WCPT have just sent out a call asking for people to nominate things that they'd like to see at the next WCPT Congress in Geneva in 2019. There's an opportunity here for you to encourage more critical physiotherapy. Follow the link to the survey below, and let WCPT know that critical physiotherapy can be a 'positive force for an otherwise physiotherapy'. Text from message sent by WCPT on 10 October 2017 Complete our short survey to have your say and help us shape the programme for the WCPT Congress 2019. What are your top 5 topic choices? Do high profile speakers attract you to the event? What session types most appeal to you? What do you think the major issues … [Read more...] about How to get more critical physiotherapy at the next WCPT Congress
Arguments against content
One of the characteristic features of 21st century learning (and yes, this applies to physiotherapy too), is a distrust of authoritative voices that once told us what was true and what was false, who to believe and why. It seems todays generation of learners - saturated with so many competing claims on their attention and perspective - are much less comfortable with authoritative voices that were once happy to be so authoritarian. So Dave Cormier's recent post challenging our thoughts about the word 'content' and its meaning in education are very much in keeping with this trend. Cormier raises some really interesting questions directly applicable the learning often offered to health … [Read more...] about Arguments against content