This new book, which is available here, has just been produced by long-time CPN member Professor Franziska Trede in collaboration with Dr Celina McEwen from The Education for Practice Institute at Charles Sturt University (CSU). The book examines how the role and identity of universities are increasingly affected by current worldwide social trends towards globalisation, digitalisation, and an emphasis on individualism. Professor Trede, Co-Director of the Institute, said these changes have led to universities being positioned in a force field of competing interests, and the book discusses growing global trends and their associated tighter connections between university education and the … [Read more...] about Educating the deliberate professional – new book from CPN members
Early IFOMPT
Last week saw the 2016 International Federation of Orthopaedic Manipulative Physical Therapists (IFOMPT) conference in Glasgow and watching some of the social media feed from the conference I was reminded how far the organization has come since its inception in the early 1970s, and yet at the same time, how much has stayed the same. I have quite a long history with IFOMPT. 10 years ago I began a centenary history project with the New Zealand Society of Physiotherapists which culminated in the Society's fabulous virtual archive (link). As part of the project I got to interview about 50 of New Zealand's most prominent physiotherapists. This included interviewing the men and women who had … [Read more...] about Early IFOMPT
No sex please, we’re physiotherapists*
Late last week, the Physiotherapy Board of New Zealand (PBNZ), released a statement titled Serious concerns about physiotherapists conduct (currently available on their website here, the full text is also reprinted at the bottom of this post). Tthe statement was prompted after the suspension of a New Zealand physiotherapist for being found guilty of professional misconduct reached the news. The male clinician was found guilty of having sex with a client (details here). He was subsequently fined $5,000NZD, ordered by the Board not to treat female patients, had his practice supervised every fortnight and complete a course about proper professional boundaries, but he was not struck … [Read more...] about No sex please, we’re physiotherapists*