Physio Foundations

Focus on the learning and the results with follow. The bigger picture of learning in university and beyond. With Jodie Dakic

This is part 2 of my conversation with sports physiotherapist, physio educator and pelvic health researcher Jodie Dakic from Monash University Physiotherapy. We discuss the how you can reframe your approach to university and lifelong learning and the bigger picture of developing yourself professionally across your career.
In this episode:
0:00 Why is this episode important?
2:15 Students are worried about assessments, educators want students to focus on their learning – Jodie’s perspectives
3:00 The ‘soft skills’ that can make or break you as a student and a professional. What else are you learning when you enrol in a course?
5:00 Are you learning for assessments or learning to become a professional?
6:08 What learning skills do you need to learn effectively at any level?
7:20 You need to practice if you want to practice physiotherapy!
9:00 Independent learning = trying to find information for yourself. Be a problem solver
11:00 It’s a small world. You are not invisible in your classroom and you are studying with your future colleagues and maybe your future boss! Practice professionalism and balance this with having fun.
15:35 If learning is the most important thing, then why do we have assessments?
18:15 How important are grades and marks in university? Let’s put things in perspective.
19:38 Personal development is a huge part of university learning – the importance of developing strategies for resilience and self-care
24:08 Make you own decisions about the importance of what you are learning and what you like – don’t get drawn into groupthink
26:20 What are the most important foundational knowledge and skills for a physiotherapist – active listening, really listen to a person and reflect on what they are saying. Adapt your style of communication to individuals
30:00 It’s not just the questions you ask but how you ask them
34:15 Final thoughts – get the foundations right now and have an amazing career later
 
This is a discussion aimed at health professionals and health professional students. Always seek the guidance of a qualified health professional with any questions you may have regarding your health or a medical condition.
Jodie’s academic profile:  https://research.monash.edu/en/persons/jodie-dakic
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Exploring the world of sports physiotherapy – with Jodie Dakic

Jodie is a highly experienced sports physiotherapist, physiotherapy educator and emerging researcher in the field of women’s health and physical activity. In this episode I spoke to Jodie about her many years’ experience working in elite sport and the series of ground-breaking studies she is doing as part of her PhD looking at the impact of pelvic health on women’s physical activity. We explored the foundations of Jodie's career and her tips for up and coming practitioners who want to follow a similar path. Enjoy!
 
In this episode:
0:24 About Jodie
3:00 Jodie’s foundations – training, experience and pathway into elite sport, research and physio education
7:20 What do you love about working as a sports physio?
9:55 ‘I enjoy the pressure’. You have to enjoy striving and succeeding despite the pressure.
14:15 The unromantic side of sports physiotherapy
16:22 Other roles of a sports physiotherapist – triage, liaison, medical referral – building resilience and life experience
18:00 Life skills that develop when you travel with and without a sports team and travelling/working on your own
18:57 The sense of team and community within sports teams and the sports medicine team
22:08 Jodie’s PhD – ground-breaking studies of pelvic health and physical activity for female athletes
27:45 ‘I really believe in what I’m doing’ The driving force behind Jodie’s research
31:35 Jodie’s tips for finding your pathway into research – consider your motivating factors
34:50 You could do your PhD with Jodie one day? Just putting that out there…
35:30 Where can we find out more about Jodie and her work?
37:06 Jodie’s tips for starting a career in sports physiotherapy
 
This is a discussion aimed at health professionals and health professional students. Always seek the guidance of a qualified health professional with any questions you may have regarding your health or a medical condition.
Jodie’s academic profile:
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Essential knowledge for physiotherapists and physiotherapy students, New Zealand physiotherapy student and educator experiences – with Dr Sarah Ward, PhD

This is part 2 of my conversation with physiotherapist, triathlete and physiotherapy educator Dr Sarah Ward. We discussed Sarah’s experiences as a physio educator in New Zealand and how Sarah and her colleagues help prepare physiotherapy students for the workforce
In this episode:
0:00 Welcome back Sarah
2:50 What physiotherapy courses are there in New Zealand?
5:00 How do you remember anatomy when you return to study?
6:32 Why is anatomy so important?
8:10 The disruptions to education from COVID-19 – New Zealand experiences
14:04 Simulation in physio education. Making teaching relatable
15:32 The difficulties of engaging with students online
19:35 The stale physio academic who trained 30 years ago doesn’t actually exist
20:00 To be a good educator you have to be a good clinician – but being an educator is itself a skill
 
