Here you can find all the resources from last week's Critical Physiotherapy Course seminar run by Tobba Sudmann. Tobba's talk was titled 'How to understand disability? On the making of disability though discourse, materiality and practice'. A huge thank you (again) to Tobba for her superb seminar. We had another really great turnout, and some inspiring new ideas. Audio recording (link) … [Read more...] about Resources for 5th Critical Physiotherapy Course
The 5th critical physiotherapy course is next week: Tobba Sudmann on ‘How to understand disability’
The 5th in our 2019 series of Critical Physiotherapy Courses will be led by Tobba Sudmann, Physiotherapist and Professor of Public Health at the Centre for Care Research, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences. The session is titled 'How to understand disability? On the making of disability though discourse, materiality and practice'. As always, the session is free, all you need to do is click on the link below at the time of the meeting to listen in. Zoom link: https://aut.zoom.us/j/408228596 Abstract This session will show how the phenomenon ‘disability’ is created through our modern history and our ways or ordering and doing ability and disability. The online … [Read more...] about The 5th critical physiotherapy course is next week: Tobba Sudmann on ‘How to understand disability’
Exercise is medicine
There has been a flurry of interest in the value of exercise as a therapeutic remedy in some sections of physiotherapy social media in recent months. Some of this, at least, appears to be a reaction to what have been called 'passive' treatments, and a neoliberally-inspired desire to see people take more responsibility for their future health and well-being. Exercise is clearly a very valid and appropriate intervention for some people. It has been for as long as human civilisation has walked erect, and it almost certainly will continue to be useful into the future. But a recent special edition of the journal Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health has cast doubt on some of … [Read more...] about Exercise is medicine
Nicky Wilson – Meaning in action – 30DoS #26
In this post, CPN Executive member and physiotherapy lecturer Nicky Wilson discusses Hendrik Wagenaar's book Meaning in Action: Interpretation and dialogue in policy analysis. Policies are conventionally seen as a way to solve problems. As such, they are action driven; they direct our thoughts and behaviours to produce certain ends. Public policy is therefore about power and, unsurprisingly, is an area rife with contestation! In Meaning in Action: Interpretation and Dialogue in Policy Analysis (2011), Hendrik Wagenaar highlights the deeply pluralistic and value-laden nature of policy making, implementation and interpretation, and brings to the fore the benefits of interpretive … [Read more...] about Nicky Wilson – Meaning in action – 30DoS #26
Physiotherapist non-medical prescribing: A policy of transforming community services, service integration and the primacy of orthopaedic surgery
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.) Physiotherapist non-medical prescribing: A policy of transforming community services, service integration and the primacy of orthopaedic surgery By Nicky Wilson, Pope, C. Roberts, L. and Crouch, R. Purpose & Background The UK non-medical prescribing policy programme is a key component of workforce modernisation and reconfiguration, seen as essential to meet rising healthcare demands. Rights to prescribe medicines now extend to a … [Read more...] about Physiotherapist non-medical prescribing: A policy of transforming community services, service integration and the primacy of orthopaedic surgery
Interview with Clare Kell
As part of our 'interview' series with people in the Critical Physiotherapy Network, I asked Clare Kell some questions about her approach to physiotherapy, research and life in general. Clare was the author of a paper titled 'Making practice education visible: Challenging assumptions about the patient's place in placement environments' (International Journal of Therapy and Rehabilitation, 21(8), 359-366). Clare is a Senior Lecturer and Programme Lead at Cardiff University in Wales (KellC@cardiff.ac.uk). You can find Clare's CPN member profile here Where does your interest in health care education - and particularly patient-centred care in physiotherapy - come from? This is a hard … [Read more...] about Interview with Clare Kell