1. Fue directora de la línea de investigación kinesiología del desarrollo en la Universidad Nacional. ¿Podrías decirnos como nació el interés en este tema y como tu (experiencia o tu educación o ...) influencio tu investigación? y como influencio tu interés en el manejo de pacientes con demencia? Mi interés por la línea de investigación y profundización en kinesiología del desarrollo, surgió en relación con la oportunidad que tuve de estar vinculada como docente en la UN, durante un período (1986-2006) marcado por la necesidad de reformar el programa curricular de la carrera de manera tal que se favoreciera la formación de fisioterapeutas más comprometidos con la mejora de la … [Read more...] about Gloria Teresa Zapata – Fisioterapeuta
A new international community of physiotherapy educators
This message comes from CPN members Michael Rowe and Ben Ellis. We wanted to let you and your colleagues know about some of the developments with In Beta. In Beta is a new international community of physiotherapy educators, we have a Google+ community and schedule online conversations on topics of interest to physio educators every couple of months. We are currently planning our next few sessions which will include: Teaching critical thinking in physiotherapy Innovative approaches to physiotherapy curriculum design Decluttering the pre-registration physiotherapy curriculum If you think these sound like interesting topics or if you have other ideas for future … [Read more...] about A new international community of physiotherapy educators
New: Greatness
Edgar Cahn was Robert F. Kennedy's speech writer and senior counsel. He is now a professor of law at the University of the District of Columbia. But he is known throughout the world for inventing time banking (see these links 1, 2, 3). The idea of time banking is that people who are dependent on others but are unable to pay them back with money, offer whatever skills and services they have to offer as repayment. In many parts of the world, people have long bartered for goods and services with whatever they had to trade, and time banking works along similar lines. The key thing about time banking is that it values all time equally, so an hour of physical therapy is the same as an … [Read more...] about New: Greatness
Interpersonal relationships and policy workarounds: Using theories of practice to examine patient transitions from hospital to home
Each day over the next week I'll post up an abstract for a paper being presented by a member of the Critical Physiotherapy Network at the In Sickness and In Health conference in Mallorca in June 2015. (You can find more information on the conference here.) Interpersonal relationships and policy workarounds: Using theories of practice to examine patient transitions from hospital to home By Jay Shaw, Pia Kontos, Wendy Martin and Christina Victor The advancement of neo-liberal policy initiatives and large-scale austerity measures has created intense challenges for health and social care systems around the world. This is particularly the case in England, where the National Health Service has … [Read more...] about Interpersonal relationships and policy workarounds: Using theories of practice to examine patient transitions from hospital to home