"... 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
Physiotherapy at Gallipoli – a small commemoration
This weeks represents an important landmark in World War I commemorations, with Saturday 25th April marking 100 years to the Gallipoli landings and what the Turks call Çanakkale Savaşı (the Battle of Çanakkale). During the nine month campaign more than 120,000 soldiers died and there were estimated to be more nearly 400,000 casualties, and so I thought it might be poignant to reflect briefly on the small but significant role that physiotherapists played in the care of wounded soldiers, particularly those Australians and New Zealanders who have a very special Anzac Day service to attend this year. As news of the slaughter at Gallipoli reached the colonial government in New Zealand, it was … [Read more...] about Physiotherapy at Gallipoli – a small commemoration
Getting critical at physio conferences
After I sent a message to the Critical Physiotherapy Network mailing list Dave suggested I also make a blog post out of my thoughts. So here it is. N.B. those of you on the mailing list may note that this post is not very different from the email but please note that we do have an new proposed speaker joining us: Ian Edwards. Also the links to the conference should actually work here! As far as I know there has never been a dedicated critical physiotherapy session at a physiotherapy conference to date. I have personally found it difficult to find a place for the 'critical' topics that I propose to speak on at most dedicated physiotherapy conferences because my subject matter does not … [Read more...] about Getting critical at physio conferences