User:Dale Edgar

Name

Mr Dale Edgar

About Me

President of Australian and New Zealand Burns Association (ANZBA) Senior Physiotherapist, Royal Perth Hospital. PhD Candidate: Centre for Musculoskeletal Studies, Department of Surgery, University of Western Australia.

A senior physiotherapist and researcher for over 17 years, the past 14 have been devoted to burn survivor rehabilitation in a number of Australian burn units. Education and observational visits around the world have given Dale an insight into the clinical issues of both developing and established burn services.

Dale is a member of the Expert Reference Group for the Burn Care node of Joanna Briggs Institute COnNECT. He lectures at the Curtin University of Technology (WA), University of Notre Dame (WA), University of Western Australia and James Cook University (QLD). He supervises a number of medical and physiotherapy undergraduate research projects.

Dale sits on the panel for the Andre Zagame Therapist Prize (for the International Society of Burn Injuries). He is the Allied Health Representative to the National Burns Network an Aust. Health Protection Committee (AHPC) subgroup.

Currently engaged in his own doctorate project aimed at establishing a validated measurement battery for post-burn outcomes, Dale is focused on bringing high quality science to the bedside and the honest dissipation of results through publication. Further, his particular focus is improving the active treatment and control of acute burn swelling.

Education

PhD Candidate: Centre for Musculoskeletal Studies, Department of Surgery, University of Western Australia.

Professional Affiliations

• member of the Expert Reference Group for the Burn Care node of Joanna Briggs Institute COnNECT
  
• lectures at the Curtin University of Technology (WA), University of Notre Dame (WA), University of Western Australia and James Cook University (QLD)
  

Professional Appointments

President of Australian and New Zealand Burns Association (ANZBA)

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