reflective practice using johns model of reflection

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Physiotherapy in contemporary practice: a critical evaluation of two different physiotherapy context, demonstrating the diversity of scope of practice.

Physiotherapists can only practice to the extent that they have established, maintained and developed their ability to work safely and competently (CSP 2002). Each individual physiotherapist has their own scope of practice, within the physiotherapy scope of practice. This essay will demonstrate the diversity of scope of practice and critically evaluate the two different physiotherapy context of palliative care (hospice) and private practice (PP) (musculoskeletal).

Palliative care is care given to improve the quality of life of patients who have a serious or life-threatening disease (Zimmermann 1986). Physiotherapists work in palliative care to provide treatment that relieves symptoms, such as pain, but they are not expected to cure the disease. The main purpose is to improve the patient's quality of life (Zimmermann 1986).

Many physiotherapists set up in private practice in a variety of specialist areas. The aim of musculoskeletal physiotherapy is to treat muscles, bones and joints in order to restore proper functioning to the body (Refshauge and Gass 2004).

Both in private practice and palliative care, physiotherapists have three core skills which include manual therapy,