Category: Physiotherapy
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One week until the Physiopedia MOOC on AI in Physiotherapy
There’s one week left before the start of the Physiopedia MOOC on AI in Physiotherapy. You may want to register if you think this is something that might affect your practice in the future.
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Generative AI and the cognitive apprenticeship model for developing clinical reasoning
This post explores how generative AI can support cognitive apprenticeship in developing clinical reasoning skills. Using a structured approach, I show how AI can enhance various aspects of learning, from providing domain knowledge to simulating patient scenarios, ultimately creating a comprehensive framework for AI-assisted clinical education.
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Two clinical perspectives on technology and time to care
Two clinical perspectives on technology in healthcare, showing different levels of digital adoption in their specialities. Physiotherapy focuses on encouraging simple digital practices for efficiency, while radiology is advanced in incorporating AI for improved patient care. Challenges include data standardisation in physiotherapy and IT infrastructure issues in radiology, highlighting the need for whole-system innovation and…
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In Beta podcast: Blended Intensive Programmes
In this episode of the In Beta podcast, Ben and I spoke to Antonio Lopes about Blended Intensive Programmes (BIPs), an innovative approach to international education within the European Union’s Erasmus+ framework. BIPs are short-term, intensive courses that combine physical mobility with a virtual component, fostering collaboration between higher education institutions across Europe
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Generative conversations – IFOMPT focused symposium
The IFOMPT symposium on generative AI in physiotherapy explored its impact on clinical practice, education, and research. Participants discussed AI’s capabilities in diagnosis, personalised treatment, and data analysis. The event highlighted opportunities like improved efficiency and risks including potential misdiagnosis, emphasising the need for human-AI collaboration in physiotherapy.
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IFOMPT conference activities: Generative AI in physiotherapy
This overview of IFOMPT conference activities on the topic of generative AI and physiotherapy, includes pre-conference surveys, an all-day workshop, and a focused symposium. These events aim to gather insights on opportunities, risks, and challenges in practice and education. The process will culminate in an open-access discussion document for the physiotherapy community.
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Making sense of AI in physiotherapy (Physiopedia webinar)
This webinar explores the ethics, moral uncertainty, and the evolving human role in AI-supported rehabilitation practice. The careful interaction between clinicians and AI technology has the potential to combine the strengths of human judgment and clinical reasoning with the data-driven insights of AI. When used appropriately and ethically, this partnership may help provide relief to…
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In Beta podcast: Generative AI personas in physiotherapy education
In this conversation Leanne Wiles and Dean Walker discuss how they used generative AI tools like Claude and ChatGPT to simulate patient interactions for students in physiotherapy education, enhancing their communication and reasoning skills. Students interacted with AI personas portraying diverse health scenarios. The practice proved immersive and effective, displaying significant potential for flexible educational…
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In Beta podcast: The challenges of early autonomy for students on clinical placement
In this episode we talk about the realities and demands faced by physiotherapy students during clinical placements in resource-limited environments. The focus of the conversation is the relatively limited contact time that supervisors have with students in South Africa, and how this means that students manage their own caseloads with minimal supervision.
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In Beta podcast: Remote-only physiotherapy management
https://inbetaphysio.com/2024/03/18/34-remote-only-physiotherapy-management/ I really enjoyed this conversation with Ben Gordon, a Boston-based physiotherapist who has been working almost entirely remotely since graduating about three years ago. From the shownotes: We explore the affordances of remote practice, such as improved access, convenience, and the potential for preventative care or wellness-based physiotherapy models that could scale more effectively.…
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My Physiopedia Plus courses on building skills for learning
In 2023 I put together a series of short courses for Physiopedia Plus, on the topic of building skills to support learning, which were published towards the end of the year. The stats (see image above) suggest that they’ve been well-received so far. Overview of all courses in the series, and here are the individual…
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Physio is a conversational AI agent to help with physical rehabilitation
Almeida, R., Sousa, H., Cunha, L. F., Guimarães, N., Campos, R., & Jorge, A. (2024). Physio: An LLM-Based Physiotherapy Advisor (arXiv:2401.01825). arXiv. http://arxiv.org/abs/2401.01825 Abstract “The capabilities of the most recent language models have increased the interest in integrating them into real-world applications. However, the fact that these models generate plausible, yet incorrect text poses a…
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OpenPhysio podcast: Considering the precariat
Earlier this month I finally managed to publish an episode of the OpenPhysio podcast that’s been on my to-do list for about a year. I’ve been wanting to get the journal podcast series up and running for a while but for various reasons I haven’t been able to work on it as regularly as I’d…
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How to replace a physiotherapist (or any professional, really)
Rowe, M., Nicholls, D. A., & Shaw, J. (2021). How to replace a physiotherapist: Artificial intelligence and the redistribution of expertise. Physiotherapy Theory and Practice. I’m really excited to finally share this article that I’ve been working on for a couple of years with David Nicholls and Jay Shaw. I say a couple of years…
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Comment: Science conferences are stuck in the dark ages
…for decades the room has been the same: four walls, a podium, and a projector. PowerPoints today mimic the effect of a centuries-old continuous-slide lantern. Even when time is occasionally left for questions at the end of lectures, it’s still a distinctly one-way flow of information. Scientific posters are similarly archaic. Ngumbi, E. & Lovett,…
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Blended and online learning in physiotherapy education
A short video that was presented at a physiotherapy education conference in Brazil in 2018. I spend a few minutes discussing the benefits and challenges on online learning environments in a clinical learning context.
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Who is planning for the future of physiotherapy?
In the middle ages, cities could spend more than 100 years building a cathedral while at the same time believing that the apocalypse was imminent. They must’ve had a remarkable conviction that commissioning these projects would guarantee them eternal salvation. Compare this to the way we think about planning and design today where, for example,…
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My presentation for the Reimagine Education conference
Here is a summarised version of the presentation I’m giving later this morning at the Reimagine Education conference. You can download the slides here.
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Critical digital pedagogy: Initial abstract for the chapter
Update (12-02-18): You can now download the full chapter here (A critical pedagogy for online learning in physiotherapy education) and the edited collection here. This post is linked to a short series I’ll be sharing on the process of writing a book chapter for a publication by the Critical Physiotherapy Network. I’ll add links to…
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Critical digital pedagogy: Theory and practice
Update (12-02-18): You can now download the full chapter here (A critical pedagogy for online learning in physiotherapy education) and the edited collection here. This post is actually about setting up the context for a few other posts, all related to my upcoming book chapter for the Critical Physiotherapy Network. The idea I pitched for…