Zuzana Perraton - career pathway and tips for practitioners getting started in clinical practice

This week on Physio Foundations I spoke to my wife and the other half of Perraton Physio, Zuzana Perraton! Zuzana spoke about her career pathway, how she identified opportunities for career development, tips for building rapport with patients and how to develop your own clinical evidence and expertise alongside your knowledge of research evidence. Enjoy, and please share the episode with a friend or on social media. This is a discussion aimed at health professionals. Always seek the guidance of a qualified health professional with any questions you may have regarding your health or a medical condition. In this conversation: 0:00 About Zuzana 1:45 Zuzana’s foundations 4:00 Who here wants to be a sports physio? 4:55 Don’t go straight into sports physio 6:56 Find people who will support you when you first graduate from university 8:45 Mentoring and support – two contrasting examples 9:25 Learn from other practitioners – watch, learn, listen and ask questions 13:56 Make sure physio isn’t the only thing you do 14:40 Ski instruction and physiotherapy – spark your professional interests with your life experience 17:45 Learn how to teach others – instruct, demonstrate, practice, feedback 21:13 Foundational knowledge and skills 22:10 Try to disprove your own diagnosis – be critical and reflective 24:45 Talk to people as you do an assessment – involve your patients and build rapport 27:40 If things aren’t improving, reassess, try something different, or refer on 30:05 Why are you interested in research? 30:20 Develop your own clinical evidence 37:06 Where to find Zuzana 38:45 Overconfidence and under confidence – work with your mentors Read more about Zuzana here: https://www.sportsmedbiologic.com.au/zuzana-perraton.html And here: https://www.perraton.physio/zuzana-perraton Follow Zuzana on Instagram: @drZuzi Follow Zuzana on Twitter: https://twitter.com/drzuzi Follow and subscribe to Physio Foundations on your favourite podcast app. Join the conversation in the YouTube comments or via social media @PerratonPhysio 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.