Hi,
Welcome and thank you for visiting my site ! Here is an introduction to who I am and what this blog is about.
My name is Clément NOËL. I am a French physiotherapist who loves to question, ask, learn, and teach about physiotherapy. I graduated in 2015 in Réunion Island, attended to some courses around different topics and started in 2017 a Master of Science (MSc) on Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy (MSKP) at the University of Brighton in the UK. It was for me a life-changing experience, and the beginning of my journey through “eternal learning”.
With this blog I hope to share my passion with you and to start a discussion about how we approach our practice of physiotherapy. This is a place for clinicians to challenge our practices and learn from each other through thought-provoking ideas and friendly conversations.
Here you will find : Blog articles, Scientific papers’ summaries, Infographics among other resources.
My main goal is to share with you my learning process to improve my practice which I hope can help you as well !
I hope you will enjoy the reading and feel free to leave comments if you’d like and I’ll do my best to reply.
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Read in English please !
You may wonder why a French Physiotherapist decided to write his personal blog in English … There are my reasons why I have chosen to write my blog in English and I will explain them here.
In order to enter my Master of Science (MSc) program at the University of Brighton in the United-Kingdom; I had to take an English-proficiency test. As many French physiotherapists told me, this type of test can be a major barrier for non-English speaking practitioners to enter such programs and trainings abroad …
Before starting the MSc, I had never had the opportunity to go to an English speaking country to learn English. So, my English level was basically school level but I also tried to read English books, watch series and movies without subtitles, listen to English radios and so on as I always loved it.
I had to face some discomfort, having trouble to understand my movies (or whatever) the first weeks, maybe months and with time I got used to it. I mispronounced words many times until I finally pronounced them correctly… All skills require time to improve confidently.
“We cannot improve in a specific skill if we do not practice that skill at some point …”
So if I have chosen to publish my blog in English it is for the following reasons :
- First, because nowadays, research is mostly published in English and worldwide researchers communicate in English.
- Secondly, I want my website to be a tool for French clincians who want to practice their English safely, knowing they can (in most cases) access the French version in case of need. The English version of the website may contain more contents as some resources do not exist in French. In addition, it is important to refer to the original paper (mostly in English) anyway after reading my posts.
- Thirdly, I do wish worldwide people to be able access the content I will publish.
During my MSc I had the opportunity to meet people from all over the world, and I noticed that this diversity is something that enriches discussions with lots of different perspectives … I hope one day in France the full physiotherapy undergraduate course will be in English to allow foreign students to join and share their perspectives (like in some other UE countries).
PS: About pronunciation, here is a great conference I discovered. It reminded me what speaking English is about: sharing and understanding each other. So please, speak-up and share your ideas. Language is about connecting, not excluding.
“Do you know what a foreign accent is? It’s a sign of bravery.” Amy Chua
With love 😉
Clément