Tag: abstract

Research project exploring clinicians’ perspectives of the introduction of ML into clinical practice

May 24, 2019

in AI, Clinical

abstract, clinical practice, clinician, interview, machine learning, perceptions, perspectives, physiotherapy, proposal, questionnaire, research, study

I recently received ethics clearance to begin an explorative study looking at how physiotherapists think about the introduction of machine learning into clinical practice. The study will use an international survey and a series of interviews to gather data on clinicians’ perspectives on questions like the following: What aspects of clinical practice are vulnerable to…
Abstract for RCTs in educational research

Jan 18, 2016

in Assessment, Research, Writing

abstract, african journal of health professions education, ajhpe, publication, randomised controlled trial, RCT

There seems to have been a resurgence in calls for the use of systematic reviews and randomised controlled trials in educational research lately. There’s a lot to like (in my opinion) about RCTs in certain contexts because of how they are designed. For example, when you want to figure out the effect of variable A on…
Sharing documents and profiles

Jul 11, 2009

in Social media

abstract, facebook, flickr, mendeley, publishing, research, scribd, slideshare, twitter

I’ve been meaning to play around with Scribd for a while now but never felt I had anything useful to put up. After uploading some conference presentations on Slideshare a week ago and seeing the steadily climbing views, I finally decided to get a few abstracts together and upload them publicly. You can see them…
Faculty writing workshop

Jul 10, 2009

in Photography, Research, Social media

abstract, academic writing, communication technology, delicious, digg, facebook, flickr, Houwhoek Inn, journal editor, physiotherapy, publish, research, social software, social software tools, south africa, twitter, wikipedia, youtube

I just got back from an academic writing workshop at the Houwhoek Inn (their site needs some serious work). The point was to go there with an idea of an article you were going to write, spend 3 days writing it and getting feedback from the other participants and to end up with a draft…
First article published

May 23, 2009

in Physiotherapy, Research, Technology

abstract, article, communication technology, education, healthcare, healthcare workers, ICT, learning tools, professional practice, research, World Health Organisation

I just had my first research article published. It’s based mainly on the literature review I did for my Masters degree last year, with a few updates. It’s strange, but when I submitted it about 6 months ago, I thought it was a reasonable piece of work. Reading it now, I feel like taking it…
Blogging downturn

Apr 22, 2009

in Education, Technology

abstract, blogging, ethics, MozOpenEdCourse, presentation, reflective tool, saahe

This term has been a bit mental so far, which is why I’ve cut back considerably on the blog. Between clinical supervision, preparing for exams, extra courses and research, I’m finding it hard to keep up. It’s not permanent and once things have slowed down, I’ll get back into it. Here’s a brief update on…
SAAHE ’09: abstract for oral presentation

Mar 30, 2009

in Conference, Education, Physiotherapy, Social media

abstract, blogging, clinical reasoning, collaboration, education, ethics, healthcare, healthcare system, human rights, lecturer, online tools, physiotherapy, professional development, reflection, reflective tool, saahe, social constructivism, social software, student

Here’s the abstract I submitted for SAAHE ’09. It was submitted for consideration in the Innovations and work in progress category. Title The use of blogging as a reflective tool in physiotherapy ethics. Context The use of social software in higher education facilitates collaborative learning practices and mirrors the social constructivist principles of education by…
Conference: Higher education as a social space

Sep 16, 2008

in Conference, Research

abstract, grahamstown, HESS, HESS08, ICT, quality management

I just found out that the abstract I submitted for the Higher Education as a Social Space conference has been accepted. I’ll be presenting a paper on the use of ICT by physiotherapy students in South Africa, based on the results of my Masters thesis. The conference will take place in Grahamstown from the 30…