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Earmark Podcast | Earn Free Accounting CPEInside Thomson Reuters’ Plan to Automate the Tax ReturnAI won’t replace accountants—but AI-enabled firms will outcompete them. Blake Oliver sits down with Thomson Reuters’ Elizabeth Beastrom and Kirat Sekhon to map the end-to-end tax workflow, from document intake and auto-population (SurePrep) to delivery and e-sign (SafeSend), and into year-round advisory with CoCounsel and Ready to Advise. Learn how to “kill the questionnaire,” free staff from data entry, build an open tech stack, and turn tax prep into subscription advisory.Chapters(02:49) - Technology Expectations of New Accountants
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2026-01-1349 min
The Struggle#70 - The Truth About Desire: Why We Want What We Want With Charlotte Fox WeberAre We Slaves to Our Desires? | Charlotte Fox Weber on Human Desires, Free Will & RelationshipsIn this episode of The Struggle, Gregor Thomson sits down with renowned psychologist and author Charlotte Fox Weber to explore the complex nature of human desires, free will, and the role our upbringing and societal scripts play in shaping what we want.They discuss: • How desires can enslave us if ignored, but can also guide us toward self-discovery (00:08–04:50) • The paradox of instant gratification vs. higher-order desires and finding balance in daily life (03:30–05:50) • Understanding taboo or “dark” des...
2025-11-2457 minThe Struggle#69 - Toxic Productivity: How Hustle Culture Can Ruin Your Life (And The Solution)Are you an ambitious overachiever constantly chasing “more”? In Episode 69 of The Struggle, I explore toxic productivity — what it is, how hustle culture can slowly ruin your life if left unchecked, and most importantly, how to find balance and reclaim your time.We dive into: • The subtle dangers of following ultra-productive role models on social media. • How tying your self-worth to achievements can backfire. • The difference between telic activities (goal-oriented) and atelic activities (done for their own sake). • Practical strategies to rebalance your life with compassion, presence, and sustainable productivity.
2025-11-0916 minThe Struggle#38 - The Hidden Trap Of Productivity With Oliver BurkemanIn this guest episode, I spoke with Oliver Burkeman, he is an author and journalist and he wrote one of the most impactful books I’ve ever come across: 4000 Weeks: Time Management For Mortals. Oliver also writes an email newsletter entitled The Imperfectionist that he sends out twice a month and he has a new book out entitled Meditations For Mortals: Four Week To Embrace Your Limitations And Make Time For What Counts. In this episode, you will learn why accepting that you will never be on top of everything is wise, the problem with constantly looking to the fu...
2024-10-2757 min
The Accounting PodcastWhat I Did On My Summer VacationBlake and David examine Blake's month-long working vacation in Southern California, and talk benefits of remote work for accountants. They also explore recent surveys on accounting firm satisfaction and the use of AI in tax practices and then delve into the ongoing accountant shortage, its impact on internal controls, and the challenges of recruiting new talent to the profession. Additionally, there's talk about the persistence of paper checks in certain industries and the evolving landscape of accounting firm partnerships.SponsorsLiveFlow - http://accountingpodcast.promo/liveflowZoho - http://accountingpodcast.promo/zoho...
2024-08-0253 min
The Friday Physio Confession PodcastProfessionalism with Oliver ThomsonIn this second episode of our mini series about professionalism, Martin talks to Oliver Thomson, the man behind the words matter podcast to find the answer to: What the heck is professionalism?
2024-06-011h 13
Be Strong PhysioWhat's wrong with Osteopathy with Dr Oliver ThomsonWhat's wrong with osteopathy This episode was based up on the paper What's wrong with osteopathy (link here)? We explored some of the topics within the paper including 5 key problematic areas for osteopathy: Its weak theoretical basis Inherent biomedicalism Mono interventionism Practitioner-centredness Predilection for implausible mechanisms You can find Dr Oliver Thomson on Instagram here. You can find more of his papers here.
2024-05-221h 04
Upper BottomDelicious alcohol-free wine that's not sugary: Does such a thing exist? (Spoiler: YES!)Pour away the sickly grape juice! Amanda Thomson made it her mission to create a range of great-tasting non-alcoholic wines, including a sparkling Chardonnay – which co-hosts Ollie and Cess can confirm is exquisitely good. It took a long time, as Amanda tells Ollie, to create the "perfect liquid", but now you will find NOUGHTY, the AF range of wines of her company Thomson & Scott, in Michelin-starred restaurants. In a wide-ranging interview, the pair discuss the global trend for "blended" drinking – imbibing non- or low-alcohol drinks during the week, and perhaps having a glass or two at the week...
