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Dr Ian Edwards

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About me

Dr Ian Edwards
Welcome to my home page. I work part time as a lecturer in the School of Health Sciences. My teaching areas and research interests are described below.

School of Health Sciences

Offering a broad range of programs in physiotherapy, occupational therapy,human movement, and other health sciences.

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Welcome to my home page. I work part time as a lecturer in the School of Health Sciences. My teaching areas and research interests are described below.
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Professional Associations

Member of the Australian Physiotherapy Association
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Experience

Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy University of South Australia

  • Graduate Diploma in Physiotherapy University of South Australia

  • Bachelor of Applied Science South Australian Institute of Technology

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Research

Research themes

  • Healthy futures

Research focus

  • Clinical Sciences
  • Human Movement and Sports Science
  • Other Medical and Health Sciences
  • Public Health and Health Services
  • Specialist Studies in Education

Highlights

My research interests include clinical reasoning, ethics and vulnerable populations and chronic pain. My research expertise is in a qualitative paradigm.
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Projects

Excludes commercial-in-confidence projects.

  • Identifying Ethical Dimensions of Australian Physiotherapy Practice, Australian Physiotherapy Association, 01/07/2013 - 30/06/2014

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Outputs

Research since 2008 is shown below. To see earlier years visit ORCID, ResearcherID or Scopus

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Chapters

Year Output
2009

Remedios, L, Dawson, H & Edwards, IC 2009, 'Culture and Physiotherapy Practice', in Joy Higgs, Megan Smith, Gillian Webb, Margot Skinner & Anne Croker, Contexts of Physiotherapy Practice, Elsevier, NSW, Australia, pp. 128-138.

2008

Christensen, NK, Jones, MA, Edwards, IC & Higgs, J 2008, 'Helping Physiotherapy students develop clinical reasoning capability', in J Higgs, M Jones, S Loftus and N Christensen, Clinical Reasoning in the Health Professions, 3rd, Butterworth Heinemann, Elsevier, Amsterdam, ch. 36, pp. 389 - 396.

2008

Christensen, NK, Jones, MA, Higgs, J & Edwards, IC 2008, 'Dimensions of clinical reasoning capability', in Nicole Christensen, Mark A Jones, Joy Higgs and S Loftus, Clinical Reasoning in the Health Professions, 3rd, Butterworth Heinemann, Elsevier, Amsterdam, ch. 9, pp. 101 - 110.

2008

Edwards, IC & Delaney, C 2008, 'Ethical Reasoning', in Joy Higgs, Mark A. Jones, Stephen Loftus, Nicole Christensen, Clinical Reasoning in the Health Professions, 3rd, Elsevier, Oxford, ch. 25, pp. 279 - 289.

2008

Jones, MA & Edwards, IC 2008, 'Clinical reasoning to facilitate cognitive-experiential change', in J Higgs, M Jones, S loftus, N Christensen, Clinical Reasoning in the Health Professions, 3rd, Butterworth Heinemann, Elsevier, Amsterdam, ch. 29, pp. 319 - 328.

2008

Jones, MA, Jensen, G & Edwards, IC 2008, 'Clinical reasoning in physiotherapy', in J Higgs, M Jones, S loftus and N Christensen, Clinical Reasoning in the Health Professions, 3rd, Butteworth Heinemann, Elsevier, Amsterdam, ch. 22, pp. 245 - 256.

Journal Articles

Year Output
2019

Delany, C, Edwards, I & Fryer, C 2019, 'How physiotherapists perceive, interpret, and respond to the ethical dimensions of practice: a qualitative study', Physiotherapy Theory and Practice, vol. 35, no. 7, pp. 663-676.

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2019

Man, I, Kumar, S, Jones, M & Edwards, I 2019, 'An exploration of psychosocial practice within private practice musculoskeletal physiotherapy: A cross-sectional survey', Musculoskeletal Science and Practice, vol. 43, pp. 58-63.

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2019

Murray, CM, Edwards, I, Jones, M & Turpin, M 2019, 'Learning thresholds for early career occupational therapists: a grounded theory of learning-to-practise', British Journal of Occupational Therapy, online, pp. 1-14.

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2015

Murray, C, Turpin, M, Edwards, I & Jones, M 2015, 'A qualitative meta-synthesis about challenges experienced in occupational therapy practice', British Journal of Occupational Therapy, vol.78, no. 9, pp. 534-546.

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2014

Edwards, IC, Jones, MA, Thacker, M & Swisher, L 2014, 'The moral experience of the patient with chronic pain : bridging the gap between first and third person ethics', Pain Medicine, vol. 15, no. 3, pp. 364-378.

Open access 8 8 5
2014

Luker, JA, Bernhardt, J, Grimmer, KA & Edwards, I 2014, 'A qualitative exploration of discharge destination as an outcome or a driver of acute stroke care', BMC Health Services Research, vol. 14, paper no. 193, pp. 1-9.

