PP02 - Week One

• Go back to the Volunteer Orientation
• Go to the Pre-Course Activities
• Go to the Course Activities

Introduction

Video from Rachael

Task 1: Familiarise yourself with the Physiopedia Project

Lets take a look around Physiopedia:

• Physiopedia - this is our open resource which can be viewed by anyone at any time but only edited by physiotherapists and physical therapists.
  1. Take a look at our Projects
  2. Take a look at our Partners
• Physiospot - this is our online magazine
  1. Take a look at the Research section - this is where we highlight recently published research
  2. Take a look at the Voices section - this is where anyone can have their own professional column to share their experiences and opinions with the profession.
  3. Take a look at the Interviews section - we love this section, wise words from our professions experts.

Task 2: Create your Physiopedia profile

Go to your user profile. You will notice that it has been populated with your short bio and some additional sub-headings. Your first task, to familiarise you with editing Physiopedia, is to make this page complete by making edits to your page:

1. Click the Edit tab
2. Write your text or make your changes in the editing box
3. Use the icons in the tool bar to style and format it appropriately
4. Click Save at the bottom of the page

When creating your profile you should add an image,add additional text under each subheading where appropriate and add a link (perhaps to your workplace or some published work or presentation). Also make sure that you have a go at editing the wikitext which is the special wiki code that each page is built with. To view and edit the wikitext click the wikitext button in the editing toolbar (click again to return to the normal editing interface). Read more about wikitext here - Wikitext Help

Your Physiopedia profile is a great place to promote yourself and your work to clients, colleagues and potential employers. Remember this page is publicly accessible so be professional.

See some examples here:

• Rachael Lowe
• Elaine Lonnemann
• Tyler Shultz

More help here at the Editing Your Profile tutorial

Task 4: Suggested reading 

Read the following:

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Task 5: Discussion 

Go to the Facebook group for all online discussions.

There are 3 main discussion threads for this week. They are:

1. Tell us something about yourself.  You may have already done this as part of the pre-course activities but if you haven't please post a short summary which tells us where you live, whether you are a physiotherapy student or graduate, how much experience you have in Amputees and what you hope to get our of this course.....and one trivial thing about your life if you want (eg. what you like, your favourite movie etc).

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Feel free to start your own discussion thread as well. You can post any question or comment related to what you have learnt this week.

Optional: Other Resources and Learning Activities

The following resources are optional for you to read/view but will further expand your knowledge on this week's topics:

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