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
Chris Higgs – 30 DoS – Day 9
Chris Higgs is the Clinical Education Programme Lead at the University of Otago, School of Physiotherapy in Dunedin. He is involved with Clinical Education in the Undergraduate Programme, predominantly in the area of lifestyle interventions for people with long-term health conditions. His clinical and research work primarily focuses on community group exercise and education interventions for people with diabetes and associated multi-morbidity. He commenced his Motivational Interviewing (MI) journey in 2009 completing a Postgraduate Certificate in Health Sciences (Health Behaviour Change). Since then, he has led undergraduate and postgraduate MI training with physiotherapy students and … [Read more...] about Chris Higgs – 30 DoS – Day 9
Jenny Nissler – 30 DoS – Day 8
I’ve not been an active member of the CPN to date, but I am an interested one. I’m not an academic, which is my perception of the mainstay of this group, but I do think and care deeply about our profession. I was invited to the group by a one-time colleague at the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy who was a founding member of the CPN. Many professional practice issues were discussed as part of a service supporting UK physiotherapists, doing our utmost to help each person with their particular situation, developing our own and their own critical thinking with each one. I was a sporty child and young woman who switched to a sporty version of physiotherapy from a BA in Sport and Recreation, … [Read more...] about Jenny Nissler – 30 DoS – Day 8
Joost van Wijchen – 30 DoS – Day 7
The water splashes in my face each time I take short breaths between the strokes. Swimming amidst lakes, close to the trees, I see the plants, animals, water flowers. It’s like a hike in the water. Encountering the different smells, the changes in temperature, the difference in colours, shadows, and life. A group of carps are swimming below me without changing their pace, they don’t seem to take notice of me at all. The swans and ducks swim past, sometimes next to me. Without realising, I have joined a family of common coots, and we are swimming together a couple of meters through the water. Although merely just my perception, I encounter a sense of belonging in the water. A sense of being … [Read more...] about Joost van Wijchen – 30 DoS – Day 7
Adriane Vieira – 30 DoS – Day 6
Tell us a little about your current work and study, especially how you think and practice critically My name is Adriane Vieira and I am an associate professor at a public university in the south of Brazil. Since my undergraduate studies, more than thirty years ago, I have had difficulty thinking of the body as an isolated, neutral and universal object. For me, even if the analogy of the body to the machine was useful, it was never enough to understand the processes that lead us to a state of happiness, health and illness. In the search for answers to my concerns, in a movement that led me in a different direction from my colleagues, I approached readings more linked to philosophy and … [Read more...] about Adriane Vieira – 30 DoS – Day 6
Anne Marit Mengshoel – 30 DoS – Day 5
During my professional life, I have been curious about what characterise good physiotherapy practice. I doubt that evidence-based guidelines necessarily improve practice. To me, CPN is a forum to discuss such matters. Working on a book chapter recently published by CPN, I engaged in critical writing that I otherwise would not have been doing. Hopefully, the book may nurture critical thinking within physiotherapy. I welcome similar initiatives and virtual meetings among members in the future. Autumn 2020, my engagement in the EU-Cost EUROMENE was completed. The members from more than 20 European countries participated in work on diagnostic classification, pathological mechanisms, … [Read more...] about Anne Marit Mengshoel – 30 DoS – Day 5
Nadia El-Seoud – 30 DoS – Day 4
Tell us a little about your current work and study, especially how you think and practice critically My name is Nadia El-Seoud. I am a physiotherapist and Ph.D.-candidate at the University, Bremen (Germany). It is my aim to support the physiotherapy’s developing-process by uncovering opportunities for development. My focus is on physiotherapy in the context of living conditions. My current study explores a living environment oriented physiotherapy. What do you bring to the CPN? I support a critical thinking physiotherapy with my values like equity and encourage social cohesion. Therefore, I use the spirit of the social sciences in addition to my interest and my experiences as a … [Read more...] about Nadia El-Seoud – 30 DoS – Day 4