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Small Group Instructional Feedback
Take a look at the infographic below for a brief overview of this useful instructional feedback tool.
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Feb 21 min read


Ongoing Education and Professional Development
When I think about instructing specifically for physiotherapy students, there are two significant areas that I would like to develop my...
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Feb 12 min read


Boundaries and Burnout
Last week I attended a course as part of my physiotherapy clinic staff retreat. This course, entitled “Happy Human Physio” (2025) was...
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Jan 252 min read


What Makes Students Resist Learning? Here's My Experience.
No matter the reason, being the instructor in an environment where students are resistant to learning can be frustrating and...
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Jan 102 min read


Power Dynamics in Education
Stephen Brookfield discusses the impacts of teacher and student power dynamics in chapter eighteen of The Skillful Teacher: On Technique,...
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Jan 32 min read


The Core Assumptions of Skillful Teaching
In The Skillful Teacher: On Technique, Trust, and Responsiveness in the Classroom (2015), Stephen Brookfield outlines four core...
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Dec 20, 20242 min read


My Professional Identity
When I started out in my career in physiotherapy in 2017, I had no particular ambitions of including teaching as part of my career. As I...
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Dec 15, 20242 min read


How To Use Crutches
Have you recently been injured? Are you struggling with how to use your new crutches safely and effectively? You're not alone! Many...
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Nov 4, 20241 min read


Learning Partner Discussion
Today I had the pleasure of speaking with Eugene Touchette, a red seal landscape horticulturist and instructor in horticulture at...
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Oct 4, 20231 min read


Trends in Adult Education - Competency-Based Learning
Competency-based learning (CBL) is an approach which opposes the traditional structured classroom model where students of the same cohort...
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Oct 2, 20232 min read


Trends in Orthopaedic Physiotherapy
In the past decade, the profession of orthopaedic physiotherapy has seen a large-scale trend away from passive modalities to more active...
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Sep 28, 20232 min read
About Me
Welcome to my blog dedicated to all things learning! I am a Registered Physiotherapist currently working in private practice orthopaedics...
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Sep 22, 20231 min read
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