Professor Sheila Lennon

Emeritus Professor Sheila Lennon is semi-retired but still manages to keep driving powerful change for neuro patients. She's from Flinders university in Adelaide South Australia, has worked all over the world, and stays involved on the Physiotherapy Board of Australia and the Chartered society of Physiotherapy in the UK. She's a clinician and educator, continues clinical work for the MS society, has been an important contributor to our global body World Physiotherapy and has edited neurology textbooks. This episode covers her divisive research on the bobath concept, her thoughts on the complex interventions we provide and whether they are effective, clinical reasoning frameworks and her passionate work in self-management in multiple sclerosis. Sheila has fantastic perspectives on physio from her broad worldview3:30 - Intro4:24 - Experience around the world13:00 - Be a healthy sceptic15:30 - Keeping the passion19:25 - Sheila's career growth20:45 - Balancing part time PhD22:40 - Bobath and theoretical assumptions28:35 - Complex interventions31:10 - Taking the RCT to interventions33:15 - Is the RCT the gold standard for physio research36:28 - Work with MS42:25 - What is unique for physio management of MS44:55 - The importance of motivation48:05 - Reflection and clinical reasoning51:20 - New inclusions to undergrad53:30 - Flinders University Chronic Disease Management55:30 - INPA