Health informatics

Also in this issue

• In front

  Progress report

  Outgoing CSP Council chair Alex MacKenzie reflects on past achievements and the foundations they set for future work

  

• Hot topic

  Pneumothorax and acupuncture: a point too far?

  Recent media reports that ex England footballer, Ellen White, experienced a pneumothorax following acupuncture, ensued debate within the profession

  

• Profile

  Pioneering a bold new clinical academic frontier

  Jonathan Quicke, CSP research adviser, speakes to Professor Caroline Alexander on how to be clinicians and innovators creating new knowledge

  

• In question

  My patient wants to record our treatment session what should I do?

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  We answer your questions as Jackie Lidgard a CSP professional adviser explains

  

• Features

  The World Cup and off-field harm

  Qatar will require ongoing pressure on the Gulf state’s authorities and FIFA to address serious abuses, writes CSP officer Helen Russell

  

• In person

  For now and for the future

  CEO Karen Middleton looks at the role informatics can play in supporting physiotherapy as a forward thinking profession

  

• Resources

  Resources

  Find this month's selection of useful resources

  

• In the workplace

  Principles of practice-based learning

  The CSP and the Royal College of Occupational Therapists have developed a series of principles of practice-based learning.

  

• In the workplace

  Negotiating your pay - the CSP’s new support for members working outside of the NHS

  It’s not all about NHS pay right now.

  

• Features

  MACP e-portfolio platform: Proud to be providing a portfolio route for advanced practice

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  The MACP has created a new electronic portfolio portal, to support development, collect evidence and help demonstrate effectiveness

  

• Viewpoint

  When the brush is mightier than the disease

  How discovering art has helped one physiotherapist cope with Parkinson’s 

  

• Viewpoint

  Landmark standards putting rehabilitation on the right track

  New community rehabilitation best practice standards aim to improve the consistency and quality of rehabilitation throughout the UK 

  

• Last word

  The transformative nature of storytelling

  Stories are powerful allies, they can connect us with others and strengthen therapeutic engagement to improve outcomes, says Fiona Jones