This blogpost was published recently on noijam.com and I thought it might be interesting to point people to it. Seamus Barker is a physiotherapist who also completed a BA in Social Theory and Literature. Seamus uses critical theory and continental philosophy in his work and is currently completing a PhD at the University of Sydney's Centre for Values, Ethics, and the Law in Medicine. Last week I had the pleasure of presenting at a conference at Monash University in Australia, convened in partnership with Warwick University in the UK, entitled Translating Pain: an International Forum on Text, Language and Suffering. One of the central questions asked by the conference was whether … [Read more...] about Translating pain (reblog)
So what… A guest blog by Jack Chew
"... get comfortable asking yourself, your colleagues, your managers, your commissioners, your governing bodies: SO WHAT?!" From Jack Chew. … [Read more...] about So what… A guest blog by Jack Chew
‘Forget gurus, the cult of the evidence-based blogger has taken over’ by Alan Taylor
This is a reblogging of a post from last week by Alan Taylor...well worth a read. WARNING! This blog may contain traces of humour ... If you suffer a sense of humour deficit ... DO NOT READ ON! Some time ago now, I had the pleasure of reading an excellent article by Will Self called ‘The awful cult of the talentless hipster has taken over’ … Whilst I didn’t necessarily agree with his diatribe entirely, I lapped up the trademark dour humour, empathised with his view and thoroughly enjoyed the read. Then in a bizarre moment of thought association, my mind turned to my own area of interest, Health Sciences and evidence based practice (Physiotherapy in particular) … though this … [Read more...] about ‘Forget gurus, the cult of the evidence-based blogger has taken over’ by Alan Taylor
Some January highlights
In case you missed these notices during January, here are a few new things that you might be interested in: Breath A beautiful short video about breath from The Mercadantes, the husband-and-wife filmmakers Daniel and Katina Mercadante in California. The film explores the human breath and its innumerable forms – from the first gasping cries of a newborn to the sighed relief of a well-earned chance to rest. New book by Felix Guattari A new book edited by Gary Genosko collecting some of French philosopher Félix Guattari's work during his frequent visits to Japan in the 1980s. Guattari frequently visited Japan during the 1980s and organized exchanges between French and Japanese artists and … [Read more...] about Some January highlights
Opening doors to disability
I've been in Wellington for the last three days exploring the archives to find any trace of physical therapy activity in New Zealand in the 19th century. So far it's been a frustrating search. While I've been down here, I've been having some interesting discussions with people about disabled physiotherapy students. We have just graduated our first tetraplegic physiotherapist and I've been in discussion with our regulatory authority about the conditions for their license to practice. So this article sent to me by CPN member Anne Hudon came at a very convenient time. Thanks Anne. Across the country, people with disabilities are redefining the possible by excelling in scholarly … [Read more...] about Opening doors to disability
Philosophy and physiotherapy – reflections on @physiotalk tweet chat
Without wanting to sound too dramatic, my first experience of hosting yesterday's @physiotalk tweet chat felt like running with the bulls at Pamplona! It certainly was exhilarating. And what it also threw up were some thoughts about how physios currently relate to philosophy. Just to recap, I was asked to run a Physiotalk tweet chat last week on the subject of philosophy and physiotherapy. I prepared some pre-reading and some questions to prompt discussion (you can see these here), and then logged on at the appointed time to facilitate the discussion. Tweets fly in thick and fast and it's quite a job to keep on top of everything that's going on, but the hour flew by and a lot of … [Read more...] about Philosophy and physiotherapy – reflections on @physiotalk tweet chat
Confirmation bias, physiotherapy and the highlighter pen – a blog post by Alan Taylor
If you get a chance, take a look at this new blog post by CPN member Alan Taylor. http://alteredhaemodynamics.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/confirmation-bias-physiotherapy-and.html … [Read more...] about Confirmation bias, physiotherapy and the highlighter pen – a blog post by Alan Taylor