Clinical
NHS Confederation (2010) Feeling better? Improving patient experience in hospital
Thu, 01/13/2011 - 09:38 — Gwyn OwenAn evidence-based report published by the NHS Confederation (2010) that presents arguments and examples from practice (England & USA) to illustrate how changing delivery impacts on the quality of a person's experience.
clinical reasoning - reflective prompts
Tue, 01/11/2011 - 15:19 — Gwyn OwenPrompts to help you reflect on (and evaluate) the cognitive elements of your clinical reasoning. The prompts are specific to the hypothetico-deductive model of reasoning - a process that has much in common with the problem-solving approach used in clinical physiotherapy practice.
The prompts are taken from Pesut and Herman (1992) - cited in Neistadt MT (1996) Teaching strategies for the development of clinical reasoning. American Journal of Occupational Therapy 50(8)676-684
clinical lectureship roles
Mon, 01/10/2011 - 11:38 — Gwyn OwenArticle from Frontline (20.01.2010) describing the benefits of integrating research & clinical practice through clinical lectureship roles.
pulmonary rehabilitation team
Mon, 01/10/2011 - 11:30 — Gwyn OwenExample of physiotherapists working as part of the multi-disciplinary Lambeth & Southwark pulmonary rehabilitation team.
back care advisor role
Mon, 01/10/2011 - 11:24 — Gwyn OwenProfile of back care advisor/senior physiotherapist Louis Bell who works at Lanchester Road Hospital, Durham.
physiotherapy lecturer-practitioner
Mon, 01/10/2011 - 11:19 — Gwyn OwenArticle from Frontline (02.06.2010) that discusses the opportunities and challenges presented by the lecturer-practitioner role
development of e-technology to improve gait rehabilitation
Mon, 01/10/2011 - 11:06 — Gwyn OwenNews article from Frontline (18.11.2009) describing how a physiotherapy consultant worked with academic colleagues to develop use of e-technology to help people learn to walk with crutches more effectively.
time management tools
Mon, 01/10/2011 - 11:00 — Gwyn OwenResearch article discussing issues of time management in outpatient physiotherapy departments.
Fleet L, Blandford A (2005) Requirement of time management tools for outpatient physiotherapy practice. Health Informatics Journal 11:179-199
knee pain clinic - ESP role
Sun, 01/09/2011 - 22:56 — Gwyn OwenSouth Devon knee pain pathway - an example of service redesign taken from the NHS Map of Medicine website. Analysis of the service resulted in the introduction of a physiotherapy extended scope practitioner to triage and manage people presenting with knee pain - with positive effect.
promoting public health
Sun, 01/09/2011 - 22:49 — Gwyn OwenExamples from practice of physiotherapists working to promote public health collected by the CSP's Move for Health team
