Education: a global issue

Brief outline (Detailed outline)

The first half of the day will be around issues to do with accreditation of physiotherapy programmes and setting of standards. Input from experts in the field from at least 2 countries will present. After lunch will be centred on curriculum design and innovation for entry level programs. There will be some opportunity for participants to share their work and for discussion around issues to deal with curriculum planning in 21st century. Areas of research and opportunities for collaborative research in education will be explored.

Objectives

• Participants will gain an understanding accreditation and setting of standards.
• Participants will have explored issues related to curriculum design and innovation in educational programs.
• Participants will have an opportuity to engage with educators and researchers in the area of educational design and research.

Organiser

Gillian Webb (Australia)

Associate Professor Gillian Webb. I am the president of  ISEP and have been for the past 7 years. I am also Chairperson of the Australian Physoptherapy Educators Group. Through this I have planned and run one workshop and am running another this year. I have been an educator for 40 years and have researched and published in the area of eduction. I am deputy chairperson of the Asia West Pacific regionof WCPT. I have a Doctor of Education and a Masters in Clinical education. My research is in the area of Education and I am currently  involved in a numer of research grants exploring inteprofessional health education. I was  co-editor and author of the book ‘Concepts of Physiotherapy Practice. I was a co-recipient of a $150,000 research grant from the then Australian Universities Teaching Consortium titled “Learning Outcomes for Physiotherapy Education in Australia.   I am part of an ALTC grant for developing inteprofessional curriculum for ‘Resources and Methodologies for Learning and Teaching Effective Communication in Emergency Health Care Settings‘. I have been asked as an educational expert to be part of a large multicountry grant application – International Collaborative Indigenous Health Reseach Partnership grant (ICIHRP) - “How can medical education reduce disparities in chronic disease care and improve outcomes for Indigenous populations?“.I have been asked to run many workshops on teaching and learning and curriculum development in the Asia West Pacific region India, Malaysia, Indonesia, Afghanistan, Nepal, Thailand,). I am an education consultant to the physiotherapy school in Nepal have and Fiji.

Speakers

Margaret Grant (Australia)

Margaret is the Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Physiotherapy Council. She holds degrees in physiotherapy, education and law. She has been asked by various professional associations to present on accreditation and registration. She has represented the APC at international meetings on the topic of accreditation.

Lesley Bainbridge (Canada)

Dr Bainbridge has extensive experience in Canada in education and accreditation. She is the Deputy principal of the College of Health Disciplines and has published in the area of interprofessional education and accreditation.

Trevor Russell (Australia)

Trevor Russell is a senior lecturer in the Division of Physiotherapy within the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences at the University of Queensland where he is the coordinator for the Masters of Physiotherapy Studies Programme. He has a PhD in Telerehabilitation and co-directs the Telerehabilitation Research Unit at the University of Queensland. Dr Trevor Russell and has extensive experience in using mobile technologies and telecommunication tools for both clinical service provision and teaching and learning in the rehabilitation sciences.

Reuben Escorpizo (Switzerland)

Reuben Escorpizo is Group Leader of the ICF Core Set Development for Vocational/Work Rehabilitation based at the Swiss Paraplegic Center, Nottwil, Switzerland. Dr. Escorpizo has worked in different settings in the last 10 years- both as an active clinician and researcher. He has practice as a clinician in the Philippines, Canada, and the USA. As a researcher, he has presented in scientific meetings worldwide. After earning his bachelor's degree in the Philippines, he went and obtained his Master of Science degree in Kinesiology specializing in occupational biomechanics from York University, Ontario Canada and later his Doctor in Physical Therapy degree at Des Moines University, Iowa, USA. He has published and collaborates with the international community in the area of orthopedics, rheumatology, outcomes measurement, work rehabilitation, and the ICF. He currently holds a fellowship in Outcome Measures in Rheumatology (OMERACT) in the areas of work and ICF. His primary research interest is the direct clinical application of the ICF. In May 2009, he was inducted to the Alpha Eta Honors Society and was presented the Dean's Leadership Award at Des Moines University. Dr. Escorpizo is an active member of the American Physical Therapy Association and is a Board of Directors member of the Florida Physical Therapy Association. He is also a member of the Canadian Physiotherapy Association and Philippine Physical Therapy Association.

Firdouza Waggie (South Africa)

I was born in Cape Town, South Africa, in a suburb called, ‘Bo-Kaap’ which is situated on the foot of Signal Hill, a mountain that overlooks the beautiful city of Cape Town. It is here where I reside and where I received my education.

My relationship with the University of the Western Cape (UWC) spans over twenty years. I completed my undergraduate study at UWC in Physiotherapy, and after working as a physiotherapist in the public sector here in Cape Town, South Africa, I returned to UWC as a lecturer in the Physiotherapy Department. I completed the MSc (Physiotherapy) degree with the thesis entitled, “Evaluation of Physiotherapy services for stroke survivors living on the Cape Flats of the Western Cape”. I attained a PhD in the Faculty of Education at UWC. The thesis was entitled “An Evaluation of a Community-Based Interdisciplinary Health Promotion Course in one South African University”

Currently, I hold the position of Head of Department of the Interdisciplinary Teaching and Learning Unit in the Faculty of Community and Health Sciences (FCHS). The main function of the unit is to co-ordinate, develop and evaluate interdisciplinary teaching and learning in the faculties of Community and Health Sciences and Dentistry. My research interest is in the area of health professions education with a focus on interprofessional curriculum development, community-based education (specifically service-learning) and school-based health promotion.

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