Student, CPD and professional projects in Physiopedia
- Are you looking for somewhere for your physiotherapy or physical therapy students collaborative project?
- Would you like to provide your physiotherapy or physical therapy staff with somewhere to complete their informal learning and CPD?
- Do you like the idea of your staff or students contributing to a non-profit project to develop an evidence based international resource for the physiotherapy and physical therapy profession?
Then look no further, Physiopedia is a place where you can do all of this. Have a look at the projects that have previously been completed in Physiopedia and also the projects that are currently ongoing. If you are then keen to learn more or to get some ideas on what type of project you could run have a look at our ideas page to inspire you. All projects in Physiopedia are fully supported personally by Rachael Lowe, the Physiopedia founder so don’t worry that you will have to go it alone.
If you are considering a project in Physiopedia please don’t hesitate to get in touch either by the contact page or directly to Rachael Lowe by email.
Bellarmine University Student Project – Pathophysiology of Complex Patient Problems
Physiopedia is hosting another exciting student project with Bellarmine University in the USA. This project, led by Dr. Elaine Lonnemann & Dr. David Pariser, is due to start in early February 2010 and will cover the pathophysiology of complex patient problems.
Pathophysiology of Complex Patient Problems explores signs and symptoms that emerge when homeostasis is disrupted, and addresses medical and physical therapy management of patient problems consequent to the underlying pathology. The dysfunctional states or disorders discussed in this course may include nutritional, infectious, gastrointestinal, hepatic, endocrine, metabolic, renal, genitourinary, autoimmune, connective tissue, dermatology, hematology, oncology, and immunodeficiency. The effects of age, gender, and ethnic factors on the pathology, manifestation of patient problems, and patient management are considered. The multiple effects of pharmacological intervention are addressed, including therapeutic effects and effects on patient cognitive and psychomotor abilities in physical therapy. We are looking forward to reading the content that the students produce, they have already come up with some very interesting topics to discuss!
If anyone has a group of physiotherapy or physical therapy students that would like to contribute to this project, Elaine is open to discussions about collaboration, so please do get in touch.
First international collaborative student project to go ahead in 2010
We are very excited to announce that the first international collaborative student project will go ahead in February 2010. During this project fourth year physiotherapy students from the University of the Western Cape, South Africa will collaborate with fellow foundation year students from the Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland. The project is being organised and supported by Rachael Lowe, the Physiopedia founder, in collaboration with Michael Rowe from the University of the Western Cape and Aileen Barret from the Royal College of Surgeons.
The project is an elective module where students will be invited to participate. The students will be allocated into groups of four students (two from each nation) and tasked with working together to build pages/content in Physiopedia. The topics that the students will work on will investiate key physiotherapy skills and also explore cultural differences between the nations.
At the end of this project students should be able to:
- Demonstrate evidence based practice skills such as literature searching and critical appraisal
- Demonstrate scientific writing and referencing skills
- Demonstrate an ability to work in teams, agree goals and time frames, roles and responsibilities
- Demonstrate web-editing skills
Students will also have:
- An increased understanding of the clinically related topics that they have investigated
- An insight into the cultural differences in the physiotherapy profession in different nations
- Experience of online collaboration
For more information on this project see the ISP1 page in Physiopedia or follow the #ISP1 in Twitter.
EIM Student project
The EIM residents are at it again….. they are creating new pages in Physiopedia as part of an assignment for their residency training. They have created some great pages and really helped us to increase the content within Physiopedia, so thanks to all those involved.
EIM Capstone Course Assignment
EIM run an Orthopaedic Physical Therapy Residency program which is a planned program of post-professional clinical and didactic education for physical therapists designed to advance the physical therapist resident’s preparation as a provider of patient care services in orthopaedic physical therapy. the 2009 EIM Residents recently completed an assignment which involved making pages in Physiopedia as part of the capstone course in their residency training. They created some great pages and really helped us to increase the content within Physiopedia, so thanks to all those involved including Eric Robertson who co-ordinated the project.
