Tag Archives: teaching and learning

Levels of Evidence for Foot and Ankle Questions on the Orthopaedic In-Training Examination

Levels of Evidence for Foot and Ankle Questions on the Orthopaedic In-Training Examination: 15-Year Trends. Walsh CT et al J Surg Educ. 2016 Aug 25 Quote: BACKGROUND: The foot and ankle (FA) content domain is a component of the orthopaedic in-training examination (OITE). Continue reading

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Why Most Clinical Research Is Not Useful

Why Most Clinical Research Is Not Useful. Ioannidis JPA PLoS Med 13(6): e1002049. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1002049 Quote: Summary Points Blue-sky research cannot be easily judged on the basis of practical impact, but clinical research is different and should be useful Continue reading

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Within groups vs between groups

In many posts here and on my blogs (eg here ) I have bagged studies that used a within groups analysis when they should be using a between groups analysis I finally put together a video explaining the differences: Continue reading

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Biomechanics – Getting the Knowledge

Hi everyone, this is my first post on here, I’m a ‘soon to qualify’ uk podiatry student, hoping to be registered by late summer. (NHS employment probably being my first port of call with hopefully chances to shadow MSK/Biomechanics Pods) My primary area of interest is bio-mechanics (I have previous background in sport/fitness, competitive body-building, personal training) Ive been reading, learning and taking in as much as I can, thus far, but really looking to accelerate my learning by the most efficient route possible…..Privately run courses, online learning, MSc modules… ALG bootcamp Glasgow this summer? Continue reading

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Nail Surgery/Anaesthesia

Hi, I’m trying to track down what stand-alone training courses may exist for nail surgery & anaethesia. We have a Podiatrist who needs this, as it did not form part of her original qualification. The course would need to be recognised by AHPRA, the registration board in Australia. Continue reading

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Bullying and harassment of students on clinical placements

Exploring the experiences and implementing strategies for physiotherapy students who perceive they have been bullied or harassed on clinical placements: Participatory action research Di Thomson, David Patterson, Hannah Chapman, Louise Murray, Maeve Toner, Anne-Marie Hassenkamp Physiotherapy; Article in Press Quote: Objectives To explore and empower physiotherapy students who reported being bullied or harassed on clinical placements by co-developing, implementing and evaluating strategies that could be adopted by the university. Continue reading

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Podiatry Assistant Courses UK

Hi, Can anyone help me with information on where I can locate a good course for anyone wishing to become a podiatry assistant? Ideally around the midlands but can travel. Continue reading

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Why Podiatry?

Hey guys I am an incoming freshman. Continue reading

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Maths?

Apologies if this isn’t in the right place – if so, if anyone has any input as to where it could go, I’d appreciate that. I have dyscalculia Continue reading

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Clinical mentoring of podiatrists

An exploratory study of career, psychosocial, and clinical mentoring of podiatrists Rosalie Coppin, Greg Fisher Australian Journal of Career Development July 2015 vol. 24 no. Continue reading

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