Welcome to the PEDro World-Wide Journal Club. The purpose of the PEDro World-Wide Journal Club is to encourage the global physiotherapy community to read trials, reviews and guidelines that have important implications for clinical practice. We hope that facilitating discussion of this research will help physiotherapists to implement the results into their clinical practice.
Journal clubs are a great way to translate research into practice. In March 2020 PEDro published a blog that outlined some key features of running a successful journal club. During 2020 we ran three journal clubs as a proof of concept. The journal clubs were well received, so we have decided to run a series of five or six journal clubs during 2021. The idea is for physiotherapists to use resources provided by PEDro as the basis for running a local journal club with their peers.
The first PEDro World-Wide Journal Club for 2021 is about using advanced telehealth technology to deliver exercise therapy for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. We will be discussing the systematic review by Bonnevie et al. We encourage physiotherapists with an interest in cardiopulmonary rehabilitation to participate in a five-step process:
- invite your colleagues to be involved
- read the article
- watch (or listen to) the video summarising the advanced telehealth technology to deliver exercise therapy for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease review
- watch (or listen to) the video of the panel discussing the advanced telehealth technology to deliver exercise therapy for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease review
- meet with your colleagues to have your own discussion about the advanced telehealth technology to deliver exercise therapy for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease review.
If you are interested in being involved, please visit the PEDro web-site for more information.