Sarah’s clinical profile: https://www.sportslab.net.nz/sarah-ward
Follow Sarah on Twitter: https://twitter.com/sarahward_nz
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Sarah Ward PhD – ACL research, foundational physiotherapy skills and applying research in the clinic

Sarah Ward is a physiotherapist, researcher, age group champion triathlete and physio educator at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. I spoke to Sarah about balancing research, clinical practice and research, all the wonderful places she has been able to travel to as a physiotherapist. I really enjoyed this conversation with Sarah. If you enjoy it as well please share the episode and remember to follow the show so you can see future episodes like this.
 
In this episode:
0:20 Welcome Sarah
5:15 Where in the world has your physiotherapy degree taken you?
9:38 I thought I knew what physio was when I started the degree – skills and knowledge to treat the whole person
11:45 What led you from clinical work to research?
16:30 Taking frustrations in the clinic and developing them into research questions
17:00 Persisting quadriceps weakness – thinking beyond the muscle
17:52 How did your PhD change what you do clinically?
20:30 When you don’t have access to fancy tools and technology – basic foundational principles of strengthening and patient education
23:50 Novices – be patient with gaining experience
25:56 Ask questions. Always question things
 
 
This is a discussion aimed at health professionals and health professional students. Always seek the guidance of a qualified health professional with any questions you may have regarding your health or a medical condition.
Sarah’s clinical profile: https://www.sportslab.net.nz/sarah-ward
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Why don’t you teach them this at university? The realities of teaching and learning in an entry-to-practice course. With Pat Vallance

In this episode Pat Vallance and I try to answer the perennial question asked of physiotherapy educators; why don’t you teach them this at university? 
In this episode:
3:30 What is realistic to cover in an entry-to-practice course?
5:25 What are we trying to achieve in an entry-to-practice course?
6:05 The aim isn't to specialise - you have 3-4 years to become safe, effective and professional over a wide range of competencies
7:12 The huge challenge of transforming a novice learner into an autonomous professional
8:15 Why don’t we do two years of full time strength and conditioning in entry-to-practice physiotherapy courses?
11:45 The wide range of competencies and skills that are covered in a physiotherapy course. If you add something in you need to take something out
12:30 Competing demands for student’s time and energy – the trade off between surviving and learning
14:00 Having a life outside of study. The importance of having balance, avoiding distractions and burnout
15:35 Why don’t you guys teach them X, or Y, at university? 
17:30 When the responsibility for teaching and learning falls beyond the entry-to-practice course
20:37 You don’t have to have a master-level of competency after finishing an undergraduate course
22:45 What mentorship did you seek as a graduate?
25:58 Do you know why physiotherapy courses are so popular?
30:03 The main reason to go to university is to learn how to learn
31:10  How does your engagement as a student in the early years of studying relate to your success in later years?
33:10 The skills that really matter when you are a practitioner – why your marks and grades don’t matter nearly as much as you think they do
38:28 Pat’s example of how he developed a weaker area of his undergraduate study into a PhD
 
Connect with Pat on Linked In:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/patrick-vallance-1b0713182/?originalSubdomain=au
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How do you become a physiotherapy educator?

I spoke to physiotherapist, PhD student and physio educator Pat Vallance about his pathway from student, to clinician, to PhD student and physiotherapy educator.  Pat gave us some tips for learning and being engaged with learning during university training and we finished off our conversation by discussing the perennial question that haunts physiotherapy educators... 'Why don't you guys teach them this stuff at uni?'
In this episode:
2:40 What do you love about teaching?
4:35 About Pat – how did you end up at Monash uni physio teaching with us?
8:22 How do you become a physiotherapy educator?
12:40 What tips would you give physiotherapy or other health professions students?
15:08 Spend the time to plan to prepare yourself to learn
17:26 Learn by teaching to your peers
19:55 The perils of being distracted when studying and the importance of recovering and reflecting
23:05 The most important foundational knowledge and skills for practitioners – communication, particularly informal communication with peers and patients
24:32 Critical thinking and applying information to new circumstances
28:33 A story from Pat about the importance of clinical communication
31:42 Anxiety related to being assessed – get out of your head and listen to the patient
33:30 Why didn’t you teach them that at university? Opening a can of worms
 
