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Reflection on a whole cohort, education, research and leadership placement - successes, challenges and lessons learnt (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Quinn-Thomas, F. (2024, October). Reflection on a whole cohort, education, research and leadership placement - successes, challenges and lessons learnt. Presented at CSP Annual Conference 2024, Manchester

Purpose: The potential roles of a Physiotherapist are diversifying. Since the introduction of the Multi-Professional Framework for Advanced Clinical Practice (HEE, 2017), the "Four Pillars of Advanced Practice" have been widely utilised and are becom... Read More about Reflection on a whole cohort, education, research and leadership placement - successes, challenges and lessons learnt.

Bad news in a good way: clinicians' experiences of communicating the diagnosis and prognosis of prolonged disorder of consciousness to relatives (2025)
Journal Article
Shapiro, A., Quinn-Thomas, F., & Hunter, S. (2025). Bad news in a good way: clinicians' experiences of communicating the diagnosis and prognosis of prolonged disorder of consciousness to relatives. British Journal of Neuroscience Nursing, 21(1), https://doi.org/10.12968/bjnn.2024.0008

Background:
Sensitive and effective communication is essential when delivering difficult information to families of people with prolonged disorders of consciousness (PDOC); however, clinicians' experiences and strategies to improve the experience ar... Read More about Bad news in a good way: clinicians' experiences of communicating the diagnosis and prognosis of prolonged disorder of consciousness to relatives.

COMBINING SIMULATION AND OBSERVATION IN FIRST YEAR PHYSIOTHERAPY PLACEMENTS - SUCCESSES, CHALLENGES, AND NEXT STEPS (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Quinn-Thomas, F. (2024, November). COMBINING SIMULATION AND OBSERVATION IN FIRST YEAR PHYSIOTHERAPY PLACEMENTS - SUCCESSES, CHALLENGES, AND NEXT STEPS. Presented at Association for Simulated Practice in Healthcare Conference 2024, Edinburgh

Introduction: Securing first year placements has been an ongoing challenge. Current research [1] highlights that there are multiple barriers to offering placements such as time and student capability which may explain the challenges securing these pl... Read More about COMBINING SIMULATION AND OBSERVATION IN FIRST YEAR PHYSIOTHERAPY PLACEMENTS - SUCCESSES, CHALLENGES, AND NEXT STEPS.

Creating a sustainable physiotherapy placement capacity through innovative models and restructuring (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Quinn-Thomas, F. (2024, December). Creating a sustainable physiotherapy placement capacity through innovative models and restructuring. Presented at NET Conference 2024: Igniting change: breaking boundaries with digital innovation and creativity in healthcare education, Virtual

Background:
Upon reviewing physiotherapy placement requirements, it was noted that placement demand had increased significantly (27% in one academic year). This was due to an increase in student numbers and due to having a high number of placement h... Read More about Creating a sustainable physiotherapy placement capacity through innovative models and restructuring.