Ebonie Rio – How to develop a career that you are passionate about. Essential knowledge and skills for clinicians.

This week on Physio Foundations I spoke with the one and only Ebonie Rio about her career pathway from physiotherapy student to being an internationally recognised practitioner, educator and researcher. Ebonie is a sports physiotherapist, physiotherapy educator and a world-leading researcher with many highly cited and highly discussed papers in the areas of tendinopathy. We discussed Ebonie’s career pathway, her mentors, the interesting people she has worked with, balancing clinical, research and teaching work with life outside work and what she thinks are the most important foundational knowledge and skills for physiotherapy practice.   In this episode: 0:00 Welcome and introduction to Ebonie 3:00 Ebonie – I’m a better clinician for doing teaching and research 3:58 How does working with dancers differ from working with other athletes? 5:00 Dancers are strong! 5:35 How did you first get interested in being a physio? 7:20 Strive for the career you are passionate about 9:40 Sometime just do the things you love, even if they aren’t a part of your plan 9:55 It’s not always all about the clinical skills 12:30 What are the most important foundational knowledge and skills for a physiotherapist? 13:35 Every day is a school day – keep learning new skills 15:15 What other foundational skills are needed – diagnosis, anatomy, physiology and understanding load 18:00 What led you to research? 19:00 If you are a researcher you can help many people 21:30 Leadership and mentoring 23:40 Don’t forget that there’s life outside work Read more about Ebonie: https://scholars.latrobe.edu.au/erio   Find the follow or subscribe button on your podcast app. What do you think? Join the conversation in the YouTube comments or via social media @PerratonPhysio You can find a video version of this podcast on the Perraton Physio YouTube channel For a list of episodes, transcripts and associated blogs, visit perraton.physio/physiofoundations Follow @PerratonPhysio on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Linked In. Share this episode and tag me in @lukeperraton   Do you have a topic you would like me to cover on the podcast? Email me: [email protected] Always seek the guidance of a qualified health professional with any questions you may have regarding your health or a medical condition