This is a discussion aimed at health professionals and health professional students. Always seek the guidance of a qualified health professional with any questions you may have regarding your health or a medical condition.
Connect with Pat on Linked In:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/patrick-vallance-1b0713182/?originalSubdomain=au
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The problem with clinical communication part 3 - application in the clinic

Zuzana and I continue our discussion on the application of my 10 tips for clinical communication.
 
In this episode:
7:13 Motivation interviewing tips – how to engage people and consider their motivations for exercise.
10:05 How confident are you that this week you will get your exercises done?
18:02. The 3 things you need consent for in clinical practice and practical examples
20:35. Give people options so they can give you informed consent.
23:27 Investigate with your communication – Zuzana’s perspectives and examples
29:45 Warning people, without frightening them, warning about risk of reoccurrence
34:10 Give people a couple of tests they can do every day to monitor their condition and reflect on how they can manage their condition.
46:30 Educating people through verbal and non-verbal cues
53:10 Strategies for helping people who are becoming dependent on therapy
56:00 Learn from your patients and have fun in the clinic
 
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The problem with clinical communication part 2 - applications to real clinical cases

Zuzana and I discuss the application of my 10 tips for clinical communication to clinical cases. 
 
In this episode:
2:30 ‘Now I understand, nobody has explained it to me like that!’. How to tailor your patient education to different people  
6:17 The Teach Back method – a powerful way to confirm if the patient understands you, using their own words
7:57 A patient may not be ready to hear what you want to say.  Repeat and reinforce important points multiple times.
11:00 Doing ‘hands on’ treatment – this is the perfect time to do some education and explore their perspectives and goals
15:40 Using patient’s jargon to help them understand their problem more deeply.
21:50 The exercises people do have a foundation in clinical communication and humour
23:30  If someone has bought in a radiology report, it is meaningful to them. Don’t ignore it.
26:20  Using literature in your education without just appealing to authority
 
This is a discussion aimed at health professionals and health professional students. Always seek the guidance of a qualified health professional with any questions you may have regarding your health or a medical condition.
 
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The problem with clinical communication – 10 tips for foundational clinical communication skills

Join me as I discuss the problem with clinical communication that can affect practitioners at any level and my 10 tips for building solid foundations in your clinical communication.
This is a discussion aimed at health professionals and health professional students. Always seek the guidance of a qualified health professional with any questions you may have regarding your health or a medical condition.
In this episode:
5:25 What is the problem with clinical communication?
9:33 Tip 1. Slow down and explain what you want to do and why you want to do it
17:51 Tip 2. No jargon!
22:40 Tip 3. Get consent (not negotiable). The three things you need consent for.  The enemy of consent is assumption. Explanation and consent come as a package deal and can't be sold separately
28:17 Tip 4. Explain what you are doing while you are doing it. Involve people in the process of assessment and treatment
31:10 Tip 5. Investigate with your communication
38:28 Tip 6. Monitor the effect of interventions
43:03 Tip 7. Warnings
46:03 Tip 8. Verbal and non-verbal cueing
49:28 Tip 9. Summarise
50:41 Tip 10. Link everything back to the person and their condition
 
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Sports physio in the snow - Zuzana’s week in Falls Creek. ACL injuries, braces, recovery, lots of skiing and how you can do the same.

