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Physiopedia’s mission is to improve global health by promoting the free dissemination of physiotherapy related knowledge across the globe. It is about the power of physiotherapists like us to do extraordinary things for our profession, and for the wider global population.
Physiopedia isn’t a commercial website, it is a community creation, written by physiotherapists all around the world for everyone to view. You are part of our community and we ask you to protect and sustain Physiopedia. Together, we can keep it free of charge, we can keep it open and we can keep it growing – spreading physiotherapy knowledge everywhere.
Donors ans Sponsors like you can help us in our mission and in developing global projects that support our mission, such as educational projects in less resourced communities. We reach out to ask you and others all across the physiotherapy community to help sustain this project with a donation or by joining our sponsorship scheme.
If you value Physiopedia and see the potential in our mission, please contribut. We can’t provide this resource without you!
Adding Prezi Presentation
Do you have a Prezi presentation to share? Now you can share it on Physiopedia, this is how….
Identify the Prezi ID for your project
- The first step is to identify the Prezi ID of the Prezi you want to use.
- Here’s an example of finding the Prezi id. If you go to http://prezi.com/oxpoxpljocjb/innovative-technology-in-clinical-education/ you’ll see the Prezi, “Innovative technology in clinical education”. Copy the html “embed code” provided below the Prezi, and paste it somewhere where you can review it. It should look like something like this:
<div><!– .prezi-player { width: 550px; } .prezi-player-links { text-align: center; } –><object id=”prezi_oxpoxpljocjb” classid=”clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000″ width=”550″ height=”400″ codebase=”http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0″><param name=”name” value=”prezi_oxpoxpljocjb” /><param name=”allowfullscreen” value=”true” /><param name=”allowscriptaccess” value=”always” /><param name=”bgcolor” value=”#ffffff” /><param name=”flashvars” value=”prezi_id=oxpoxpljocjb&lock_to_path=0&color=ffffff&autoplay=no&autohide_ctrls=0” /><param name=”src” value=”http://prezi.com/bin/preziloader.swf” /><embed id=”prezi_oxpoxpljocjb” type=”application/x-shockwave-flash” width=”550″ height=”400″ src=”http://prezi.com/bin/preziloader.swf” flashvars=”prezi_id=oxpoxpljocjb&lock_to_path=0&color=ffffff&autoplay=no&autohide_ctrls=0″ bgcolor=”#ffffff” allowscriptaccess=”always” allowfullscreen=”true” name=”prezi_oxpoxpljocjb”></embed></object><div>
- In html code provided above, the Prezi ID is in bold. Highlight and copy the Prezi ID only. Do not copy all of the code provided. The Prezi ID is the only part of the code that you will be using.
Wiki Code for Embedding Prezi
- Once you have the Prezi ID, use the following code on the wiki:
<gflash>550 400 http://prezi.com/bin/preziloader.swf?prezi_id=oxpoxpljocjb&lock_to_path=0&color=ffffff&autoplay=no&autohide_ctrls=0</gflash>
Note: The numbers “550″ and “400″ refer to the width and height of the Prezi, respectively. You can adjust these if you feel you need to; just make sure that you check that the Prezi looks okay on the wiki page when you save it.
- For example, using the Prezi ID for “Innovative technology in clinical education,” the wiki code is:
<gflash>550 400 http://prezi.com/bin/preziloader.swf?prezi_id=oxpoxpljocjb&lock_to_path=0&color=ffffff&autoplay=no&autohide_ctrls=0</gflash>
- With this code, the Prezi appears on the wiki like this:
Some more great openly published research complimented by audiovisual presentations.
Another great peice of research has been openly published in Physiopedia this week. Selena Horner, of Red Cedar Physical Therapy and eminent blogger at EIM, has contributed her case report that describes the development and implementation of a process physical therapists may incorporate to quantify clinical experience in an outpatient physical therapy setting to assist with clinical decision-making. The final reports created as result of the process provided the opportunity to enhance clinical outcome awareness by quantifying clinical experience. Selena did this piece of research as “a way to learn where her weaknesses were and to figure out a way to clinically improve”. She presented her research at the APTA’s Combined Sections Meeting in Las Vegas in 2009 and has also shared her audiovisual presentations. Selena is an avid supporter of the open nature of Physiopedia and appreciates having an avenue to share what she learned.
