Continuously working in a solo paediatric practice in one regional centre in South Australia over the past forty-nine years has led to a strong interest in the retention of allied health workers in rural and regional areas.

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Your trial compared various formats for delivery of exercise therapy to people with stable coronary heart disease. At what stage after a coronary event were participants enrolled in the study?

What is Down syndrome and how does it impact those who have it?

Down syndrome is a genetic condition.

Most people have 46 chromosomes in each of their cells; people with Down syndrome have 47.

They have an extra chromosome 21, which is why Down syndrome is also known as trisomy 21.

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Research is the backbone of physiotherapy; clinicians rely on evidence showing which treatment approaches work.

Your systematic review examined the cost-effectiveness of respiratory physiotherapy interventions for people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Why did you decide to tackle this topic?

International guidelines for the management of spinal pain already endorse advice as part of first-line treatment, so what were the uncertainties that led you to do this literature review?

Despite advice being recommended internationally as a treatment for spinal pain, the evidence behind that was uncertain and out of date.

Many physiotherapists have moved to providing patient care via videoconferencing, partly in response to the pandemic but also as part of an overall trend towards healthcare embracing telehealth. Is this well accepted by patients and how do the clinical outcomes compare?

Growing evidence suggests that patients are accepting of telehealth.

How many of you can remember the last research article you read from start to finish?

No doubt, there are many—we are, after all, an evidence-based practice.

Far more will remember the last tweet they read or the last infographic they saw on Instagram.

There is a place for both.