Last week Zuzana worked as a sports physiotherapist at Falls Creek ski resort in Victoria, Australia. I sat down with Zuzana to talk about her experience. We talked about the common injuries seen in skiing, Zuzana’s previous work with the Australian Paralympic Ski team, ski instructing and bracing for early management of acute ACL injuries. Its always good fun having a chat to @drzuzi herself!
This is a discussion aimed at health professionals and health professional students. Always seek the guidance of a qualified health professional with any questions you may have regarding your health or a medical condition.
Zuzana’s research profile:  https://scholars.latrobe.edu.au/zperraton/about
Zuzana’s clinical profile: https://www.sportsmedbiologic.com.au/zuzana-perraton.html
Connect with Zuzana on Twitter @DrZuzi  https://twitter.com/drzuzi
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Jaap Switters – Male chronic pelvic pain. A biopsychosocial approach to diagnosis and management

Jaap Switters is an osteopath and sports/musculoskeletal physiotherapist from Vienna, Austria with a special interest in helping men manage chronic pelvic pain. Jaap and I talked about screening for pelvic pain and other series health conditions, how to ask sensitive questions related to bowel, bladder and sexual function and the biopsychosocial management of chronic pelvic pain, including patient education, exercise and behaviour change.
This is an episode for health professionals of all levels and fields, not just those working in the field of male pelvic health. Enjoy, and thanks Jaap for a great conversation.
 
Reminder - this is a discussion aimed at health professionals and health professional students. Always seek the guidance of a qualified health professional with any questions you may have regarding your health or a medical condition.
 
 In this episode:
0:00 Welcome Jaap
3:58 Getting started in the area of male chronic pelvic pain
6:00 What is the burden of male chronic pelvic pain?
9:58 Men need the courage to seek treatment
14:00 Tips for screening for bladder, bowel and sexual function
18:00 How do you prepare a person to talk about sensitive topics?
21:19 When Dr Google turns the pain volume up
25:15 Helping people change their behaviour to improve their pelvic pain
28:35 Empowering people with motivational interviewing
30:20 The UPOINT system to manage chronic pelvic pain in men
33:00 Published literature by Jaap
35:00 Referred pain, red flags and differential diagnosis of thoracic pain
38:50 Gut feelings. Something is not right
40:25 Multilingual clinical practice. Managing terminology and patient communication in different languages
43:10 Final thoughts – stay open minded and open to new information
 
Connect with Jaap
https://www.jms-praxis.at/
Using the UPOINT system to manage men with chronic pelvic pain syndrome
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34552790/#:~:text=Methods%3A%20%3A%20CP%2FCPPS%20in,sexual%20dysfunction%20and%20psychiatric%20complaints.
 
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Manage your own health as a health professional – with Professor Craig Hassad

This week on Physio Foundations I spoke with Professor Craig Hassad from the Faculty of Medicine at Monash University about how health professionals and health professions students can look after their own health throughout their careers.
Professor Craig Hassed OAM is a highly experienced general practitioner and mindfulness expert who has worked within the Faculty of Medicine at Monash University since 1989. He is the coordinator of the Monash mindfulness program and developed the world-first mindfulness-based healthy lifestyle course called the Health Enhancement Program for health professions students. In 2019 Craig was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) for services to Medicine.
Craig has published 13 books and 14 book chapters, has featured in documentaries and authored over 100 papers in peer-reviewed journals. He is regularly invited to speak and present courses in Australia and overseas and has worked with Australian and international universities to develop similar content to help health professions students maintain their health and wellbeing.
In this episode:
0:00 About this episode
0:23 About Craig
3:10 About the Health Enhancement Program
5:25 How can the Health Enhancement Program help health professions students?
6:54 Behaviour change is not that easy
9:17 Self care is an essential responsibility for ourselves and our patients
10:15 How can mindfulness help health professionals?
12:50 Three tips for avoiding distraction when studying
19:11 Drinking information like we’re drinking from a firehose – how to manage information overload
21:00 Getting interrupted during complex tasks degrades your attention and leads to errors
23:08 Free resources for you to use
 
Read more about Craig:
https://www.monash.edu/medicine/sphpm/general-practice/our-people/craig-hassed
 
Free courses run by Monash university
Mindfulness for wellbeing and peak performance
https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/mindfulness-wellbeing-performance
 
Maintaining a mindful life
https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/mindfulness-life
Mindfulness for life – book by Dr Craig Hassad
https://www.booktopia.com.au/mindfulness-for-life-craig-hassed/book/9781922539014.html
 
