I have known Jackie since the early 2000's when we were both at Kings College London, reading the Pain Science and Society MSc with Prof Mick Thacker.
Jackie has continued down an academic path as a Clinical Doctoral Research Fellow at University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, currently engaged with her PhD on the self-management of pain.
What do we mean by self-management? That depends which lens you look through.
We get into that.
The rest of the time Jackie works in a multi-disciplinary pain team for in-patients. The team works with patients who are in hospital for a particular clinical reason, but also suffer chronic pain.
Jackie describes how the team works: the creative nature, the space, the support, the autonomy, the supervision and more. At the heart is an ability to listen deeply and communicate with patients and other healthcare professionals. Much can be learned from this superb service. It also demonstrates the versatility of physiotherapy, which is a profession that offers so many opportunities and can significantly contribute to other's lives in a positive way.
You can follow Jackie on Twitter here, read her writings on Google Scholar here, and link on LinkedIn here.
