Kate-Lynn is among the employee bees behind the scenes at Physioplus. She is liable for modifying Physioplus movies for programs, you could have seen a few of her work! Kate-Lynn isn’t solely a Physiotherapist but in addition a Skilled Photographer. By means of Physioplus, she is ready to mix her two passions and assist share rehabilitation information in knowledgeable and accessible approach. Kate-Lynn is a diligent editor, a wonderful teammate and a dynamic thinker. Her pure curiosity makes her an asset to the Physioplus group as she by no means shy’s away from a problem. Kate-Lynn, thanks to your power, your persistence and for infusing your positivity into your work. Congrats on being on High Contributor for March!
Your title: Kate-Lynn (Katie) Downey
Time acti
ve with Physiopedia: In April, I might be celebrating my one 12 months anniversary with Physiopedia/Physioplus.
Present position with Physiopedia: I’m one of many Media Editors, so I work on the Physioplus course movies and edit them together with the remainder of the Media Crew.
The place did you go to college/faculty? I obtained my B.Sc. Physiotherapy diploma in 2009 from the College of the Free State in South Africa.
The place do you’re employed? I stay in South Africa within the lovely coastal city of Port Alfred. I left scientific observe on the finish of 2017 whereas I used to be pregnant with my second son. Since then, I’ve been pursuing my profession in skilled pictures (I obtained a Diploma in Images in 2013 and began a pictures enterprise in the beginning of 2017) and I’ve a pictures studio at my dwelling. I additionally homeschool my sons, at present aged 6 and three.
Describe your position: My position at Physioplus is to edit the movies which might be submitted by the course instructors. I watch them via, edit them so as to add within the pertinent info and add pictures to help the training expertise of the viewer, after which transcribe them. From there, one in all my Media Crew colleagues evaluations the movies to verify for any errors (and I overview theirs in flip), after which as soon as these errors are resolved, the video will get handed on to the Course Growth Crew who then work on the subsequent a part of growing the course.
What’s the most rewarding a part of being a physiotherapist? For me, probably the most rewarding a part of physiotherapy was at all times rehab-related. I cherished neurorehabilitation and dealing with people affected by stroke. I at all times wished I might have labored at a rehabilitation hospital working with spinal twine damage sufferers as effectively, however being in a small city, these alternatives didn’t exist. Seeing stroke sufferers regularly and seeing the progress that they made, and celebrating the milestones that they achieved with them, was probably the most rewarding factor for me.
What are among the more difficult points of being a physiotherapist? Personally, I discovered the bodily calls for of the job probably the most difficult. I used to be identified with fibromyalgia in 2019, after a 7-year journey of searching for help and solutions. Sadly, my bodily limitations made practising as a physiotherapist very difficult and performed a giant position in my leaving scientific observe.
What are a few of your skilled passions?
- Neurorehabilitation
- Spinal twine accidents
- Geriatrics
- Orthopaedics
- Ache administration
What are just a few of your private passions? Training – I’m a tutorial particular person by nature and I really like studying new issues on a regular basis. I additionally love sharing what I’ve learnt with others and that’s the place the great thing about homeschooling my children actually comes into play.
Images – my enterprise slogan is “Reminiscences fade, pictures are eternally” and I can by no means emphasise sufficient how brief life will be and that we have to seize as lots of these reminiscences as attainable for our personal future enjoyment and for the generations to return to take pleasure in too. Watching my children develop and alter so quick blows my thoughts and I’m so grateful to stay in a technological period the place we’re privileged to have the ability to seize these particular reminiscences on digital camera.
Wildlife/nature – my household loves going to go to the gorgeous wildlife/recreation parks that South Africa has to supply.
Tenting – simply getting away from the day by day grind and having fun with easy dwelling with out distractions, whereas spending high quality time with the individuals I really like most.
Spending time with my valuable household.
Studying, studying, studying! There are at all times too many books and too little time!
What could be your recommendation to a newly graduating physiotherapist? Spend time working in all areas of physiotherapy, so that you’re a well-rounded skilled. By no means be afraid to ask a number of questions and be taught new issues. Take heed to the knowledge of extra seasoned physiotherapists. Take heed to your sufferers – they won’t have a level, however they’re consultants of their very own our bodies. By no means cease studying.
The place do you see your self in 5 years? In 5 years’ time, I believe I’ll nonetheless be doing a lot of the identical issues – Physiopedia/Physioplus, pictures, and homeschooling. My long-term dream is to sooner or later return to scientific observe, however for now, my priorities are my youngsters and elevating them to be the perfect human beings that they are often.
What are the perfect issues about being a Physiopedia volunteer? Working for Physioplus has been such a blessing for me. I missed physiotherapy a lot and I missed the psychological/tutorial stimulation that my pictures profession lacks. Modifying movies for Physioplus is a dream job for me – I get to be taught as I work, I get to mix my ardour for pictures together with my ardour for physiotherapy, and better of all, I get to do all of it from dwelling whereas nonetheless having the time to spend with my children and homeschool them. I by no means might have imagined that such an incredible alternative existed and I’m very grateful to be a part of such an incredible group!
How has being a Physiopedia volunteer helped your skilled improvement/profession development? Working for Physioplus has broadened my tutorial horizons. I’m always studying new issues and refreshing my reminiscence on previous issues as I work and I really like simply being part of the physiotherapy world once more. I really like the sensation of figuring out that if/after I ever return to scientific observe, I gained’t be so outdated in my information, which is a fairly intimidating feeling when one has been out of it for over 4 years already!
What are your hopes and aspirations for Physiopedia? I really like how one thing as dangerous because the covid pandemic has springboarded platforms like Physiopedia and Physioplus. There are golden alternatives on this technological age we stay in and it’s thrilling to see how Physiopedia and Physioplus are grabbing them by each palms and simply going full steam forward with making increasingly more information accessible to an ever-widening viewers.
What’s your favorite Physioplus course? Oh goodness – there have been so many favourites to this point! I really like all Jason Giesbrecht’s work on emotional intelligence and the way it may be utilized to non-physiotherapy life conditions and relationships as effectively. I really like Claire Robertson’s knee programs. Ibukun Afolabi’s girls’s well being programs had been additionally extremely fascinating. Helene Simpson’s ankle programme can also be one in all my faves. I believe it’s protected to say that there are too many to say all of them!
The rest you want to share? Simply that I’m blown away by how one particular person’s (Rachael) imaginative and prescient/dream can develop from an thought to an extremely profitable organisation that’s impacting physiotherapists and different rehabilitation specialists all over the world. That one tiny seed of an thought has really grown into a really fruitful, robust tree and all of us get to take pleasure in the advantages of the candy fruit it’s bearing.