2024-03-2643 min
The Tales of Osteopathy StudentsEp 67: Dr Oliver ThomsonThis week Chelsea and V talk to Dr Oliver Thomson PhD. Prior to his studies as an Osteopath, Oliver also has a Master' degree in Sports and Exercise Rehabilitation from St Mary’s University, and then gained his PhD in osteopathy in 2013 from the Clinical Research Centre for Health Professions at the University of Brighton. He also works as an Associate Professor at the University College of Osteopathy, where he leads the PhD course . He is one of a very small number of osteopaths awarded a Professorship title in the UK and worldwide, and Dr Thomson is considered one of th...
2022-11-271h 32
The Words Matter Podcast with Oliver ThomsonAsk Me Anything #6Welcome to another episode of The Words Matters Podcast. Many of you may be familiar with a recent paper I was proud to co-author titled: Avoiding nocebo and other undesirable effects in chiropractic, osteopathy and physiotherapy: An invitation to reflect – Journal of MSK Science and Practice.We are very keen to engage the readership in this topic and are inviting readers and listeners of the podcast to critically reflect on the paper and submit questions and comments for a future podcast discussion. Your comments, questions can be submitted via the link here. On...
2022-11-1740 minThe Words Matter Podcast with Oliver ThomsonThe Outsiders - Clinicians divorced from their profession with Eliud SierraWelcome to another episode of The Words Matter Podcast.Apologies for the slight delay in the episode, work and life events continue to get in the way of my passion for producing these conversations.So it’s time for another Outsider episode (see prior Outsider episodes here, here, here and here), where I talk with clinicians that feel divorced from their profession and don’t identify with their professional label and the professionally assumed meaning of that label.And on this episode I’m speaking with Eliud Sierra. Eliud is an evidence-based chiropractor who sp...
2022-10-2059 minThe Words Matter Podcast with Oliver ThomsonSociology for practice - the 'ology' you’ve been looking for with Dr Rebecca OlsonWelcome to another episode of The Words Matter Podcast.I hope you’ve enjoyed the last couple of episodes exploring pseudoscientific claims and how to think about, and respond to them (here and here). And to give us all a break from the frustration, today I’m speaking with Dr Rebecca Olson about the role and value of sociology for practice.Rebecca is an Associate Professor of Sociology, and Program Director of the Bachelor of Social Science at the University of Queensland. She’s Director of SocioHealthLab: a research collective that pursues social transformation in health...
2022-09-2757 minThe Words Matter Podcast with Oliver ThomsonPretending to be true - getting to the heart of pseudoscience with Dr Carlo MartiniWelcome to another episode of The Words Matter Podcast.It seems like the last episode with Dave Newell and Jack Chew was necessary; the feedback by and large was supportive, but clearly you cannot please everyone and for some people there is no argument, reason or evidence (let alone a podcast) that will ever initiate a reflection or reconsideration of their position and beliefs. So as promised, I’ve continued to explore these issues and today I’m speaking with Dr Carlo Martini about pseudoscience and pseudoscientific claims.Carlo is an Associate Professor in Ph...
2022-09-081h 19The Words Matter Podcast with Oliver ThomsonTruth and plausibility - How should we engage with nonsensical claims made by colleagues? With Jack Chew and Prof. Dave NewellWelcome to another episode of The Words Matter Podcast.So it’s been a pretty action packed few weeks on social media; for those of you that have not been following there was a storm in a pericardial tea cup - for my thoughts on the saga visit my Instagram bio where there's an Instagram live video.It was a rather unique experience, so the researcher in me wants to describe the situation, understand the antecedent conditions and get some purchase on the underlying beliefs and intentions when colleagues make implausible and sometimes bizarre claims an...
2022-08-191h 21The Words Matter Podcast with Oliver ThomsonThe Clinical Reasoning Series - Reflections, considerations and implications with Matthew LowWelcome to another episode of The Words Matter Podcast.Sorry for the slight hiatus; COVID and general life caught up with me – but I’m pleased to be on top of them both and bring you the final episode of the clinical reasoning series.The series really has been incredible – to have 10 episodes totalling over 10 hours of long-form discussion with guests that have such a depth of expertise and insight into their respective domains of clinical reasoning is just wonderful – I very much hope and think, that this series will form an invaluable resource for clinicia...
2022-07-271h 11The Words Matter Podcast with Oliver ThomsonThe Clinical Reasoning Series - Why is this person suffering and how can I help them? An AMA specialWelcome to another episode of the Words Matter Podcast.So we are at the penultimate episode of the clinical reasoning series and I hope you’ve enjoyed it and much as I have. In the final episode I’ll be chatting with Matthew Low where we will be reflecting on the series as a whole and tying up any loose ends in regards to what this all means for clinical practice.Matt is a good friend of the podcast and he’s been on several times taking about evidence-based practice (listen here), person-centred care (listen here...
2022-06-2919 minThe Words Matter Podcast with Oliver ThomsonThe Clinical Reasoning Series - How can knowledge of mechanisms inform our clinical decision-making? With Dr Elena Rocca and Dr Saúl Pérez-GonzálezWelcome to another episode of The Words Matter Podcast.We have reached the final few episodes of the clinical reasoning series; and I hope you have enjoyed the journey up to this point. This series and the podcast more broadly is made possible by all the Patreon support, and ever a huge thank you for those supporting the show and to those listening and sharing the podcast with your friends, colleagues and students. On this episode I’m speaking with Dr Elena Rocca and Dr Saúl Pérez-González about how evidence of biological mechan...