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Tips for learning and remembering anatomy - with Associate Professor Michelle Lazarus. Clinical Anatomy series launch

This week on Physio Foundations I spoke to anatomy educator Associate Professor Michelle Lazarus. Michelle is the Director of the Centre for Human Anatomy Education at Monash University and a highly experienced anatomy educator and researcher. We had a really interesting discussion about the best ways for students and practitioners to learn anatomy, how to remember and retain anatomical knowledge and resources you can use to continue to build you foundations in anatomy.
This was also the official launch of the Clinical Anatomy series on this podcast – stay tuned for future podcasts on applied and clinical anatomy that you can use in the clinic.
This is a discussion aimed at health professionals and health professional students. Always seek the guidance of a qualified health professional with any questions you may have regarding your health or a medical condition.
 In this episode:
0:00 Welcome Michelle
0:28 About Michelle and the anatomy series
3:06 Teaching anatomy requires energy!
3:25 What do you love about anatomy?
5:45: Story telling in anatomy
7:28 Ask.Anatomist podcast
9:35 Anatomy is shared by everyone – learn from each other and embrace the complexity
10:40 Anatomy is vast – tips for learning anatomy
11:57 Tip 1 – listen to your educators
13:00 Tip 2 – move away from memorisation
13:40 Tip 3 – understand the story of anatomy
15:40 What makes a good anatomy educator – story telling, set boundaries and have passion
17:40 Principles of anatomy for clinicians
18:40 Expectation theory, the curse of knowledge
24:45 Resources to learn anatomy
 
Follow Michelle @InsidOutAnatomy
Visit https://www.askanatomist.com/
Michelle’s profile: https://research.monash.edu/en/persons/michelle-lazarus
Michelle mentioned the novel 100 years of solitude:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Hundred_Years_of_Solitude
 
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Teamwork in healthcare, staying up to date with literature and finding balance in your professional life – New grad series part 3, with Jacob Waller

This week on Physio Foundations I spoke to Monash University Physiotherapy graduate Jacob Waller about his experience transitioning from student to clinician. Jacob spoke about the importance of teamwork in private practice and hospital work, ways to stay up to date with literature and how to find balance in your professional life.
This conversation was the 3rd episode in the new graduate series on the podcast, following on from two earlier episodes with Monash University graduate Brian Kim. Students and early career practitioner, this one is for you. Enjoy, and please share within your networks.
This is a discussion aimed at health professionals and health professional students. Always seek the guidance of a qualified health professional with any questions you may have regarding your health or a medical condition.
 In this episode:
0:00 Introduction to this episode
0:15 About the new graduate series
1:29 Welcome Jacob – background and interests
3:37 What led you to a career in physio?
5:00 I wanted to work with people
5:45 How have your interests developed throughout university and into professional life?
7:30 How have you applied cardiothoracic and neurological knowledge to musculoskeletal practice?
8:38 It’s not always muscle or bone – consider past medical history
9:38 Moving from private practice to hospital work – collaboration and teamwork
11:35 Working with nurses, doctors and allied health – learning from other professionals
13:20 Foundational knowledge and skills - consider the whole picture of where the patient is going
14:09 Teamwork, communication with other professionals, clinical reasoning and online learning
16:35 Balancing work and professional development
17:26 Using social media to stay updated on the latest research
20:29 How year 12 experiences can shape university experiences
21:50 Talk to people who are doing what you want to do
24:18 You don’t have to know everything, just ask good questions
25:17 Balance study, work and social life
 
Connect with Jacob on LinkedIn https://au.linkedin.com/in/jacob-waller-0785221b7?trk=people-guest_people_search-card
Jacob’s year 12 article where he talked about the importance of balance study and social life – mentioned in the podcast:  https://www.girton.vic.edu.au/confidence-the-key-to-vce/
 
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Dr Brooke Patterson – Reducing injuries and improving performance in women and girl’s sport

