This was presented at WCPT Congress by Rachael Lowe in Amsterdam, June 2011

1. Just imagine…

2. … imagine world where we ALL have access to ALL physiotherapy knowledge…

3. …imagine a place where we can ALLget together to collaborate…

4. …imagine a place wherewe can ALL promote our profession,globally…

6. Physiopedia is a website that anyone can read and any physiotherapist can edit

7. It aims to contain evidence based information on ALL physiotherapy related topics

8. It aims to be THE resource for physiotherapy profession

9. Physiopedia is a non-profit project that aims to improve global health by the dissemination of physiotherapy knowledge.

10. Facts & Figures

11. Launched 2 ½ years ago

12. Over 500 Articles

13. Over one million visits!! 189,370 people

14. 13,164 Cities

15. 184 countries

16. From all continents

17. Your contributionsto Physiopediawon’t go un-noticed!!

18. Who is getting involved?

19. Individual clinicians work autonomously CPD / CE

20. Researchers contribute content publish and promote their work

21. Educators Lecture preparation On-line demonstration Making resources accessible Student assignments

22. Students Group assignments Lecture preparation Publishing Research Adding Case studies

23. Professional Organisations Getting members involved Create content Promote patient care

24. So how do people feel about contributing to Physiopedia?

25. In a survey of students we gathered this feedback…

26. agreed that using this Site worked well as a learning method 90%

27. said that they now felt confident to edit and add to this resource 87.5%

28. of the students would recommend the project to future students 85%

29. said they learned about other disorders from classmates presentations 95%

30. “I really enjoyed working on this project. I feel that it allowed me a chance to do something that can be seen by many people to come.”

31. “It was a great experience for learning how to contribute to our profession in a very accessible way.”

32. “This project was an opportunity for us to become more familiar with web-based resources and more importantly contribute to them.”

33. “..student response to the site is overwhelmingly positive. The students enjoy the opportunity to do projects that persist beyond the classroom and provide a benefit to physiotherapists around the world.”

34. “The Physiopedia'Evidence Based Practice' project has clearly being recognized by the students as being the most interesting task in their e-portfolio.”

35. There is no reason why ALL physiotherapists can’t have the same experiences as these students in Physiopedia.

36. Wouldn’t it be great if....

37. We would learn…

38. … others would learn…

39. ..and we would have ONE great resource for our profession.

40. Have a look around....

41. www.physio-pedia.com