2022-06-141h 06
MTE-THOMSON - Oficina do SaberMTE PODCAST - Episódio 16: Agda OliverAgda Oliver ajuda mulheres a entender melhor seu carro é finalista do WBA ONU 2020 e idealizadora e fundadora da 1ª Oficina Mecânica para Mulheres do Brasil.
2022-06-062h 48The Words Matter Podcast with Oliver ThomsonThe Clinical Reasoning Series – Navigating uncertainty with Dr Nathalia CostaWelcome to another episode of The Words Matter Podcast.So we are up to the 8th episode of the Clinical Reasoning Series and on today I’m speaking with Dr Nathalia Costa about clinical uncertainty. Nathalia is a Brazilian physiotherapist who completed PhD studies in Australia used mixed-methods to investigate the nature of low back pain flares (see here). This PhD work was won the Lumbar Spine Research Prize awarded by the Society for Study of the Lumbar Spine in 2021 (see Nathalia's other research here).Nathalia is currently working as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at th...
2022-05-191h 08
The Accounting PodcastA Holistic IRS ExperienceSponsorsRelay: https://www.cloudaccountingpodcast.promo/relayCanopy: https://www.cloudaccountingpodcast.promo/canopyScrutinize: https://www.cloudaccountingpodcast.promo/scrutinizeNeed CPE? Subscribe to the Earmark Accounting Podcast: https://podcast.earmarkcpe.comGet CPE for listening to podcasts with Earmark CPE: https://earmarkcpeShow Notes17:43 – Clients left in the dark after not hearing from tax preparer, missing tax deadlinehttps://www.13abc.com/2022/04/26/clients-left-dark-after-not-hearing-tax-preparer-missing-tax-deadline/ 20:12 – Taxpayer advocate calls on IRS to expand online serviceshttps://www.ac...
2022-05-061h 09The Words Matter Podcast with Oliver ThomsonThe Clinical Reasoning Series - Should we always give patients the treatments they want? Ethical reasoning with Prof. Clare DelanyWelcome to another episode of The Words Matter Podcast.If you're enjoying the Clinical Reasoning Series and the podcast more generally, please consider supporting the show via Patreon. You can pledge as little as a pound or a couple of dollars per episode. Your support really makes a difference and helps ensure the quality and regularity of the episodes.Following on my previous episodes in the series with Bjørn Hofmann (here and here) where we spoke about the ethics of disease and the moral obligations that flowed from being given a disease label - o...
2022-05-051h 02The Words Matter Podcast with Oliver ThomsonThe Clinical Reasoning Series - Narrative ways of hearing and knowing with Sanja MareticWelcome to another episode of The Words Matter Podcast.In this episode of the clinical reasoning series, I’m speaking with Sanja Maretic. Sanja is an osteopath who works in a non-traditional osteopathic role as a pain clinician in the pain management service.Sanja has a background in humanities and passion for the intersection between healthcare and humanities and as such she published a qualitative study titled “Understanding patients' narratives” A qualitative study of osteopathic educators’ opinions about using Medical Humanities in undergraduate education (see paper here). And Sanja wrote a truly captivating review for the Caus...
2022-04-2158 minThe Words Matter Podcast with Oliver ThomsonThe Clinical Reasoning Series - Making the familiar strange - Epistemic reflexivity with Dr Euson YeungWelcome to another episode of The Words Matter Podcast.A quick note to thank all of you that support the podcast via Patreon, your contributions make a big difference (contribute here).We’re about halfway through the clinical reasoning series and today I’m speaking with Dr Euson Yeung. Euson is a physiotherapist and an Assistant Professor in the department of Physical Therapy University of Toronto.His primary area of teaching and research interest is in orthopaedic manual therapy as well as the assessment and facilitation of clinical reasoning among health professional learners. Euso...
2022-04-0742 minThe Words Matter Podcast with Oliver ThomsonThe Clinical Reasoning Series - A label too far: Overdiagnosis and medicalisation with Prof. Bjørn HofmannWelcome to another episode of The Words Matter Podcast.A quick note to thank all of you that support the podcast via Patreon, your contributions make a big difference (contribute here).So we are into episode four of the clinical reasoning series, and I continue my conversation with philosopher of medicine Prof. Bjørn Hofmann where we develop our discussion which started on the ethical implications of disease in the previous episode to now moves on to overdiagnosis and medicalisation. And for reference we speak around Bjørn’s 2016 paper titled "Medicalization and overd...