This week on Physio Foundations Zuzana and I continued our conversation with Dr Brooke Patterson from the La Trobe Sports and Exercise Medicine research centre about the Prep-to-Play injury prevention program and improving performance in women and girl’s sport.
Both Brooke and Zuzana have extensive experience as clinicians, players and researchers in football and women’s sport and this was a great conversation, with tips and resources for clinicians working in all types of sport.
You can follow Brooke and Zuzana on Twitter @knee_howells and @Drzuzi
This is a discussion aimed at health professionals and health professional students. Always seek the guidance of a qualified health professional with any questions you may have regarding your health or a medical condition.
 In this episode:
0:00 Welcome back Brooke
1:36 What is the Prep-to-Play program?
2:40 Training 60 physios to deliver an injury prevention program
3:20 Why do we need sports injury prevention programs for women?
4:22 Components of the Prep-to-Play program – specific skills, deceleration, jumping, landing, contact, sprinting, balance, strength, education
7:55 Zuzana – connect with the players and the coaches
9:26 Brooke – empower the players and coaches to lead their injury prevention programs
10:46 Build relationships with community clubs
12:15 What resources are available to clinicians?
14:11 Zuzana – the importance of having a baseline for athlete’s movement and performance
15:16 You can’t prevent all injuries, but there are other benefits of injury prevention programs
17:22 Is it our duty of care to run injury prevention programs?
18:25 ACL injuries and concussion, healthcare costs
19:41 How can injury prevention programs prevent concussions? Trunk and neck conditioning and learning how to tackle
23:25 Fear of doing contact drills in training?
24:20 HERsport research group – improving injury outcomes and performance
26:00 Women in Sports Congress 2022, get involved
 
Women in Sport Congress 2022: https://womeninsportcongress.org.au/
The Prep-to-Play program:  https://coach.afl/prep-play-warm
Rugby Activate program:  https://australia.rugby/participate/coach/coaching-resources/world-rugby-activate
FIFA-11+ https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/49/9/577
Netball Knee program: https://knee.netball.com.au/
The Get Set app for injury prevention:  https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/49/11/762
Brooke’s research profile https://scholars.latrobe.edu.au/bpatterson
Brooke’s publications: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=Tct0d9gAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=sra
Contact Brooke directly:  B.Patterson@latrobe.edu.au
 
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Managing ACL injuries with Dr Brooke Patterson – knee function, osteoarthritis, rehabilitation, playing elite sport and coaching

This week on Physio Foundations Zuzana and I spoke with Dr Brooke Patterson from the La Trobe Sports and Exercise Medicine research centre about her research into knee joint health and function following anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction and translating her research into the clinic.
You can follow Brooke on Twitter @knee_howells
This is a discussion aimed at health professionals and health professional students. Always seek the guidance of a qualified health professional with any questions you may have regarding your health or a medical condition.
 In this episode:
0:00 Welcome Brooke
1:35 About Brooke – background and current interests
2:35 Playing elite football, being a researcher, physio and coach
3:15 What led you to coaching?
4:50 How did your ACL injury shape your career?
7:11 What would you do differently with your ACL rehab next time?
7:30 The biggest mistake was to stop the gym
8:20 Brooke’s PhD studies – function and joint health after ACL reconstruction
10:50 New grads – how do you learn how to manage ACLs?
13:18 Resources for ACL rehab
17:40 Does better knee function and strength slow or prevent knee osteoarthritis?
18:32 What are the foundational skills and knowledge that you can’t go to work without?
23:35 Give the person something to assess themselves with every day
25:40 Test yourself with simple gym equipment and functional tests
27:25 Helping women and girls participate fully in rehab
28:31 Women in sport congress 2022
29:55 Summary and what’s next?
Brooke’s research profile https://scholars.latrobe.edu.au/bpatterson
Brooke’s publications: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=Tct0d9gAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=sra
Contact Brooke directly:  B.Patterson@latrobe.edu.au
Women in Sport Congress 2022: https://womeninsportcongress.org.au/
Melbourne ACL rehabilitation guide:  https://www.melbourneaclguide.com/docs/ACL_Guide.pdf
The Super Knee trial with Adam Culvenor:  http://semrc.blogs.latrobe.edu.au/super-knee/
Trek knee resources:
https://trekeducation.org/
Watch Brooke and Adam discuss non-operative ACL management at learn.physio
https://www.learn.physio/p/non-operative-acl-masterclass
 
