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Leeds Beckett academics present research at annual event for the world's physiotherapists
The theme of this years’ congress was Demonstrating Value and Impact.
Dr Phil Commons, Senior Lecturer in Physiotherapy, Professor Ieuan Ellis, Pro-Vice Chancellor, Kate Grafton, Principal Lecturer in Physiotherapy, Dr Kate Thompson, Senior Lecturer in Physiotherapy and Sports Exercise and Dr James Milligan, Head of Subject for Therapeutic and Rehabilitation Sciences, all presented at this year’s event.
There were five themes for the congress: Policy, strategy and influencing; research, education and practice; practice in a digital age; responding to changing population needs; public health, prevention and social care.
In the ‘Policy and Practice’ theme, Kate Thompson’s Platform Presentation reviewed pre-registration pain education across various professional health courses. Using evidence from her scoping review of standards, protocols and frameworks, Kate argued for specific standards of pre-registration pain education for healthcare practitioners.
Dr James Milligan and Kate Grafton presented a collaborative study under the theme of ‘Research physiotherapy education’. This study was undertaken with physiotherapy academic colleagues at St George’s, University of London. Their study, entitled ‘An exploration of students´ views of parallel teaching in pre-registration physiotherapy education’, reviewed students’ perceptions when Masters level pre-registration students study alongside undergraduate pre-registration students in the classroom setting. Results indicated that when students understood the rationale for the shared learning experiences there is mutual benefit from both sets of cohorts.
Dr Phil Commons extended her research of physiotherapy provision with her poster ‘A retrospective analysis of a drop-in physiotherapy service at St. George’s Crypt, Project for Homeless people, Leeds’. Her study concluded that these service users have specific clinical needs that can be addressed well by physiotherapists. In addition, she argued, physiotherapists have a vital role in the advocacy of these people whose voice is often unheard.
Professor Ieuan Ellis presented his poster: ‘Learning and influencing in a digital age: is physiotherapy making mega… or byte-sized progress?’ In it Ieuan promoted the use of digital technologies to enable professionals to be more globally connected. By doing so Ieuan argued that this would enable greater learning and development whilst also enabling wider communication, networking and influence.
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