Projects

This page highlights previous and current student projects that are taking or have taken place within Physiopedia.  You can also read about and get involved in future projects that we have ideas for and are planning.

For more information see the Educators Guide and the Students Guide.

Ideas for Projects

1. Creating a structure for the various clinical areas within Physiopedia. 
   Students would create structures for each clinical area within Physiopedia.  They would choose a clinical area and create a workable structure for the contents of thisclinical section to be built within Physiopedia.  Clinical areas to choose from include: Neurology, Paediatrics, Sports Medicine, Rheumatology, Elderly Care, Endocrine/Metabolic, Pain Science, Womens Helath, Oncology, Health Promotion.  This project would be suitable for a group of undergraduate students who could either work collaboratively on one topic together or work as individuals/pairs on a specific clinical area covering a number of clinical areas between the group. 
   
   
2. Creating pages within Physiopedia
   This type of project is ideal for introducing students to collaborative working.  Small groups of students would work on pages together and fill them with evidence based information.  Students will learn EBP skills such as literature searching and reviewing, writing and referencing skills and also technical web skills.  They can also be encouraged to create their own media (images, video and audio) to add to the pages.  Peer review can be included in this project at the end by getting students to review each others pages.
   
   
3. A collaborative project between international students.
   We would like to run a project within Physiopedia that is a collaborative venture between institutions in different countries.  This project would be suitable for matched undergraduate or postgraduate students where the actual task would be created to suit their level of education.  The task could be as simple as creating pages or creating structures for clinical areas (as mentioned above), require more advanced clinical skills such as with case studies or academic skills such as with research reviews, or could be more complex and involve peer learning, peer review or interprofessional situations.  We are actively seeking institutions that would be keen to be involved in this project and have some great ideas for this project so will assist in all the planning, collaboration and support.
   
   
4. Educational research within Physiopedia.
   We are currently looking for institutions to become involved in educational research within Physiopedia.  We aim to academically assess student experiences of completing projects within Physiopedia and then publish and disseminate the results internationally.  We have plenty of ideas for projects but need institutions to provide us with their students and support to complete these projects!
   
   

If you would like to get involved with any of the above projects or have another idea of your own don't hesitate to get in touch either by the contact page or directly to Rachael Lowe by email.

Planned Projects

1. We are planning an international collaborative project for undergraduate students to take place in 2010. Read more....
   

Current Projects

There are currently no student projects ongoing within Physiopedia.

Previous Projects

Evidence in Motion - EIM Residents have completed an assignment to each make two pages in Physiopedia as part of the capstone course in their residency training. See their pages 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. There are some great pages to have a read through, 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. Take a look and contribute to build on their content where you see fit!