2022-03-2446 minThe Words Matter Podcast with Oliver ThomsonThe Clinical Reasoning Series - Why should we help people who are ill? The ethics of disease with Prof. Bjørn HofmannWelcome to another episode of The Words Matter Podcast. We continue the clinical reasoning series, and I hope you enjoyed the first two episodes with Roger Kerry and Mark Jones where we covered how we can think about our practice, evidence and our patients.However, given that the series is exploring clinicians’ reasoning around people with disease, it would seem prudent to consider what disease is both as a concept and phenomena but also the ethical and moral issues tied to and emanating from it and which motivate us to begin to reason about it.
2022-03-1050 minThe Words Matter Podcast with Oliver ThomsonThe Clinical Reasoning Series - Diagnostic reasoning and beyond with Mark JonesWelcome to another episode of The Words Matter Podcast. So we continue on the clinical reasoning series, and on this episode I’m speaking with Mark Jones. And if you haven’t already listened to the previous episode in the series “Do clinicians think link scientists” with Roger Kerry, I suggest you take a listen as my conversation with Mark builds nicely from there.Mark is an Adjunct Senior Lecturer in the University of South Australia with 35 years’ experience teaching undergraduate and postgraduate physiotherapy.He has a special interest in biopsychosocial health care and the tea...
2022-02-231h 10The Words Matter Podcast with Oliver ThomsonThe Clinical Reasoning Series - Do clinicians think like scientists? With Dr Roger KerryWelcome to another episode of The Words Matter Podcast.Thanks to all of you that support the podcast via Patreon, it means so much and really helps the podcast grow. If you’d like to support the podcast for as little as a pound or a couple of dollars per episode (here).I’m taking a break from the Outsider episodes to explore the area of clinical reasoning, and to kick off the series I’m speaking with Dr Roger Kerry, whom I chatted with on the podcast last year in episode 35 where we discussed causat...
2022-02-1052 minThe Words Matter Podcast with Oliver ThomsonThe Outsiders - Clinicians divorced from their profession with Dr Gita RamdharryWelcome to another episode of The Words Matter Podcast. As usual, thank you to all the support via Patreon – every pledge is hugely appreciated.So I did say that the previous episode with Rob Jonah would be the last outsider episode for a while, in order to make way for the clinical reasoning series.However, there’s time for one more and I’m delighted to squeeze this one in before Dr Roger Kerry kicks off the Clinical Reasoning Series where we talk about sciencey thinking in the context of evidence informed clinical reasoning.So m...
2022-01-2641 minThe Words Matter Podcast with Oliver ThomsonThe Outsiders - Clinicians divorced from their profession with Rob JonahWelcome to another episode of The Words Matter Podcast.As always, a huge thank you to those of you supporting the podcast via Patreon – you help enable these conversations to become possible. f you’d like to contribute you can visit Patreon.com/thewordsmatterpodcast – every little helps.So, on this episode I’m continuing with the Outsider Series where I speak with clinicians who feel they’re outsiders of their profession; sharing their experiences, struggles and how things could maybe change.And this may be the last outsider episode for a while, as I’m pau...
2022-01-1245 minThe Words Matter Podcast with Oliver ThomsonThe Outsiders - Clinicians divorced from their profession with Aaron KubalWelcome to another episode of The Words Matter Podcast. On this episode I’m continuing with the Outsider Series where I speak with clinicians who feel they’re divorced from their profession, and share their experiences, struggles and how things could change.And today I’m speaking with Aaron Kubal. Aaron is a chiropractor in the United States who works with people experiencing pain via telehealth exclusively. He has developed a large social media following, which he uses to advocate for evidence-based, person-centered care, as well as criticise harmful/unsupported narratives & practices. Aaron's non-conventional journey through...
2021-12-2745 minThe Words Matter Podcast with Oliver ThomsonThe Outsiders - Clinicians divorced from their professionWelcome to another episode of The Words Matter Podcast.As always, a huge thank you to those of you supporting the podcast via Patreon – you help enable these conversations to become possible. f you’d like to contribute you can visit Patreon.com/thewordsmatterpodcast – every little helps.Before we start I want to mention that a good friend of the podcast, Dave Nicholls who I spoke to on episodes 21 and 51 has a new book coming out titled Physiotherapy Otherwise, which is a follow up to his phenomenal book The End of Physiotherapy. I haven’t fully re...
2021-12-1120 min
The Accounting Podcast4,000-Year-Old Case of Tax AvoidanceSponsorsOnPay: https://cloudaccountingpodcast.promo/onpayRewind: https://cloudaccountingpodcast.promo/rewindReach Reporting: https://cloudaccountingpodcast.promo/reachNeed CPE? Subscribe to the Earmark Accounting Podcast: https://podcast.earmarkcpe.comGet CPE for listening to podcasts with Earmark CPE: https://earmarkcpeShow Notes01:50 – NASBA stops giving universities info on CPA Exam performance | Accounting Todayhttps://www.accountingtoday.com/news/nasba-stops-giving-universities-info-on-cpa-exam-performance 02:57 – How to Prepare Students Now for the CPA Evolutionhttps://www.accountingweb.com/technology/how-to-prepare-students-now-for-the-cpa-evolution ...
