, Dr. Dave Walton. The current qualitative work in my thesis follows a Hermeneutic phenomenological framework. What is it about critical physiotherapy that appeals to you? Throughout my PhD, I have primarily worked with physiotherapists and have taken a critical lens to the field as an educator with a background in … [Read more...] about Zoe Leyland – 30 DoS – Day 16

Tell us a little about your current work and study, especially how you think and practice critically I am a self-employed physiotherapist in a northern city of England; my specialist areas of practice during my three days of clinical work are with older adults and people with neurological conditions, especially Parkinson’s. On the other two working days, I spend time assisting with research submissions, reading/ responding to voluntary role requests and to professional networks, or in a mentoring role. My current work in the voluntary and private sector (as opposed to when I worked within two large, hierarchical and boundaried organisations of health and education) has freed my … [Read more...] about Bhanu Ramaswamy – 30 DoS – Day 15

I am a physiotherapist with long clinical experience and have a Ph.D. in health sciences, specialization in habilitation from 2011 at the University of Oslo. Currently, I am a professor at the Institute of Physiotherapy at Oslo Metropolitan University (OsloMet).  Here I teach at the master's degree in health sciences and have a particular responsibility for the specialization in physiotherapy for children and adolescents.  My research interest includes qualitative research with children and adolescents and their experiences of body, movement, activity, and participation in different contexts and situations in their everyday life. It also includes an interest in professional health … [Read more...] about Wenche Bjorbækmo – 30 DoS – Day 14

How I think and practice critically in my current work and study: My interests range broadly across the outer rims of healthcare via inspiration from diverse global philosophical traditions, ethics, the post-humanities and the miraculous pluriverses that surround us. More recently, these interests have taken me toward explorations of environmental philosophy and the environmental humanities, and with that to the exploration and further development of environmental physiotherapy, planetary health and related fields. What is it about critical physiotherapy that appeals to me: For me, an engagement with any discipline requires questioning and reimagining its theoretical underpinnings … [Read more...] about Filip Maric – 30 DoS – Day 13

For the time being, I am busy planning and developing a new Master’s program in psychomotor physiotherapy. Psychomotor physiotherapy, as a treatment approach, was developed in Norway in the late 1940s in collaboration between a physiotherapist and a psychiatrist and is usually referred to as Norwegian psychomotor physiotherapy (NPMF). In short, this approach implies an understanding of the body both as biology and biography, that is, as the place of the individual’s lived experiences. Local pain and symptoms are seen considering the body’s mobility and muscle tensions in general, and the treatment is explorative and interactional. Psychomotor physiotherapy is a specialisation within … [Read more...] about Birgitte Ahlsen – 30 DoS – Day 12

Tell us a little about your current work and study, especially how you think and practice critically My research program brings feminist and other critical sociological theories to health services and health professions education research. My passion is to do research that enables us to better understand and disrupt stigmatization and discrimination in health services, particularly in the primary care and primary health care sectors. I do so using a range of qualitative methodologies. To me, practicing critically means applying my critical theory foundation both outward and inward. Looking outward, critical theory is a foundation for my research, and through supervision, I aim to … [Read more...] about Patty Thille – 30 DoS – Day 11

Hi! My name is Cécile; I am a French physiotherapy, a PhD student in public health and a teacher. I am also a 43 years old young mother. After fifteen years of a rather tiring private practice in a medium-sized town in the south of France, I am back at school with the hope and intuition that it will bring a breath of fresh air to my routine. I discovered the human and social sciences; it was a revelation! I understand the potential of these theoretical tools for my practice. It's invigorating! I can finally begin to understand the inner workings of the situations that have marked my experience. At last, I can see the sand grains that were in the way of my development. Because I was aware … [Read more...] about Cécile Abboudi – 30 DoS – Day 10