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Kids leg pain, essential clinical skills for health professionals and managing foot conditions – with Associate Professor Cylie Williams

This week on Physio Foundations I spoke with Associate Professor Cylie Williams from Monash University’s School of Primary and Allied Health Care about how podiatrists help children and adults with foot conditions, her current research projects and why we desperately need more podiatrists!
Please visit @kidslegpain on Facebook and Twitter and find out how you can help kids with chronic musculoskeletal pain, as a parent, clinician or even a PhD student.
This is a discussion aimed at health professionals and health professional students. Always seek the guidance of a qualified health professional with any questions you may have regarding your health or a medical condition.
 In this episode:
0:00 Welcome Cylie
0:14 About Cylie
1:22 Cylie’s current projects and interests
3:20 How you can help with research into chronic pain in children
4:34 How did Cylie become interested in idiopathic toe walking?
5:52 How Cylie’s research is helping identify the right treatments for kids with idiopathic toe walking
6:43 The new Monash Doctor of podiatry course – there’s not enough podiatrists in Australia
10:33 How should podiatrists and physiotherapists work together?
11:30 Podiatrists are good at looking after skin and nails
12:04 Skin and nail problems affect people through the lifespan
12:50 ‘I can’t imagine a world where I didn’t work with physios’
14:52 Managing chronic health conditions, neurological, vascular conditions
16:00 The complexities of managing foot wounds and ulcers
17:29 ‘Diabetes-related foot wounds can be looked at like cancer’
18:55 Simple question for somebody with diabetes ‘have you had your feet checked?’ Annual foot checks
19:30 Essential foundational skills – listen, think, reflect
21:06 Leave your ego at the door and listen to your patients
23:18 Funny kids stories, rollerblades, poo
26:59 Kids leg pain – how you can help with research into chronic pain in kids
28:58 @kidsleg pain – follow for more information, parents, clinicians, PhD opportunities
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Cylie’s profile: https://research.monash.edu/en/persons/cylie-williams
Cylie’s interview about idiopathic toe walking on the @MonashMRU podcast: https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-ur3me-10054a2
Cylie’s email: Cylie.Williams@monash.edu
Connect with Cylie on Twitter:  @Cyliepaedspod
 
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Matt King – hip pain and biomechanics in athletes, hip osteoarthritis, rehabilitation

This week Zuzana and I spoke to Dr Matt King from the La Trobe Sport and Exercise Medicine Research Centre.  Matt is a physiotherapist, researcher and educator with a special interest in hip pain and biomechanics in athletes.
Zuzana and I asked Matt about his PhD research on men and women with hip-related pain and the use of biomechanics to understand why some people with femoroacetabular impingement syndrome (FAIS) develop osteoarthritis later in life. We also spoke about rehabilitation for people with hip pain and differences between men and women in movement patterns in sport. We then had a really interesting conversation about biomechanical research, women in sport and how clinicians can get involved in research. 
This is a discussion aimed at health professionals and health professional students. Always seek the guidance of a qualified health professional with any questions you may have regarding your health or a medical condition.
 In this episode:
0:00 Welcome Matt
2:25 What got Matt interested in research?
4:09 Biomechanical risk factors for progression of FAIS and hip osteoarthritis (OA)
5:07 Are higher demand tasks associated with faster progression of hip OA? 
5:43 Low level vs high level tasks
7:52 What is it about walking that we should be looking at in athletes?
10:10 Stair running in athletes with hip pain - Load the hip without hip extension
12:50 Backwards walking and running for rehabilitation
14:40 Men vs women in high and low impact tasks
17:28 The trade-off between the ankle and the hip
20:15 How to women move compared to men?
22:31 Participation rates are increasing in women and girl’s football
25:25 How do you measure biomechanics?
30:55 How can you measure forces and joint angles in the clinic?
32:57 The FORCE project
33:32 The prep-to-play program
34:15 ACL and knee osteoarthritis – Adam Culvenor and colleagues
35:15 How can clinicians get involved in research?
38:30 Volunteer for research – doors will open
40:26 The importance of support, mentoring, reflection and teamwork
44:19 How to re-open the bar at a conference – essential skills for face-to-face conferences
Read more about Matt: https://scholars.latrobe.edu.au/m2king
Contact Matt on Twitter: https://mobile.twitter.com/mattking_physio
Follow the La Trobe Sport and Exercise Medicine Research Centre on Twitter: https://twitter.com/LaTrobeSEM
Matt talked about this paper in the episode: ‘Lower limb biomechanics during low- and high-impact functional tasks differ between men and women with hip-related groin pain’
Link here: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31181339/
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Step into the patient’s shoes – the importance of practice and simulation for health professionals, with Narelle Dalwood

