CPN member Blaise Doran responded our call-out to members to write a short statement about why or how they have found their way to a CPN so we could use them as testimonials. However his response was so interesting (and too long for a testimonial) we thought it would work better in a blog post. Blaise Doran BSc (Physio.), GradDip (Neuro. Rehab.), MSc (Pain Mgt.) originally trained and worked in the UK. He is a physiotherapist and the coordinator for the Children’s Pain Management Clinic at the Royal Children’s Hospital in Melbourne, Australia. Previously he worked predominantly in adult neurological rehabilitation. Prior to undertaking his physiotherapy degree, he worked for ten years as … [Read more...] about Reflections on a tweet/Why I joined the CPN
Higher education in a “post-truth” era
An interesting publishing opportunity for critical scholars of higher education practices. The following is from Routledge: In an age of "post-truth" and "alternative facts", universities and higher education institutions must navigate an increasing resistance to knowledge and attacks on experts. Teaching in Higher Education welcomes submissions responding to this issue, seeking papers that re-examine what and how universities should teach in responding to new public skepticism. Submissions could address questions including, though not limited to: By what processes do universities develop curricula and pedagogies that juggle authoritative, democratic and critical approaches to … [Read more...] about Higher education in a “post-truth” era
How to get more critical physiotherapy at the next WCPT Congress
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
An accident waiting to happen
I'm preparing for a keynote lecture at the APA Conference in Sydney in a couple of weeks time, looking at aged care as a 'bellwether' of the physiotherapy profession at large. (Spoiler alert if you're going) I'm going to argue that if we can work out how to provide meaningful physiotherapy to older adults, we'll fix a lot of the problems now besetting the rest of the profession (abstract here). Part of the joy of this kind of work is the opportunity it gives you to think 'otherwise' about seemingly obvious, taken-for-granted things, like ageing as a natural biological process, or our inalienable role as the leaders of rehabilitation for the elderly and disabled. Testing why we think … [Read more...] about An accident waiting to happen
30 Days of September: Day 23
Today's image was suggested by Michael Rowe. Click on the image to open it to full size. You can then save it and turn it into a desktop background by following these brief instructions. … [Read more...] about 30 Days of September: Day 23
30 Days of September: Day 6
Today's image was suggested by Kerry Chamberlain. Click on the image to open it to full size. You can then save it and turn it into a desktop background by following these brief instructions. … [Read more...] about 30 Days of September: Day 6
Beyond Motherhood and Apple Pie
This second blogpost from Dina Brooks extends her argument about the role of the CPN in reaching out to the wider physiotherapy community. In my last blog, Reflections of a quantitative researcher on the CPN Salon, I suggested that we needed to build bridges not walls and encouraged CPN to have more connections with the biomedical quantitative physiotherapy world. Although there was general buy-in to the idea, I was vague in my last blog and wanted to follow up by getting more specific and expanding on the why and how I see this connection happening. Specifically, I wanted to address the risks to the CPN, reasons why the CPN is best positioned to reach across the divide and make … [Read more...] about Beyond Motherhood and Apple Pie