Abstract
Concrete awareness of clinical experience more readily allows for the integration of clinical expertise and patient preferences with published literature. A process for quantifying clinical experience has not been established. This case report describes the development and implementation of a process physical therapists may incorporate to quantify clinical experience in an outpatient physical therapy setting to assist with clinical decision-making. The process involves three distinct phases: Phase I (preparation), Phase II (altering the process involved in the delivery of care) and Phase III (procedural changes after the episode of care). Implementation occurs on a sample of 296 consecutive episodes of care for patients with a predominant orthopaedic complaint. Summary reports comprise the final outcome of the process. The value of the process resides at the level of the individual clinician. The ability of the clinician to thoughtfully self-reflect and merge the presented data with published literature strengthens the value of the process. Although this process encompassed only one clinician, only a small set of data, only descriptive statistics and a broad classification system, the quantification process provided concrete awareness of clinical experience.
All for Open! New case reports published on Physiopedia.
Physiopedia believes strongly in open publishing and peer review of content to build knowledge. However we have also taken this a step further by offering the opportunity to openly publish and peer review research. This allows readers to access new research free of charge, without print or on-line journal subscription charges. The aim is to broaden opportunities for research findings to be widely disseminated and freely available to advance physiotherapy and physical therapy practice worldwide.
There are several benefits to this approach compared with that of the more traditional and closed publishing methods with which we are all familiar. Open publishing offers the opportunity to:
- make new research available quicker by avoiding the usual bureaucratic delay
- support new researchers in highlighting their ideas as they work
- publish student work that is otherwise filed away for no-one to read or use
- allow open peer review without delay therefore reducing the time taken to implement new research into practice
See the two recent examples of openly published research on Physiopedia:
- The effectiveness of thoracic manipulations on shoulder pain: A Case Report
- Manual Therapy and Exercise Intervention in the Treatment of Shoulder and Neck Pain in a Patient with Mental Health Comorbidities: A Case Report
If you are interested in publishing your work in Physiopedia, you can read more here or email Rachael directly for more information.
Become part of the Physiopedia team as one of our volunteers.
Would you like to become part of the Physiopedia team? We have recently created the opportunity for physiotherapists and physical therapists from all over the world to join us in the creation of this knowledge resource. Physiopedia has set itself a very ambitious task in improving the availability of physiotherapy and physical therapy related knowledge on a global scale. We are building the largest physiotherapy and physical therapy specific resource available, and we need your help!
What does volunteering with Physiopedia involve?
We always have a long list of administration and development tasks on the go and are looking for people who would be willing to help us complete these tasks. By helping us with these tasks you will enable us to focus on core issues that we need to address to ensure that this site develops into the amazing resource that we all hope it will become for our profession.
How will it benefit you?
As a volunteer at Physiopedia you can know, and feel good about the fact, that you have contributed to our global profession by playing an important role in helping to build this professional resource. Joining us on the team at Physiopedia is a great compliment to anyone’s daily work and also to your CV. From the experience you are likely to gain new profession related knowledge and also advance your technical skills. You will be added to our Acknowledgements page and following a successful voluntary position we will be happy to provide you with references for your current and potential employers.
Current volunteer positions available
Quality Assurance Officers – this involves checking that a provided list of pages contains all the information that it requires to qualify as a Physiopedia article. It will involve evaluating pages that have already been written and potentially editing small aspects to bring them up to Article standard. This task does require some editing of the wikitext so experience of this would be an advantage. You will not be required to add to the actual content on the page (unless you wish to!!).
Development Officer (Clinical Areas) – this position involves the evaluation and improvement of the table of content pages for each of our clinical areas. It will involve researching relevant information and adding it to these pages.
Development Officer (Networking pages) – for this position you will be checking that all pages are linked to and from throughout the site in an appropriate way. It will involve completing in-site searches and link building within articles.
Development Officer (Clinical Specialities) – we are always seeking clinical specialists to take a lead editing role for a select group of pages within their area of clinical expertise. For example you may specialise in the knee and could be the lead editor for all pages that fall into this category, or more specifically, you might specialise in knee osteoarthritis and so would just be lead editor on a smaller select group of pages that fall into this speciality.
Content Developers – we are always looking for people to build content on the site. If you would like some guided direction in doing this, this might be the position for you.
How do I become a volunteer?
Get in touch!! If you are interested in any of the above voluntary positions or have an idea for a voluntary position that we haven’t thought of simply email Rachael to express your interest. Once Rachael has received an email from you she will get back in touch to work with you to come to an agreement on the voluntary tasks that you will do in the time that you have available. Then away you go! Rachael will provide you with all the instructions and support that you need.
Job Specifics
Voluntary jobs at Physiopedia will be completed in your own time on your own computer. Although we will provide all the direction and support that you need, Physiopedia is not able to provide any technical equipment.
