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A view from New Zealand and an invitation to Sports Physiotherapy New Zealand’s Symposium (14–15 October 2017)
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As a physiotherapist in private practice, I am acutely aware that access to clinically applicable knowledge is not easy in the private practice setting. This is in complete contrast to when we study in our training years and we had university libraries and other resources available to us.
How we use this knowledge differs dramatically too. Back in our student days the library was a source of articles we could access about a topic to complete yet another assignment. Today we need to help us improve our knowledge and thereby improving our treatments and patient outcomes.
When you are not part of a large institution, academic institute or living in a university town, continuing professional education can be …