Something for the Easter weekend: The European Network of Physiotherapy in Higher Education Spring Newsletter ICF: A Hands-on Approach for Clinicians and Families Cheer* in Health Care Practice: What It Excludes and Why It Matters Hospital develops AI to identify patients likely to skip appointments Technology Ethics in Qualitative Research: How to Be The role of AHPs in developing digital capabilities The self-care paradox Home/work for women workers Do you compute? Complementary and Alternative Medicine: Knowledge Production and Social Transformation. A palpating robot Clinical educators’ skills and qualities in allied health: a systematic … [Read more...] about CPN Digest #32
3rd Critical Physiotherapy Course – Resources
We had another fabulous online critical physiotherapy course session yesterday, this time delivered by Gail Teachman. Here are the resources for the talk. Audio recording | PowerPoint slides | Chat Our next session will be 23 May at 19:00 GMT featuring Patty Thille presenting on 'What does it mean to care? Thinking with Annemarie Mol'. More information, links, and invites will come out a week or two before the next session. … [Read more...] about 3rd Critical Physiotherapy Course – Resources
What is the biomedical model #5
In the 5th of this series on the key principles of the biomedical model we look at reductionism, or the idea of dividing the body and health into systems and structures. So far we have covered specific aetiology, germ theory, Cartesian Dualism, objectivity and experimentation, and there are two more pieces in the biomedical jigsaw after this week’s look at one of the most important structural elements of healthcare practice. Early on in the history of medicine it was realised that the body and health were so complex that they would be better understood by being broken down into component parts. Ancient and pre-modern notions of health and the body had concentrated on broadly holistic … [Read more...] about What is the biomedical model #5
3rd Critical Physiotherapy Course this week – Gail Teachman, Pierre Bourdieu, and the End of Inclusion
This month's Critical Physiotherapy Course talk comes from Gail Teachman, Assistant Professor, School of Occupational Therapy at Western University in Canada. Zoom link: https://aut.zoom.us/j/788298318 As always, the course is free, all you need to do is log in with above Zoom address at the right time. Here are the times in your local area: Location Local Time Time Zone UTC Offset Auckland (New Zealand - Auckland) Thursday, 18 April 2019 at 8:00:00 a.m. NZST UTC+12 hours Sydney (Australia - New South Wales) Thursday, 18 April 2019 at 6:00:00 a.m. AEST UTC+10 hours Perth (Australia - Western Australia) Thursday, 18 April 2019 at 4:00:00 … [Read more...] about 3rd Critical Physiotherapy Course this week – Gail Teachman, Pierre Bourdieu, and the End of Inclusion
CPN get-together at WCPT
As many of you know we are not going to run a Salon this time for WCPT. However, still wanted to have a get-together with CPN members who are going to WCPT in Geneva this year. So we've arranged a dinner for Saturday the 11th of May at 18:30. Please lock in your calendar that night for the CPN catch up. Please RSVP to Viviana Silva (vivianasilvaguerrero@gmail.com) by Thursday the 18th of April if you are interested in attending as we will need to make the reservation. We will advise of the location once we confirm the booking. … [Read more...] about CPN get-together at WCPT
CPN Digest #31
Something for the weekend: Therapeutic mobilities "Why is it acceptable care if the physical therapist doesn’t come every day but not acceptable care if antibiotics are not given daily?" What about recovery Do PTs recognize people who are addicted to exercise? Governing homelessness through running The painless woman Animal gaits Why hasn't evolution dealt with the inefficiency of ageing? An alternative to digital detox "[A] smart and complex exploration of what it means to be in a body in the world" The (historical) body in pain There's a better way than just building more hospitals A sociology of public responses to hospital change and closure … [Read more...] about CPN Digest #31
What is the biomedical model #4
So far in this short series on the biomedical model, I have looked at three of its founding principles: specific aetiology, germ theory, and Cartesian Dualism. In this post we’ll examine one of the facets of modern medicine that is perhaps the most familiar and tangible concept for modern-day physiotherapists – objectivity and experimentation. In the previous post on Cartesian Dualism, I explored how the French 16th century philosopher René Descartes argued that there was no way to prove the existence of anything, because our dreams were so real we could never prove that we were not dreaming right now. What Descartes showed was that we could not trust our senses and that seeing … [Read more...] about What is the biomedical model #4
