This page shows the active posts in the category Education and Training. Posts in this category concern education and training of professionals specialising in rehabilitation. There is a focus on medical training of doctors because it is the only profession with training leading to official recognition of expertise. However increasingly it is covering training in rehabilitation across all professions.
Assessment competency
At 02.00 hrs on November 29th, I had an epiphany, “a moment of sudden and…
Wisdom in rehabilitation
In May 2021, Dr Sabena Yasmin Jameel published her University of Birmingham PhD thesis on…
Rehabilitation thinking
“Rehabilitation is a way of thinking, not a way of doing.” I have written two…
Assessing Entrustment in Rehabilitation.
Trust is central to all healthcare. A patient trusts the doctor’s diagnosis and recommendations. The…
Why are research papers rejected?
Clinical Rehabilitation, the journal I have edited from 1994 to 2021, rejects about 88% of…
Rehabilitation expertise
Rehabilitation is not therapy, and therapy is not rehabilitation. Rehabilitation expertise is the second area…
Using the MCA in health services
The Mental Capacity Act (MCA) is a well-designed, helpful piece of legislation that governs decision-making…
Entrustability – what is it?
Most professions initially developed based on trust. Examinations were rare. Doctors (and other professions) learn…
Advanced Clinical Practitioners
The role of an Advanced Clinical Practitioner could be characterised as a role searching for…
Social Care research
Today (May 26th 2021) I attended a Zoom-based seminar on Social Care research run by…
Capabilities – evidence
I was asked, on Twitter by Jacqui Wheatcroft: “I wondered about the references to support…
Humanities in rehabilitation
This post concerns training in and education about empathy, “the ability to understand and share…
Exemplary paper
The published paper featured in this post illustrates many features of a good rehabilitation research…
Competencies
Competency as a concept used within training and education was introduced in 1973. It is…
Rehabilitation syllabus
I am currently involved in writing a syllabus for doctors training in Rehabilitation Medicine in…
A surfeit of guidelines?
I am writing a syllabus for doctors training in Rehabilitation Medicine. The syllabus will cover,…
National UK training
For many years there has been a grumbling level of dissatisfaction with training in Rehabilitation…
