APA Titled Research Physiotherapist Dr Ryan McGrath MACP instructs via online supervision during the rural teaching clinic.
INMOTION 01 Oct, 2026

Training clinic transforms rural care

A partnership-driven teaching clinic is transforming access to primary care physiotherapy in Victoria’s Goulburn Valley while creating a sustainable pipeline of rural clinicians. By embedding students within a community health service and pairing supervision with collaborative funding, the clinic shows workforce shortages can become an opportunity to innovate.

For many rural communities in Australia, access to publicly funded physiotherapy has become increasingly difficult.

Two hands, one human, one robotic, hold up puzzle pieces to each other.
INMOTION 01 Jun, 2026

Accountability in the age of information

Professor Trevor Russell explores ethics, clinical risk and consent in digital physiotherapy practice.

The integration of digital technologies into physiotherapy practice is accelerating rapidly. 

Artificial intelligence (AI), wearable sensors, telehealth platforms and automated clinical tools are no longer emerging concepts. 

Rather, they are increasingly embedded within everyday care. 

The image depicts a man holding up a hand to touch the hand of a digital representation of a man.
INMOTION 01 Jun, 2026

Digital health, data and the human touch

Professor Leo Ng contemplates the future of physiotherapy and the role of digital advancement as an extension of physiotherapists’ capabilities.

Australia’s physiotherapy profession stands at a crossroads. 

As healthcare systems grapple with persistent workforce shortages, staff burnout and growing skills gaps, the question is no longer whether technology will reshape our profession but how we adapt to harness its potential while preserving what makes physiotherapy fundamentally human-centred care.