2021-12-1049 minThe Words Matter Podcast with Oliver ThomsonAsk Me Anything #4Welcome to another episode of The Words Matter Podcast. As always, a big thank you to those of you supporting the podcast via Patreon – really takes the edge of the cost of producing these two-weekly episodes, so thank you.The line-up for the upcoming clinical reasoning series is being finalise, covering topics such as ethics or disease, values based-practice and reasoning, thinking narratively, embodied reasoning plus cognitive perspectives such as hypothetic-deductive reasoning, pattern recognition and knowledge schema. I’ve got some wonderful guests planned, some have appeared on the podcast before while others have not and I...
2021-11-2629 minThe Words Matter Podcast with Oliver ThomsonDediagnosing- making people less ill with Prof. Bjørn Hofmann and Dr Marianne LeaWelcome to another episode of The Words Matter Podcast.Once again, a huge thank you to those you that support the show via Patreon – every pledge helps, so a big warm thank you.The response to the recent episodes and the qualitative research series has been immense – it seems like the podcast is rippling through the lives of more and more people.I think we’re approaching 60,000 downloads since the podcast started 18 months ago or so. Coming up on the podcast I have series on clinical reasoning and critical physiotherapy, plus more AMAs (see pr...
2021-11-111h 09The Words Matter Podcast with Oliver ThomsonRecognising expertise Part 2 - Trusting the trustworthy with Dr Carlo MartiniWelcome to another episode of The Words Matter Podcast.So this is part 2 of my conversation with philosopher and epistemologist Dr Carlo Martini, discussion the nature of expertise and how we recognise the associated attributes of an expert. If you haven’t listened to the first part of our conversation, go back and listen to that first so that this episode makes more sense.So in this episode we speak about:The two dimensions to medical communication and we distinguish between scientific misinformation and disinformation.We talk about how the we recognise expertise while st...
2021-10-2732 minThe Words Matter Podcast with Oliver ThomsonRecognising expertise Part 1 - What makes an expert? With Dr Carlo MartiniWelcome to another episode of The Words Matter Podcast.Once again, I want to start by thanking everyone that supports the podcast via Patreon – your contribution makes a huge difference to the quality and regularity of the episodes.So if you want to pledge a pound, euro or dollar to each episode please visit The Words Matter Podcast Patreon page; if not that’s fine – please enjoy the episodes and share far and wide.In this episode I’m speaking with Dr Carlo Martini. Carlo is Associate Professor of Philosophy of Science in the Facu...
2021-10-1355 min
The Accounting PodcastEarmark Excerpt: CPA Versus CMA With IMA President Jeff ThomsonListen to the full interview with IMA president Jeff Thomson on the Earmark Accounting Podcast: https://podcast.earmarkcpe.comWant to learn how you can get CPE for listening to podcasts? Subscribe to get early access to the Earmark CPE mobile app when it launches this fall: https://earmarkcpe.comSubscribe to EarmarkApple PodcastsGoogle Podcasts SpotifyAmazon MusicOvercastPocket Casts
2021-10-1110 minEarmark Podcast | Earn Free Accounting CPECPA versus CMA with IMA President Jeff ThomsonSign up to get free CPE for listening to this podcast:https://earmarkcpe.com/Connect with Jeff Thomson, President and CEO @ IMA:https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffthomsonima/Learn more about the Institute of Management Accountants:https://www.imanet.org/Connect with Blake Oliver, CPALinkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/blaketoliverTwitter: https://twitter.com/blaketoliver/
2021-10-0832 min
The Back Pain PodcastHow I recovered from my Sciatica - Paul Babai & Dr Oliver ThomsonRob and Dave are joined by Dr Ollie Thomson and one of his patients, Paul, who shares his experience of complex back pain and his journey to recovery. Following back surgery, Paul experienced chronic pain resulting in him seeing a number of different practitioners in his quest to successfully recover but as he explains in this fascinating episode it was working with, Dr Ollie Thomson, a professional who helped him to understand the mental aspect of his pain that changed his mind set and finally put him on the road to successful recovery. K...
2021-10-0153 min
The Podiatry Systems PodcastCauseHealth Collaboration - A Chat with Osteopath Dr Oliver Thomson - Qualitative research and how we can use it to understand pain and the unique patientIn this episode Alex chats with Dr Oliver Thomson, an Osteopath, researcher, university lectuerer and another communication and education partner for CauseHealth. They discuss Oliver's current roles as a qualitative researcher, university lecturer and clinician and how CauseHealth philosophy has helped him and how he understands musculoskeletal pain. They highlight in order to understand the patient in front of you, having an understanding of qualitative as well as quantitate research is imperative. Want to hear more from Oliver. Follow him on:Instagram @droliver_tTwitter @Dr_OliverT_Ph...
