Publish Research in Physiopedia
Physiopedia now offers an open opportunity for you to publish your research.
The open and collaborative nature of Physiopedia offers an ideal opportunity for the publication of physiotherapy and physical therapy research, including work that might otherwise not get published. We are happy for you to publish your original research in Physiopedia, include a summary of your research prior to publication in a peer reviewed journal or to publish your student dissertation.
This is a great way of publicising student work, supporting new researchers and bridging the gap between completing research and publication. We welcome all types of research to be published in Physiopedia including randomised controlled trials, systematic reviews and meta-analyses, and case studies.
As a wiki which can be edited by physiotherapists and physical therapists from all over the world, Physiopedia lends itself as a good solution to open peer review of research. Each piece of research in Physiopedia has it’s own page, at the bottom of this page is a section for Physiopedia users to make comments and discuss the research.
Things to do in the new research section of Physiopedia:
Read Research in Physiopedia
The research section in Physiopedia is similar to that seen on journal websites to maintain a recognisable format. When research is added it will be included under the year/date at the time of inclusion.
See the Physiopedia Research – Table of Contents
Submit Research to Physiopedia
There are two ways in which you can add your research to Physiopedia:
All submissions should be submitted in the requested format. See submission guidelines.
Peer Review Research in Physiopedia
To review a piece of research that has been published in Physiopedia you should: go to the page for the piece of research that you wish to review, find the review section at the bottom of this page and add your comments as new bullets points in this section. All we ask is that when you make comments on other peoples research please respect their work and only provide critical reviews that are constructive. The review section of each research article will be moderated by our quality assurance and peer review team.
See how to peer review an article
If you would like to join the Physiopedia research peer review team, let us know.
We hope that this new feature offers an great opportunity to publish all types of physiotherapy and physical therapy research and that the community will collaborate to peer review the published research.
New social features in Physiopedia
Physiopedia has finally had a social face lift. This is the first part of a scheme to make Physiopedia a more social experience where our users will be able to connect with us and with each other. On the left we have added icons to the sidebar to enable you to quickly sign up for email alerts and RSS feeds and also to connect with us in Twiitter and Facebook. On the right we have added a button that allows you to easily save the current page as a bookmark or to share it with your friends via various applications, including Facebook and Twitter. We hope you find these additions useful.
Wondering what to do in Physiopedia?
Once you have had your Physiopedia account activated you might be left wondering what to do? As you will have noticed, having an account in Physiopedia does not give you access to any more materials or information. That is because Physiopedia is an Open Educational Resource giving free access to all the information on the site to anyone that is interested enough to have a read. However, as a registered user what you do gain is the opportunity to edit pages on the site. The idea being that if we all contribute a little (or a lot!) of our knowledge to the site, between us we will create an invaluable and constantly evolving resource for the physiotherapy and physical therapy profession. This international collaboration will contribute to a global understanding within the profession and also the promotion of our profession to clients and colleagues within health care.
So what should you do now?
If you need help have a look at our help tutorials which will guide you through any of the above actions, plus many more!
If your wondering why you should become involved in this project and spend your valuable time creating resources for other people, take a little look at these reasons:
- It is a great CPD activity that can contribute to your CPD portfolio.
- By researching the topic and creating pages, you will learn and develop your own knowledge.
- Feel good by knowing that you will be helping someone else to learn and develop their knowledge.
- Know that you will contribute to a global knowledge base and understanding.
- Build an on-0line profile. The more you contribute to Physiopedia the more links there will be to your profile, which can contain links to your research, work and business.
