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)
Sonambulismo hacia Sudáfrica
En la misma semana que WCPT envió una llamada pidiendo a todos a contribuir a su estrategia de futuro (enlace), un documento que demuestra que 'Incluso caminar es más peligroso si eres negro' (enlace) me recordó que el próximo congreso WCPT se celebrará en Sudáfrica en 2017, y esto debe representar una oportunidad de oro para demostrar que la fisioterapia tiene algo importante que decir acerca de lo que es una realidad cotidiana para muchas personas en todo el mundo. El estudio de la revista Transportation Research titulado "sesgo racial en el comportamiento de conductores cediendo el paso en los cruces peatonales” mostró que había claros prejuicios raciales en el comportamiento del … [Read more...] about Sonambulismo hacia Sudáfrica
Evidence based medicine: why are we even debating it?
This post comes from CPN member Carley King. Carley is a physiotherapist who has developed an interest in evidence based medicine during her Masters in Clinical Research. Here Carley reports on the recent debate on the value of Evidence based medicine at the CSP Congress. Spoiler alert: I’m not sure that evidence-based medicine (EBM) as we understand it at the moment is fit for purpose. That’s my bias out in the open! But on hearing this opening line, I couldn't help but allow a small part of me to wonder if it was ridiculous to even consider an alternative...a very clever debating ploy there! As the debate progressed, it became clear to me that there were some key issues … [Read more...] about Evidence based medicine: why are we even debating it?