Former APA President and Honoured Member Doreen Moore Wheelwright recently passed away. Here, her former student and friend, Elizabeth Ellis, recounts just some of Doreen’s many achievements and her trailblazing work for physiotherapy in Australia and overseas.

Acknowledging the challenges faced by health practices and physiotherapy professionals in rural areas is the key to providing useful strategies in confronting the staff retention rates in these communities.

Typically, the fear around being audited  is worse than the process itself. Being audited comes with many roles and responsibilities for clinicians—and it is important to know what they are, particularly when it comes to safeguarding confidential patient information.

The latest statistics from the Physiotherapy Board of Australia give insight into the makeup of a physiotherapist in 2020 and how this helps to inform board activities.

As we celebrate International Women’s Day this month (8 March), it is an opportune time to pause and reflect on how our profession and the APA continues to reinforce the framework to support women in the many stages of their careers.

Of all the interesting stories on the International Physiotherapy History Association’s website, the one about a New Zealand physiotherapist saving the life of an English cricketer who had been hit by a bouncer and swallowed his tongue is one of the more intriguing.

Australian physiotherapists are among the best in the world. Throughout history, Australian physiotherapists have been leaders in their field and have agitated for change that helped shaped the profession domestically and internationally. So why has the profession been so neglectful of its past? 

HR IN PRACTICE: Hiring the best people can be tough enough—keeping them can be even tougher.