Open access 17 17 1
2014

Singla, M, Jones, M, Edwards, I & Kumar, S 2014, 'Physiotherapists' assessment of patients' psychosocial status: are we standing on thin ice? A qualitative descriptive study', Manual Therapy, vol. 20, no. 2, pp. 328-334.

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2013

Jones, M, Van Kessel, G, Swisher, L, Beckstead, J & Edwards, I 2013, 'Cognitive maps and the structure of observed learning outcome assessment of physiotherapy students' ethical reasoning knowledge', Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education, vol. 39, no. 1, pp. 1-20.

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2012

Edwards, I, van Kessel, G, Jones, M, Bechstead, J & Swisher, LL 2012, 'The development of moral judgment and organization of ethical knowledge in final year physical therapy students', Physical Therapy Reviews, vol. 17, no. 3, pp. 157-166.

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2012

Swisher, LL, Van Kessel, G, Jones, M, Beckstead, J & Edwards, I 2012, 'Evaluating moral reasoning outcomes in physical therapy ethics education: stage, schema, phase, and type', Physical Therapy Reviews, vol. 17, no. 3, pp. 167-175.

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2012

Wickford, J, Edwards, I & Rosberg, S 2012, 'A transformative perspective on learning and professional development of Afghan physiotherapists', Physiotherapy Theory and Practice, vol. 28, no. 4, pp. 269-282.

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2011

Edwards, I, Delaney, CM, Townsend, AF & Swisher, Ll 2011, 'Moral agency as enacted justice: a clinical and ethical decision-making framework for responding to health inequities and social injustice', Physical Therapy, vol. 91, no. 11, pp. 1653-1663.

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2011

Edwards, I, Delany, CM, Townsend, AF & Swisher, LL 2011, 'New perspectives on the theory of justice: implications for physical therapy ethics and clinical practice', Physical Therapy, vol. 91, no. 11, pp. 1642-1652.

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2011

Edwards, I, Wickford, J, Aziz, AA & Thoren, J 2011, 'Living a moral professional life amidst uncertainty: ethics for an Afghan physical therapy curriculum', European Journal of Physiotherapy, vol. 13, no. 1, pp. 26-33.

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2011

Luker, JA, Wall, K, Bernhardt, J, Edwards, I & Grimmer-Somers, KA 2011, 'Patient's age as a determinant of care received following acute stroke: a systematic review', BMC Health Services Research, vol. 11, article no. 161, pp. 1-10.

Open access 31 26
2010

Delany, C, Edwards, IC, Jensen, G & Skinner, E 2010, 'Closing the gap between ethics knowledge and practice through active engagement: an applied model of physical therapy ethics', Physical Therapy, vol. 90, no. 7, pp. 1068-1078.

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2010

Luker, JA, Wall, K, Bernhardt, J, Edwards, IC & Grimmer, KA 2010, 'Measuring the quality of dysphagia management practices following stroke: a systematic review', International Journal of Stroke, vol. 5, no. 6, pp. 466-476.

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2008

Edwards, IC & Richardson, B 2008, 'Clinical reasoning and population health : decision making for an emerging paradigm of health care', Physiotherapy Theory and Practice, vol. 24, no. 3, pp. 183-193.

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My research interests include clinical reasoning, ethics and vulnerable populations and chronic pain. My research expertise is in a qualitative paradigm.
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Collaborations

Organisation Country
Creighton University UNITED STATES
Flinders Medical Centre AUSTRALIA
Florey Neuroscience Institute AUSTRALIA
International Assistance Mission AUSTRALIA
King's College London UNITED KINGDOM
La Trobe University AUSTRALIA
Physical Therapy Institute AFGHANISTAN
Private Individual AUSTRALIA
University of British Columbia CANADA
University of East Anglia UNITED KINGDOM
University of Gothenburg SWEDEN
University of Melbourne AUSTRALIA
University of Queensland AUSTRALIA
University of South Australia AUSTRALIA
University of South Florida UNITED STATES
University of Sydney AUSTRALIA
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Highlights

My teaching interests include ethics, clinical reasoning, musculoskeletal physiotherapy, sociology of health and qualitative research.
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Courses and programs

Courses I teach and/or co-ordinate

  • REHB 5067 Physiotherapy Clinical Studies GE (2018)
  • REHB 6016 Ethics and Communication for Moral Action (2018)
  • REHB 4034 Ethics and Communication (2019)
  • REHB 4034 Ethics and Communication (2018)
  • REHB 2047 Biopsychosocial Practice (2018)
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Research degree supervision

Supervisions from 2010 shown

Thesis title Student status
Responses to troublesome aspects of knowledge and practice: a grounded theory of learning-to-practice occupational therapy Completed
The influence of acute stroke patients' age on the quality of care received from allied health professionals Completed
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