2021-09-301h 15The Words Matter Podcast with Oliver ThomsonThe spectrum of relativism with Prof. Martin KuschWelcome to another episode of The Words Matter Podcast.As usual, I want to start by thanking everyone that supports the show via Patreon and for those of you that share the podcast. The growth of the podcast over the past 6 months has been incredible, and I’m frequently getting messages from people across the globe and professional and academic landscape saying how much they’ve enjoyed the conversations – so a sincere thank you.Like many of you, I’ve had a bit of a break over the summer and hopefully you have caught up on the i...
2021-09-291h 02The Words Matter Podcast with Oliver ThomsonThe Qualitative Research Series - Reflections, questions, tensions and the future with Prof. David NichollsWelcome to another episode of The Words Matter Episode.As usual I want to start by thanking all of you that are supporting the podcast via Patreon, your contributions all add up and make these conversations possible. If you’d like to contribute you can visit Patreon.com/thewordsmatterpodcast – every little helps.So, we’re at the closing ceremony of The Qualitative Research Series. I hope you’ve enjoyed the episodes. I want to thank all my guests, that were incredibly generous with their time, knowledge and experience; each one did a phenomenal job of communica...
2021-08-271h 28
Pulse of the PracticePOTP Episode 104 – Conversation with Blake OliverThis week Will and Paul sit down with Blake Oliver, host of ‘The Cloud Accounting Podcast’ and also the Marketing Director at Jirav. Blake brings some great insight to using technology for improving the client experience in working with your firm.
2021-08-2319 minThe Words Matter Podcast with Oliver ThomsonThe Qualitative Research Series - What’s left in the ruins? Post qualitative research with Dr Jenny SetchellWelcome to another episode of The Words Matter Podcast.As usual I want to start by thanking all of you that are supporting the show via Patreon, it really makes a difference - so thanks again.So after seven episodes exploring qualitative research and the value of it’s methodologies and methods, it’s now time to dismantle all of that and talk about everything that’s wrong with qualitative research and why we should move beyond it!I’m only half joking….because on this episode of the Qualitative Research Series I’m speaking w...
2021-08-1756 minThe Words Matter Podcast with Oliver ThomsonThe Qualitative Research Series - Critical of what? Opening up possibilities through the lens of critical theory with Dr Anna RajalaWelcome to another episode of The Words Matter Podcast.Thanks again to all of you that are supporting the podcast via Patreon – your support is making these episodes and this qualitative research series possible. And you can visit the Patreon here if you’d like to support the show.So, we’re up to episode seven of this qualitative research series, and today I’m speaking with Dr Anna Rajala about critical theory.Anna originally trained as a Physiotherapist (Pirkanmaa University of Applied Sciences in Finland), and then pursued Master of Art’s in Philoso...
2021-08-061h 01
Leaders Of Tomorrow Podcast241 | Oliver Letourneau and Simon Benoit | Balancing Growth and Profitability and The Many Perks of a Business PartnershipOn today’s show, we have Oliver and Simon, co-founders, Construction Jackapole who share with us their distilled wisdom on entrepreneurship, the many advantages of a business partnership, and how to balance growth and profitability.
Oliver and Simon’s Montreal-based construction business clocked revenues of $3 MM last year. After kick starting operations barely three years back, Oliver and Simon have managed to assemble a dream team and an enviable clientele in a very short period of time.
Admittedly, they made many mistakes and slow progress in the first year of their operations. Oliver and Simon reve...
2021-08-0341 minThe Words Matter Podcast with Oliver ThomsonThe Qualitative Research Series - Phenomenological description or interpretation? A conversation with two phenomenologists - Prof. Kathleen Galvin and Dr Pirjo VuoskoskiWelcome to another episode of The Words Matter Podcast.Again, I want to start by thanking all of you that are supporting the podcast via Patreon – its hugely appreciated and keeps the episodes flowing.So we have reached episode 6 of the qualitative series, flying high above the different methodologies and occasionally landing to get a deeper sense of their philosophies, theories and methods.Today I am excited to speak with not just one, but two phenomenologists to give us a really rich view of phenomenology and its application to qualitative research.Kat...
2021-07-271h 21The Words Matter Podcast with Oliver ThomsonThe Qualitative Research Series - Uncovering the machinery behind interaction through conversation analysis with Dr Charlotte AlburyWelcome to another episode of The Words Matter Podcast.I’ll again start by thanking all of you that support the show via Patreon – it really makes these conversations possible, and it's fantastic to see a growing community of researchers, students and practitioners support the show and find value in the episodes.If you’d like to show your support for the podcast, you can pledge as little as £1 per episode by visiting Patreon here.So, we're half way into the Qualitative Research Series, and to bring you up to date:Episode...
