Over the last three weeks I've posted up some prompts to start a conversation around connectivity - one of the many ideas that might help us think practically about how physiotherapy might respond to the changes taking place in health care. Over that time I've had lots of responses from members of the group, and I've posted these on the blog. It's time now to start thinking about a paper that will communicate some of these ideas to the broader physiotherapy community. I said we would have written within three months and with a bit of collective effort we'll do this easily. First we need to define the structure of the article, and then allocate people to draft sections. I said all … [Read more...] about Connectivity – Contributions from the Network #11 – Planning our article
Connectivity – Contributions from the Network #10 – Paul Lagerman
Thanks to everyone who sent me comments and thoughts on the Connectivity writing project. Over the next few days I'll post up some of the feedback and thoughts that these pieces. Remember to send comments on these things too and I'll pull them all together. This post came from Paul Lagerman - The Naked Physio. Paul Lagerman Historically society has created disability evolving from eras such as the industrial revolution. We have invented and provided practical means and solutions to speed up our lives but at risk of potential harm and injury. Yet once an individual is rendered ‘disabled’ an ostricization occurs from society, with minimal support to re-enable the individual into … [Read more...] about Connectivity – Contributions from the Network #10 – Paul Lagerman
Connectivity – Contributions from the Network #9 – Naomi Eisenberg
Thanks to everyone who sent me comments and thoughts on the Connectivity writing project. Over the next few days I'll post up some of the feedback and thoughts that these pieces. Remember to send comments on these things too and I'll pull them all together. This post came from Naomi Eisenberg Departments of Allied Health and Vascular Surgery, University Health Network, Toronto and the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Naomi Eisenberg Well, I think that a logical critique of the medical model could evolve from Foucault and his thoughts on the medical gaze…in The Birth of the Clinic he writes of how the patient is … [Read more...] about Connectivity – Contributions from the Network #9 – Naomi Eisenberg