Projects

Educational and professional development projects have been taking place in Physiopedia since it's launch in 2009.  There are several different kinds of project types:

• Educational Projects - involving educational establishments for pre and post graduate students as part of their formal university or college education
• Professional Organisation Projects - run by professional organisations and involving their members for professional development opportunities
• Clinic Projects - led by clinics as professional development projects for staf and visiting students

About Physiopedia Projects

Physiopedia is a wiki.  A wiki is a collection of web pages that can be collaboratively edited with no specialist tools and very little technical know-how. As such, Physiopedia is perfectly suited to collaborative group authoring and offers a place for physiotherapists throughout the world to contribute, share, and gain knowledge as part of a formal project.

The feedback that we have gathered from previous projects has been overwhelmingly positive.  Project participants really appreciate the fact that their work does not just get filed away for no-one else to see but is making a positive and lasting contribution to the profession through it's addition to this resource.

Highlighted below are current projects that are taking place within Physiopedia, and also previous projects that have been completed. 

If you would like to organise a project within Physiopedia please don't hesitate to get in touch either by directly by email to [email protected]

Future Projects

Following on from the AGILE Project the IPTOP Project is the second phase of a collaborative effort from physiotherapists around the world to develop the Older People section of Physiopedia. Go to the project page... to find out more.

Current Projects

This project has been developed by year 1 students on the MSc (pre-registration) Physiotherapy programme at Glasgow Caledonian University as part of their Cardiorespiratory Therapeutics module. The module aims to develop an understanding of the normal structure and function of the cardiorespiratory system from an anatomical and physiological perspective considering the life span and adaptions with aging. Go to the project page... to find out more.

The PPA Pain Project aims to populate the site with practical, credible and thought-provoking information on the science of pain, its assessment and management. Go to the project page... to find out more.

This project forms part of the University of Nottingham’s postgraduate modules in Contemporary Practice in Manual Therapy. Students will be creating evidence based blogs and presentations which will be hosted here on Physiopedia. There are two pages for the two different aspects to this project, see them here and here.

This project forms part of the PT Central Residency and Fellowship training programme. Go to the project home page...

The STOPS trial to prove that high quality Physiotherapy is effective was established in 2009 by Dr Jon Ford.  In relation to this project the STOPS reasearch team have collated a large amount of information about back pain which they plan to contribute to Physiopedia through this project. Go to the project home page...

Led by Shannon Petersen, students from the Des Moines University Physical Therapy program will be working in groups to create evidence based articles in Physiopedia. Go to the project home page...

This project forms part of the first Spinal Rehabilitation module in the three year undergraduate physiotherapy course (BSc (Hons) in Physiotherapy) at the University of Nottingham. Students will choose topics in relation to spinal rehabilitation and review and update Physiopedia articles in this area. Go to the project home page...

Led by Judith Lane, this project has been developed for second year students on the MSc (pre-registration) Physiotherapy programme at Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh, UK, in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the module ‘Current and Emerging Roles in Physiotherapy Practice’. The aim of the module is to prepare learners for emerging physiotherapy roles in response to changing healthcare needs, evolving contexts of delivery of practice and government health targets. Go to the project home page...

Led by Peter Vaes, This project was created by and for the students in the Rehabilitation Sciences and Physiotherapy program of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium. Go to the project home page...

Elaine Lonnemann's students at Bellarmine University are currently completing the project -  Physiopedia Assignment for the Course: Teaching and Learning in Physical Therapy Practice

The clinical educators affiliated with the Physical Therapy Program at Bellarmine University are currently completing the project - Clinical Case Presentations Continuing Education Opportunity for Physical Therapists with Dr. Elaine Lonnemann

Elaine Lonnemann's students at the Bellarmine University have created a plethora of new pages related to their second year project - Pathophysiology of Complex Patient Problems.

Previous Projects

The WCPT Network for Amputee Rehabilitation (AR) is a Professional Network of the World Confederation of Physical Therapy. It is pleased to present this project that contributes to development of the Amputee section in Physiopedia and the which will be used for the Amputee Rehabilitation MOOC (free open online course) in 2015. Go to the project page... to find out more.

The APPDE Project is a collaborative effort of physiotherapists involved in the Association of Physiotherapists in Parkinsons Disease Europe to specifically develop the Parkinsons Disease page and related pages with the latest up to date information and evidence. Go to the project page... to find out more.

Led by Scott Burns, This project was created by and for the students at Temple University in Philadelphia, and is part of the Orthopaedic curriculum. Go to the project home page...

Elaine Lonnemann's students at the University of St. Augustine in St. Augustine Florida are currently completing the project - Worldwide Physical Therapy Practice: a focus on Primary Care Physical Therapy

This project has been created as part of the Impairment and Disability Year 4 module at the University of Limerick which results in the production of an evidence based handbook which will be published in Physiopedia. Go to the project page... to find out more.

Physiopedia has been inovatively used by final year Physiotherapy students at the University College Dublin, Ireland.  Go to the project page... to find out more.

Led by Kris Porter, the expectation for this project is that there will be an extensive and a comprehensive review of all available literature on Resident Directed Community Service Learning. Residents will complete 32 hours of “Resident Directed Community Service Learning” which will be to create articles for Physiopedia.  Go to the project home page...

Led by Dan Rhon, This project was created by and for the Fellows of the Evidence In Motion Orthopaedic Manual Physical Therapy Fellowship Project. Go to the project home page...

Elaine Lonnemann's students at the Bellarmine University will research different aspects of Physical Therapy Practice Acts in the United States and present the information based on his/her analysis. Read more about this project.

This project was created by and for the students in the Doctor of Physical Therapy Program at Texas State University -San Marcos, and is part of the Orthopaedic curriculum. Go to the project home page...

This project is a merger of the physiotherapy wiki project, Open Physio (from South Africa) and Physiopedia. Read more about this collaboration...

Led by Scott Burns, This project was created by and for the students at Temple University in Philadelphia, and is part of the Orthopaedic curriculum. Go to the project home page...

Led by Bhanu Ramaswamy, AGILE will be working on creating a stuctured and evidence based Older People section of Physiopedia. The section will be divided in numbers of articles under the sub-headings: Policy, Physiology and Physiotherapy and eventually aims to involve the international community of physiotherapists and physical therapists working with older people. Go to the project home page...

Aileen Barrett's students at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland have created a new page on The role and function of Primary Care Teams in Ireland as part of an elective module in their foundation year.  See more about their project here...

Evidence in Motion Residents each added two pages of new content in Physiopedia as part of the capstone course in their residency training. See more here...

Eric Robertson's DPT students at the Medical college of Georgia have just completed a whole new set of pages as part of their spinal course.  See more here...

Aileen Barrett's students at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland have created new pages for Apley's Test and Auscultation as part of an elective module in their foundation year. See more about their project here..