Watch a recording of the Physiotherapist education framework webinar
A
recent World Physiotherapy webinar explored the strategic and practical
implementation of the Physiotherapist education framework for educators
and the profession more broadly.
A recording of the webinar, subtitled in English, is now available: Physiotherapist education framework webinar. Speakers: John Xerri de Caro, Kathy Davidson, Djenana Jalovcic, Alice Jones, Jonathan Quartey, Oscar Ronzio.
WHO call for public health innovation solutions in Western Pacific region
The
WHO regional office for the Western Pacific is looking for public
health innovation solutions applicable to, or targeting the Western
Pacific region, for the first WHO Western Pacific Innovation Challenge:
Innovation for the Futures of Public Health.
30 finalists will be invited to present their solutions to the WHO
Western Pacific region member states and other stakeholders at the WHO
Western Pacific Innovation Forum in early 2022. They will also be
invited to submit Viewpoint (peer review articles) to The Lancet
Regional Health - Western Pacific.
AWP regional congress: deadlines for focused symposia and abstracts
Don't miss your chance to make a submission to present a focused symposium or abstract at the AWP regional congress.
Deadline for focused symposia submissions: 30 November 2021
Deadline for abstract submissions: 31 December 2021
The congress will take place, with the Hong Kong Physiotherapy
Association conference, in Hong Kong, 18-20 June 2022. It will be a
hybrid event. The theme of the congress will be Advancing physiotherapy
practice: from institution-based to community-based care.
Physios for Refugees aims to facilitate
local jobs for Afghan physiotherapists who are in urgent need of a
pathway to safety. Having a job offer in Australia, and an employer
willing to sponsor them, will enable Afghan and other refugee
physiotherapists and their families to travel to Australia on skilled
visas (a much faster and more certain route than waiting for a place
through the oversubscribed humanitarian programme).
Study explores physiotherapists' experience of advancing rehabilitation in low resource and conflict settings
A recently-published study aims to
understand physiotherapists’ views and perspectives of current
rehabilitation services, of how these services can be strengthened over
the next 10 years and of the role of physiotherapy.
The Focus Group Study to Understand the Perspectives of Physiotherapists
on Barriers and Facilitators to Advancing Rehabilitation in
Low-Resource and Conflict Settings, published in the International
Journal of Environmental Research and Public Heath, includes focus group
discussions with 31 physiotherapists from 18 low resource and conflict
contexts.
University of British Columbia launches RExI toolkit
The University of British Columbia has launched a toolkit as part of its Resisted exercise initiative (RExI).
The RExI was launched in April 2019 to support best practice in the use
of resisted exercise by physiotherapists for older people in hospitals
in British Columbia.
The objectives of the RExI project are to:
determine existing practice
identify opportunities to support enhanced practice
undertake knowledge translation (KT) strategies to target barriers to enhancing use of resisted exercise
evaluate effect of introduction of the KT strategies.
Cochrane Rehabilitation marks fifth anniversary with online event
Cochrane Rehabilitation will be marking its fifth anniversary with a three-day online event.
The event is intended to be an opportunity for experts, professionals,
and stakeholders to gather and meet together. It will reflect on the
past, present, and the future of Cochrane Rehabilitation - sharing
knowledge, curiosity, and experiences to generate insights and
suggestions to define the organisation's next five years.