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Gaskin, Cadeyrn J.; Andersen, Mark B.; Morris, Tony – Disability & Society, 2012
Although physical activity can have substantial mental and physical health benefits, people with cerebral palsy usually lead sedentary lives. To understand, at an individual level, this inactivity, we interviewed a 29-year-old minimally active woman with cerebral palsy (Alana) about the meanings and experiences of physical activity throughout her…
Descriptors: Cerebral Palsy, Females, Adults, Experience
Snodgrass, Suzanne J.; Ashby, Samantha E.; Rivett, Darren A.; Russell, Trevor – Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2014
Assessment of practical clinical skills is essential in the health fields. Objective Structured Clinical Exams (OSCEs), where examiners assess students performing clinical procedures on simulated patients (actors), are central to the evaluation of practical skills. However, traditional OSCEs require considerable time-investment to administer, and…
Descriptors: Clinical Experience, Medical Education, Medical Students, Physical Therapy
Nicole, Madelyn; Fairbrother, Michele; Nagarajan, Srivalli Vilapakkam; Blackford, Julia; Sheepway, Lyndal; Penman, Merrolee; McAllister, Lindy – Asia-Pacific Journal of Cooperative Education, 2015
Through a collaborative university-hospital partnership, a student-led service model (SLS-model) was implemented to increase student placement capacity within a physiotherapy department of a 150 bed Sydney hospital. This study investigates the perceived barriers and enablers to increasing student placement capacity through student-led services…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Service Learning, Work Experience Programs
Ajjawi, Rola; Higgs, Joy – Advances in Health Sciences Education, 2012
Communication is an important area in health professional education curricula, however it has been dealt with as discrete skills that can be learned and taught separate to the underlying thinking. Communication of clinical reasoning is a phenomenon that has largely been ignored in the literature. This research sought to examine how experienced…
Descriptors: Medical Education, Listening, Hermeneutics, Interviews
Verschuren, Olaf; Ketelaar, Marjolijn; Keefer, Daniel; Wright, Virginia; Butler, Jane; Ada, Louise; Maher, Carol; Reid, Siobhan; Wright, Marilyn; Dalziel, Blythe; Wiart, Lesley; Fowler, Eileen; Unnithan, Viswanath; Maltais, Desiree B.; van den Berg-Emons, Rita; Takken, Tim – Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, 2011
Aim: Evidence-based recommendations regarding which exercise tests to use in children and adolescents with cerebral palsy (CP) are lacking. This makes it very difficult for therapists and researchers to choose the appropriate exercise-related outcome measures for this group. This study aimed to identify a core set of exercise tests for children…
Descriptors: Children, Physical Activities, Health Personnel, Cerebral Palsy
Edgar, Susan; Francis-Coad, Jacqueline; Connaughton, Joanne – Asia-Pacific Journal of Cooperative Education, 2013
This paper presents the research findings from a study reviewing graduates' opinions on completing online reflective journaling tasks during work integrated learning as an undergraduate. The study was divided into two parts with an initial focus group conducted with six physiotherapy graduates seven months following graduation. Findings from the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, College Graduates, Student Attitudes
Hillier, Susan; McIntyre, Auburn; Plummer, Leanne – Physical & Occupational Therapy in Pediatrics, 2010
Aquatic therapy is an intervention for children with Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) that has not been investigated formally. This was a pilot randomized controlled trial to investigate the feasibility and preliminary effectiveness of an aquatic therapy program to improve motor skills of children with DCD. Thirteen children (mean age 7…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Intervention, Physical Therapy, Developmental Disabilities
Mahony, Kate; Hunt, Adrienne; Daley, Deborah; Sims, Susan; Adams, Roger – Physical & Occupational Therapy in Pediatrics, 2009
Reliability and measurement precision of manual muscle testing (MMT) and hand-held dynamometry (HHD) were compared for children with spina bifida. Strength measures were obtained of the hip flexors, hip abductors, and knee extensors of 20 children (10 males, 10 females; mean age 9 years 10 months; range: 5 to 15 years) by two experienced physical…
Descriptors: Muscular Strength, Congenital Impairments, Measures (Individuals), Human Body
Tucker, Beatrice; Jones, Sue; Straker, Leon – Higher Education Research and Development, 2008
This paper reports the use of an online student evaluation system, Course Experience on the Web (CEW), in a physiotherapy program to improve their Course Experience Questionnaire (CEQ) results. CEW comprises a course survey instrument modeled on the CEQ and a tailored unit survey instrument. Closure of the feedback loop is integral in the CEW…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Graduate Surveys, Course Evaluation, Satisfaction

Rikard-Bell, Glenys; And Others – Journal of Allied Health, 1991
Evaluations of the academic performance of 799 University of Sydney students revealed little difference between students who had completed secondary school and those who had not (1) in the time taken to complete the program; (2) in the academic performance in 26 of 31 subjects; and (3) between male and female students. (JOW)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Students, Foreign Countries, High School Graduates
Mohammed, Y. Q.; Waddington, G.; Donnan, P. – Electronic Journal of e-Learning, 2007
The main objective of this pilot research project was to determine whether the use of an internet broadband link to stream physiotherapy clinical education workshop proceedings in "real-time" is of equivalent educational value to the traditional face-to-face experience. This project looked at the benefits of using the above technology as…
Descriptors: Internet, Technology Uses in Education, Educational Technology, Conventional Instruction
Kelso, Rose-Anne; Price, Sue – 1988
Children with Down Syndrome have the potential for the development of a large range and variety of postures, balance reactions, movements, and skills. Sometimes this potential remains relatively untapped resulting in unusual, inefficient, or even detrimental patterns of movement. By handling and playing with the child, he or she becomes more aware…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Downs Syndrome, Foreign Countries, Human Posture
Das, Rebekah – Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice, 2005
Increasing numbers of international students studying health sciences in Australia necessitates research into appropriate ways to support cultural diversity in teaching. International students commonly face problems in adapting to culturally different education and health care systems and this complicates the development of the discipline specific…
Descriptors: Physical Therapy, Theory Practice Relationship, Foreign Countries, International Education