2021-07-161h 26The Words Matter Podcast with Oliver ThomsonThe Qualitative Research Series - More than methods? Thematic analysis with Dr Victoria ClarkeWelcome to another episode of The Words Matter Podcast.I want to give a huge thanks to the people that support the show via Patreon, I couldn’t do this without you – so thanks again.So, in we’re into the fourth episode of the Qualitative Research Series, and today I’m with Dr Victoria Clarke about thematic analysis.Victoria is an Associate Professor of Qualitative and Critical Psychology at the University of the West of England. She teaches and conducts research in the intersecting areas of qualitative and critical psychology, sexuality and gender...
2021-07-051h 11The Words Matter Podcast with Oliver ThomsonThe Qualitative Research Series - Capturing the social in motion with ethnography with Dr Fiona WebsterWelcome to another episode of The Words Matter Podcast.I hope you enjoyed the previous two episodes of the Qualitative Research Series; the first one introducing qualitative research with Perri Tutleman and the last episode on grounded theory with Professors. Jane Mills and Melanie Birks. I found the conversations so enjoyable and look forward to continuing through the series.So we continue our journey into and across qualitative research, and in today’s episode I’m speaking about Ethnography with sociologist Dr Fiona Webster. Fiona is an Associate Professor at Western University London, Ontario, Canada. Her...
2021-06-2555 minThe Words Matter Podcast with Oliver ThomsonThe Qualitative Research Series - The explanatory power of grounded theory with Prof. Melanie Birks and Prof. Jane MillsWelcome to another episode of The Words Matter Podcast.So this is the second episode of the Qualitative Research Series, and today I’m speaking with Prof. Melanie Birks and Prof. Jane Mills, who for me are amongst the most influential communicators, educators and developers of grounded theory in the past decade – so its a real treat to have these superstars of GT contribute to this qualitative series.Melanie is a Professor of Nursing (Quality and Strategy) at James Cook University in Australia. She has an extensive publication track record, including numerous textbooks and articles on gr...
2021-06-1557 minThe Words Matter Podcast with Oliver ThomsonThe Qualitative Research Series - Finding your feet in a new paradigm with Perri TutelmanWelcome to another episode of the Words Matter Podcast.So this is the first episode of the Qualitative Research Series, where my guests and I fly above to get a broad overview of qualitative research but then also land on areas to get a more detailed sense of the different theories, methodologies and methods of qualitative research.In addition to todays episode, the conversations coming up include Grounded Theory with Professors Melanie Birks and Jane Mills, Phenomenology with Dr Pirjo Vuoskoski, Thematic Analysis with Dr Victoria Clarke, Critical approaches with Dr Anna Rajala , Post-qualitative approaches...
2021-06-041h 02The Words Matter Podcast with Oliver ThomsonThe baby's out, the bathwater's out, and they're not coming back - Rebuilding physiotherapy from ethics, ecology and otherness with Dr Filip MaricWelcome to another episode of The Words Matter Podcast.On this episode I’m speaking I’m speaking Dr Filip Maric.Filip is a physiotherapist with a background in musculoskeletal physiotherapy, as well as in philosophy, ethnology and psychoanalysis. His doctoral research employed the qualitative methodology of autoethnography to explore the ethical foundations of physiotherapy.More recently, this work has led him to the in-depth exploration and development of environmental physiotherapy and with that, the relationship between health, physiotherapy, and the question of the environment. And we talk about his work in this area...
2021-05-251h 09The Words Matter Podcast with Oliver ThomsonUnderstanding people, pain and practice - Phenomenology, enactivism and affordances with Dr Sabrina Coninx and Dr Peter StilwellWelcome to another episode of The Words Matter Podcast.Following my commitment to explore the theoretical aspects and philosophical underpinnings of clinical practice, I’m diving in with both feet in this episode. As today I’m speaking with Dr Sabrina Coninx and Dr Peter Stilwell.Sabrina is a philosopher currently located at the Institute for Philosophy at the Ruhr University Bochum in Germany. She is a postdoctoral researcher and scientific coordinator of the Research Training Group Situated Cognition. She has a Bachelor in Psychology and Philosophy, and a Master and PhD in Philosophy with a fo...
2021-05-141h 17The Words Matter Podcast with Oliver ThomsonAsk Me Anything #3Welcome to another episode of The Words Matter Podcast.Only 6 months late, here is the Ask Me Anything number 3, where I respond to your questions you've sent me. Given how much time has passed since the last one (back in September last year) there was quite a library of questions to choose from, so I’ve selected a bunch to cover a range of topics.So in this episode I share my thoughts on:The upcoming Qualitative Research Podcast Series.The need for still having three evidence facing MSK professions (physiotherapy, chiropractic and osteopath? Sh...
2021-05-0529 minThe Words Matter Podcast with Oliver ThomsonWhere’s does the power lie? A critical look at the biopsychosocial model with Karime MescoutoWelcome to another episode of The Words Matter Podcast.So this is the first episode after the CauseHealth series, which was a phenomenal experience and I’m delighted that it seems to have landed far and wide across the healthcare landscape.The series was epic, and I’m recording this a couple of days after the release of the final episode with Rani, Matt and Christine, so it feels a bit like the morning after the night before.The CauseHealth experience has had an impact on the focus I want for the podcast, and...
