In a couple of weeks time, I'll be heading off to Cape Town for WCPT. As part of the CPN Salon that we're running on the Wednesday immediately after the conference, I'll be delivering a short 'State of the CPN' talk. Looking back, the Network has done some incredible things in just three years, but digging down into our archives I've found some things that have given me pause for thought. One of them is the popularity of some of the blogposts and the almost complete disinterest people show in others. For instance, our most popular blog by far was 10 reasons to love physiotherapy. We had nearly 40,000 views of this post. This was nearly three times as many people who have ever … [Read more...] about The highs and lows of blogging about physiotherapy
How to be an expert in physiotherapy today
There was an interesting collaborative blogpost by Jarod Hall a few days ago. Titled 'Knowledge Bombs for a Successful Clinical Career' it summarised a great collective effort by a number of experienced clinicians looking to summarise some of the key tenets of current clinical practice (link). Some of the summary points were that good clinicians build therapeutic alliances and actively ('truly') listen to their clients; that clinicians are experts at the basics and should not take the blame for patients not getting better; and that education and exercise are key. There are many things to like about this blogpost, not least the collaboration between colleagues and the earnest attempt … [Read more...] about How to be an expert in physiotherapy today
