In this episode, Cameron Edwards yarns with APA President Scott Willis about truth-telling. Scott, the first Aboriginal to be elected to this role, reveals his personal journey of identity and the importance of moving towards Reconciliation together.

Series Producer Clare Pickering has a yarn with the creator of the podcast artwork about connecting through storytelling, culture and Country.

Series Producer Clare Pickering has a yarn with Rudi Louis Taylor-Bragge about the soundtrack he created for the series and the added layer of Country that can be heard when listening to the track.

Clare Pickering chats with Associate Professor Michele Calisaya APAM, Australian Physiotherapy Research Foundation and Dementia Australia Grants committee member, about her 2005 Beryl Haynes Memorial Grant and her passion for improving the lives of people with stroke and dementia.

Clare Pickering chats with Dr Mark Hancock APAM about his 2009 PRF Tagged Grant, his passion for research and belief that patients deserve to have evidence-based care.

Clare Pickering chats with Dr Bernadette Brady APAM, MACP about her 2016 PRF Seeding Grant and the power of culturally responsible physiotherapy practices ensuring good health outcomes for all Australians.

Clare Pickering chats with Dr Breanne Kunstler APAM about her 2016 PRF Tagged Grant and the success of behaviour change techniques in empowering patients to be physically active.

Clare Pickering chats with Julie Hides APAM, FACP about how her 1994 PRF Seeding Grant led her all the way into the Women in Space Doctors Hall of Fame.

While the benefits of exercise for pregnant women are well publicised, perhaps the advantages of water-based movement are less renowned.

According to APA member Amanda Brearley, and her observational study published in the Journal of Physiotherapy, the buoyancy properties of water herald unique benefits for pre- and post-natal women.

In what follows, Amanda is joined by Associate Professor Mark Elkins, Editor of the Journal, as the pair elaborate on how the former’s research is helping inform current best practice guidelines.

Each year, the Journal of Physiotherapy’s International Advisory Board singles out a paper published in the last calendar year that best encompasses the intersection between scientific merit and clinical development.

With 2014’s Paper of the Year award resulting in a tied vote, this podcast sees Associate Professor Mark Elkins, the Journal’s editor, catch up with Dr Vincent Paramanandam, the lead researcher of one of the year’s winning papers, to discuss the latest research into weight-training and lymphoedema.