Skilled Nursing Resource Site

Continuing Education

Name of List being evaluated: PHYSIO
This is a list for PT professionals.

Authority, sponsorship, intended audience.
This list is intended for clinicians, administrators, researchers, educators, and students. This list is sponsored by the Department of Physiotherapy at Queen Margaret College, UK, and is provided within the Mailbase system of lists on the UK Joint Academic network (JANET).
Accuracy.
Queries and discussion threads are answered promptly by list members. Generally, posts are identified by author, title and affiliation.
Objectivity.
Site has a clinical and administrative focus, and demonstrates collegiality.
Frequency and usage.
Number of posts range from four to twenty per day, depending on topic of discussion threads. This list is indeed international. Observed during this evaluation period were posts originating from at least ten different countries.
How to subscribe.
This list is unmoderated and maintains open membership. Once joined, introductory email regarding list membership and participation is very complete and easy to understand.
Subscription address: MAILBASE@mailbase.ac.uk
Body of text: join physio firstname lastname
Continuing Education.
Contemporary practice issues are posted to this list, including detailed clinical issues; training, staffing, and scope of practice issues; advice on computer software for clinical practice; practice administration; organizational and advocacy issues.