Argument is a essential piece of critical thinking and as a profession grounded in science is unambiguously necessary for the advancement of physical therapy. This is because science is advanced by critique and from critique comes refinement and progression. With this in mind, it is distressing to see so many of my colleagues claim that we need to “stop arguing” — Part of the issue might come from semantics surrounding the word “argument”, but I think the bigger issue is something a bit deeper than that.
Read MoreGetting to Know Your Idealogical Immune System
Jay Stuart Snelson describes the ideological immune system as a system that “resists acceptance of any new ideas that would overturn any of our old basic ideas.” The idealogical immune system highlights the fact that change is hard, especially when that change comes along with a heaping dose of cognitive dissonance and contradicts our previously held beliefs.
Read MoreScience is Self Correcting
Evidence based practice and a scientific approach to healthcare, while being the best we have got, has numerous shortcomings. There are issues with publication bias, conflicts of interest, fraud, outcomes switching, academic paywalls, misrepresentation of data and much more.
Read More