Online consults have become a big talking point amongst healthcare professionals and many have had to take their trade online with the current Covid-19 pandemic. It can be challenging and a little discombobulating at first but here are 10 things that you might want to bear in mind when you come to do It and could even improve them : )

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See it as an opportunity

We should not view this move into the online world as inferior or sub optimal, just different! In some ways it might actually be superior with people feeling comfortable in their own environments and not having the stress of travelling to us.

It also provides opportunities to focus on areas us HCPs have been discussing upskilling in for years! Building better relationships, communication, advice, coaching & promoting self management are all things I hear regularly discussed as being under emphasised. Well now is time to put away the ideology as these are the tools at...

Exercise is great, we know this, right?

Here at the Better Clinician Project we are determined not to have any egos or elitism, instead we want to create an open, honest, friendly, and down to earth community of healthcare professionals who are not up their own arses and full of academic or qualification snobbery, which unfortunately in our experience is rife in healthcare.

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I was reminded how common academic and qualification snobbery is when I attended a large scientific conference recently. The conference was great and I learnt a lot, but it was tarnished by a few conversations I had with some of the very smart and immensely qualified delegates who suddenly appeared to think my IQ level dropped through the floor when they realised I was ‘just’ a clinical physio, who didn’t have a PhD and wasn’t widely published.

Am I simple?

I swear to god that one guy even started to speak a little slower and louder as if he suddenly...

Within the therapy world the assessment and treatment of the Sacroiliac Joint, or the 'SIJ' as its more commonly known, is a fiercely debated area that often creates lively disagreements, as I recently found out when I posted a comment on Twitter a while ago stating I was surprised that many still use unreliable palpation tests to assess it. After some much RSI inducing tweeting, which ended up with one tweeter calling me a 'critical arsehole' I thought I would write a piece on what my experience and more importantly what the research is telling us about assessing the Sacroiliac Joint.

For me as physio the SIJ has always been one of those areas I never did fully understand when I was a student many years ago. I can recall being in classes being confused as hell listening to tutors explaining the arthro-kinematics of it during movement, and how alterations to these movements can cause pain and dysfunction.

And it got even worse in the practical lessons with being even more...

So its only 9 days until the Better Clinician Project gets under way and we (Adam & Ben) want to let you know exactly how this exciting new project is going to work when it goes LIVE on the 1st of February.

If you sign up you will receive weekly content around 10-20 minutes long, usually video based, on one of 4 subjects. This will be delivered at set times each week so you can plan your education. 

We will have case studies, interviews and clinically relevant topics in all areas

Better Clinician - Key topics that impact on clinicians and clinical practice

Better Rehab - Exercise examples and case studies to improve your knowledge of rehab

Better Patient - Patient focused information that is about understanding the people we are helping better

Better Research - How do you filter and navigate the mountains of research? This section helps you do just that!

You can see examples of this content if you pop over to the website ...

Hello there, and welcome to The Better Clinician Project a brand new and unique online learning resource that aims to deliver high-quality content at a low cost that aims to make you a better clinician helping those you see get better.

The project is hosted by Adam Meakins a Physiotherapist and Strength and Conditioning Specialist from North London, and Ben Cormack a musculoskeletal therapist from South London in England. Together they have created an exciting, educational learning experience for you.

The better clinician project aims to become the most comprehensive online learning resource for the busy, hardworking, evidenced-based clinician, who is pushed for time and cash.

We aim to deliver high-quality weekly information offering clear, simple, practical, evidence-based advice and information. We want to prove that high quality continuing education doesn't have to be bland, boring or expensive and can cost you less the price of a frothy coffee a week.

The better clinician...