Transcript Document

“I think physiotherapists,
generally, often continue
working with injury/pain
when perhaps they
shouldn’t be”
“I love the job, but I
am 50 and am still
crawling around on the
floor”
“I felt under pressure to
perform and take on too
much responsibility”
“Please: better manual
handling training in physio
schools! I am petrified of
this side of that job – I never
got confident”
 The problem/How common is it?
 Motivation
 Description of product
 The making of
 A guided tour of the website
 Discussion and conclusion
 Acknowledgements
 Questions
 Research
 At what point in the career does injury occur
 Two most common injuries
Low back
Wrist/thumb
 Risk factors and tasks leading to injury
Education and raised awareness amongst
students
Prevention is the focus
Subject is not included in the ESP curriculum
Website containing text, drawings and
educational videos
Three subjects in focus
(low back, thumb/wrist, basic ergonomics)
Phase 1 Literature search
Phase 2 Formulating the content and
creating the website
Phase 3 Shooting the videos and editing
Phase 4 End product
Change of the “can-do” attitude
Reporting injury and open
communication
Implementation into ESP
(Kinesiology, Exercise, Massage and
Assessment modules)
We would like to thank
 Our coach Bob van den Berg for guiding us through
the process
 Our client Jan Willem van Rhijn for valuable
feedback
 Bert Loozen for his help in basic ergonomics
 Sophie’s mother for coming all the way from
Germany to support us
 Our friends and fellow students, who gave us
feedback during the process of making the website
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