Quality Assurance Strategy

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Introduction[edit | edit source]

Physiopedia is the largest physiotherapy / physical therapy resource in the world, and supports over 2 million page visits per month. Part of Physiopedia's success lies within its foundation as a wiki page (such as Wikipedia), a style of website which allows user to easily edit and contribute to its content. As such, Physiopedia has evolved into an extensive online encyclopedia where qualified physiotherapists and physiotherapy students, can make contributions in order to continuously promote evidence-based practice.

Physiopedia is dedicated to offering a high quality, content driven pages, for knowledge users, clinicians and researchers alike. Therefore, a quality assurance strategy is necessary to assure a certain level of academic and clinical accountability for Physiopedia content.

The following outlines both quality assurance strategies and quality improvement strategies employed by Physiopedia. A quality assurance (QA) strategy seeks to prevent, detect and correct problems in the quality of services provided to the knowledge users of Physiopedia.[1] A quality improvement (QI) strategy attempts to improve the quality of Physiopedia, through the continuous monitoring and modification of the services being provided.[1]

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  • Orthopedics - Cervical and thoracic spine
  • Orthopedics -Upper extremities
  • Orthopedics -Lumbar spine
  • Orthopedics -Lower extremities
  • Neurology
  • Respiratory & Cardiology
  • Pediatrics
  • Geriactrics
  • Physiology of pain
  • Sports injuries
  • Women's health
  • Men's health
  • Physiotherapy ethics and guidelines
  • Physical activity and exercise
  • Burn management and rehabilitation

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References[edit | edit source]

  1. 1.0 1.1 National Academies Press (US). Current Quality Assurance and Improvement Strategies; in Best at Home: Assuring Quality Long-Term Care in Home and Community-Based Settings. Feasley JC, Eds. Washington (DC): 1996.