Physiopedia - An International Collaborative Project for the Physiotherapy Profession
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This was presented at WCPT Congress by Rachael Lowe in Amsterdam, June 2011
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Physiopedia - An International Collaborative Project for the Physiotherapy Profession
- 2. … imagine world where we ALL have access to ALL physiotherapy knowledge…
- 3. …imagine a place where we can ALLget together to collaborate…
- 4. …imagine a place wherewe can ALL promote our profession,globally…
- 6. Physiopedia is a website that anyone can read and any physiotherapist can edit
- 7. It aims to contain evidence based information on ALL physiotherapy related topics
- 8. It aims to be THE resource for physiotherapy profession
- 9. Physiopedia is a non-profit project that aims to improve global health by the dissemination of physiotherapy knowledge.
- 10. Facts & Figures
- 11. Launched 2 ½ years ago
- 13. Over one million visits!! 189,370 people
- 14. 13,164 Cities
- 15. 184 countries
- 17. Your contributionsto Physiopediawon’t go un-noticed!!
- 18. Who is getting involved?Â
- 19. Individual clinicians work autonomously CPD / CE
- 20. Researchers contribute content publish and promote their work
- 21. Educators Lecture preparation On-line demonstration Making resources accessible Student assignments
- 22. Students Group assignments Lecture preparation Publishing Research Adding Case studies
- 23. Professional Organisations Getting members involved Create content Promote patient care
- 24. So how do people feel about contributing to Physiopedia?
- 25. In a survey of students we gathered this feedback…
- 26. agreed that using this Site worked well as a learning method 90%
- 27. said that they now felt confident to edit and add to this resource 87.5%
- 28. of the students would recommend the project to future students 85%
- 29. said they learned about other disorders from classmates presentations 95%
- 30. “I really enjoyed working on this project. I feel that it allowed me a chance to do something that can be seen by many people to come.”
- 31. “It was a great experience for learning how to contribute to our profession in a very accessible way.”
- 32. “This project was an opportunity for us to become more familiar with web-based resources and more importantly contribute to them.”
- 33. “..student response to the site is overwhelmingly positive. The students enjoy the opportunity to do projects that persist beyond the classroom and provide a benefit to physiotherapists around the world.”
- 34. “The Physiopedia'Evidence Based Practice' project has clearly being recognized by the students as being the most interesting task in their e-portfolio.”
- 35. There is no reason why ALL physiotherapists can’t have the same experiences as these students in Physiopedia.
- 36. Wouldn’t it be great if....
- 38. … others would learn…
- 39. ..and we would have ONE great resource for our profession.
- 40. Have a look around....
Editor's Notes
- Take a break and think about how people might work with students or collaborate with colleagues in Physiopedia.
- July 2008 - Site development startedJan 2009 - Official launchFeb 2009 - First university project beginsApril 2009 - Regis University and Evidence in Motion grant open access rights to fellowship contentMay 2009 - Being used by 4 learning institutionsApril 2010 - First international collaborative student project beginsMay 2010 - First clinical interest group becomes involvedJune 2010 - Over 200 pages of content - 200-500 visitors per day - 30,000 visits per month
- We could have a break here to do something. Get everyone to think about how they personally would like to use Physiopedia...
- Take a break and think about how people might work with students or collaborate with colleagues in Physiopedia.