This week on Physio Foundations I spoke again to Narelle Dalwood from Monash University Physiotherapy. Narelle is an APA titled neurological physiotherapist and physiotherapy educator from Monash University Physiotherapy and the leader of our simulation program. Listen to episode 19 for a summary of Narelle’s background and experience.
Narelle and I spoke about the benefits and challenges of using peer simulation to help physiotherapy students to prepare for their clinical placements. We talk about what simulation is, the benefits and challenges for students, and discuss ‘how real does it have to be?’ Hint – it can be unexpectedly realistic. 
This is a discussion aimed at health professionals and health professional students. Always seek the guidance of a qualified health professional with any questions you may have regarding your health or a medical condition.
 In this episode:
0:00 Welcome back Narelle
0:23 What is simulation?
1:45 Can high-quality simulation replace clinical placement?
2:35 Virtual reality, mannequins, simulated patients
4:00 Limitations of using actors and simulated patients, using peers as patients
5:15 Bridge the gap between campus-based learning and clinical placements
6:51 Stressed, nervous, anxious and unprepared to enter a clinical role – the importance of practice and simulation
8:39 What do students learn from simulation? What is it like for students?
10:24 What do students learn from being a patient?
10:55 Step into the patient’s shoes
12:35 What do clinical educators think about simulation?
15:37 How real does simulation have to be?
18:45 Physical acting – you learn so much from attempting to portray physical impairments
20:46 What’s next for simulation?
24:06 The importance of feeling prepared when you enter a clinical environment
25:51 More prepared students = better patient outcomes
 
Read more about Narelle and our simulation program: https://research.monash.edu/en/persons/narelle-dalwood
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Acute neurological physiotherapy - essential skills for all practitioners - with Narelle Dalwood

My guest this week is Narelle Dalwood. Narelle is an APA titled neurological physiotherapist and physiotherapy educator from Monash University Physiotherapy. Narelle and I sat down to discuss her pathway into neurological physiotherapy and the foundational knowledge and skills of an acute neurological physiotherapist. Narelle has so much knowledge and experience, I’m sure you will love hearing from her.
This is a discussion aimed at health professionals. Always seek the guidance of a qualified health professional with any questions you may have regarding your health or a medical condition.
 In this episode:
0:00 About this episode – welcome Narelle
1:50 About Narelle – pathway into neurological physiotherapy
3:05 I didn’t want to be a neurological physiotherapist
5:20 Develop a wide variety of skills
7:35 Experience counts for a lot – let your experiences guide your interests
8:00 Be open to new and challenging experiences
10:45 How I knew I wanted to work in acute neuro
12:15 What skills are needed in acute neurological physiotherapy?  Empathy is important, but not too much
13:25 Teamwork and communication – acknowledgement of your team member’s skills
15:25 Know your anatomy
16:50 Don’t go in blind – anticipate impairments
19:05 Take your time to assess the person to their highest functional level
21:15 Narelle takes us through a typical acute neuro assessment
22:20 What if the patient’s communication is impaired? Receptive and expressive dysphasia, dysarthria, disorientation
25:15 There are no recipes – heterogeneity in neurological conditions
26:40 Non-motor impairments – confusion, memory deficits, neglect
28:40 What are the most important knowledge and skills for an acute neurological physiotherapist?
28:44 Your role as a physio is to allow people to live their most meaningful life possible
29:35 A beautiful story about the importance of goal setting
33:42 Like, share, subscribe – how you can help the podcast
Read more about Narelle: https://research.monash.edu/en/persons/narelle-dalwood
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