What can participants expect to gain from attending these workshops? 

The workshops place practical learning within the context of the evidence, including key findings from a comprehensive systematic review of rotator cuff tendinopathy and qualitative studies involving both patients and world experts. 

Participants will gain a clear guide to delivering evidencebased, individualised clinical care that explicitly considers the biopsychosocial presentation of each patient. 

How have you structured the course to balance the presentation of evidence with practical application and skill development? 

The course integrates evidence through three key resources—live query tools for the systematic review, clinical description tools from the expert and patient studies—as well as a unified diagram synthesising all three evidence streams. 

We’ll apply this framework to two patient scenarios, with ample time for hands-on practice and discussion.

You mention that participants will develop explicit plans for learning consolidation. 

What does this look like in practice and how will ongoing access to the live dataset support their continued learning after the course? 

Of all tendinopathies, rotator cuff tendinopathy has the largest evidence base, which we have summarised and presented clearly. 

Participants will set individual learning outcomes at the start of the workshop, then revisit them at the end. These plans will include ongoing access to a web-based systematic review summary and qualitative data tables. 

The Data 2 Practice project brings together researchers from six countries. How has this international collaboration shaped the approach and findings of the project? 

This has been critical to understanding how we ‘adapt not adopt’ the findings to different healthcare scenarios. 

We have just secured further funding to deliver workshops alongside participatory research in five countries across four continents, ensuring that our findings have worldwide applicability with local relevance.

Healthcare delivery insights from Brazil, Greece, Pakistan, Indonesia and the United Kingdom can help inform Australian practice and vice versa. 

Who would benefit most from attending this course? Are there particular clinical backgrounds or experience levels you’ve designed it for? 

The course will be most relevant to practitioners with some postgraduate experience, particularly clinical leads and educators. 

However, the materials are relevant to all and will be freely available to share. 

‘Shoulder BPG course: best practice for rotator cuff tendinopathy based on systematic review, expert clinical reasoning and patient perspectives’ will run on 11 April in Richmond, Victoria (australian. physio/pd/pd-product?id=13216), on 14 April in Bruce, Australian Capital Territory (australian.physio/pd/pdproduct? id=13217) and on 18 April in Newstead, Queensland (australian.physio/ pd/pd-product?id=13218).  

Professor Dylan Morrissey is clinical professor of sports and musculoskeletal physiotherapy at Barts Health and the London NHS trust/Barts and the London Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London. He is also director of research at Podium Analytics. Dylan leads the $1.5 million Data 2 Practice project, in which a team of researchers from six countries will define best practice guides for common musculoskeletal conditions.