2021-04-1659 min
The Words Matter Podcast with Oliver ThomsonThe CauseHealth Series: Reflections and Recommendations with Dr Rani Lill Anjum, Matthew Low and Christine PriceWelcome to another episode of The Words Matter Podcast.So we’ve reached the end of the CauseHealth Series, and in this final episode I’m speaking with Rani Lil Anjum, Matthew Low and Christine Price who share their reflections on the podcast series from the perspectives of philosopher, clinician and patient.We also discuss some of the practical recommendations which appear in the final section of the book (here), and that are needed in order to re-situate person-centred healthcare within a new paradigm.It has been a real privilege for me to be s...
2021-04-091h 01
The Words Matter Podcast with Oliver ThomsonThe CauseHealth Series Chapter 15 : A Broken Child – A Diseased Woman with Prof. Anna Luise KirkengenWelcome to another episode of The Words Matter Podcast.In this episode of the CauseHealth Series I’m speaking with Professor Anna Luise Kirkengen about her Chapter 15 show wrote titled Broken Child – A Diseased Woman.Anna Luise is Professor of General Practice in the Department of Public Health and Nursing, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), and has worked as General Practitioner for 30 years.She specialises on the health impacts of childhood violation and is author many papers on the topic and also two books titled The Lived Experience of Violation - How...
2021-03-261h 06
The Words Matter Podcast with Oliver ThomsonThe CauseHealth Series Chapter 14: The Practice of Whole Person-Centred Healthcare with Dr Brian BroomWelcome to another episode of The Words Matter Podcast.In this episode of the CauseHealth Series I’m speaking with Dr Brian Broom about his Chapter 14 that he wrote for the CauseHealth Book titled “The Practice of Whole Person-Centred Healthcare” (read chapter here).Until early 2019 Brian was a Clinical Immunologist at Auckland City Hospital and is Adjunct Professor in Psychotherapy at Auckland University of Technology. He is trained in internal medicine and psychotherapy and now works to train clinicians to practice whole person-medicine and healthcare (see here).Brian has written three books addressing this i...
2021-03-191h 03
The Words Matter Podcast with Oliver ThomsonThe CauseHealth Series Chapter 13: Causal Dispositionalism and Evidence Based Healthcare with Dr Roger KerryWelcome to another episode of The Words Matter Podcast.In this episode of the CauseHealth Series, I’m speaking with Dr Roger Kerry about his Chapter 13 that he wrote for the CauseHealth book titled ‘Causal Dispositionalism and Evidence Based Healthcare’ (read Roger's Chapter here).Roger is an Associate Professor in the Division of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Nottingham. He specialises on risks and adverse events of manual therapy, neck pain and headache as well as clinical reasoning (see his research here). He holds a PhD in Philosophy with t...
2021-03-121h 34
The Words Matter Podcast with Oliver ThomsonThe CauseHealth Series Chapter 12: The Relevance of Dispositionalism for Psychotherapy and Psychotherapy Research with Tobias Gustum LindstadWelcome to another episode of The Words Matter Podcast.In this episode of the CauseHealth Series, I’m speaking with Tobias Gustum Lindstad about Chapter 12 that he wrote for the CauseHealth book titled “The Relevance of Dispositionalism for Psychotherapy and Psychotherapy Research” (read chapter 12 here).Tobias is a Clinical Psychologist both within secondary public mental healthcare and community-based primary care services, as well as in private practice. His research concerns the relevance of philosophy for psychology, psychotherapy research and mental healthcare.He is the main Editor of the book Respect for Thought: Jan Smedsl...
2021-03-0552 min
The Words Matter Podcast with Oliver ThomsonThe CauseHealth Series: Chapter 11 - Reflections on the Clinician’s Role in the Clinical Encounter with Dr Karin Mohn EngebretsenWelcome to another episode on The Words Matter Podcast, I’m Oliver Thomson.So on this episode of the CauseHealth Series, I’m speaking with Dr Karin Mohn Engebretsen about her Chapter 11 of the CauseHealth Book, titled “Reflections on the Clinician’s Role in the Clinical Encounter”. Karin is a Gestalt Psychotherapist, working in private clinical practice in Oslo, Norway.Her doctoral research (see here) was on phenomenology and medically unexplained symptoms, with particular focus on burnout. She has Published a series of research papers from her PhD studies, many of which are open access (see here...
2021-02-2743 min
The Words Matter Podcast with Oliver ThomsonThe CauseHealth Series: Chapter 10 - Lessons on Causality from Clinical Encounters with Severely Obese Patients with Dr Kai Brynjar HagenWelcome to another episode of the Words Matter Podcast.On this episode of the CauseHealth Series, I’m speaking with Dr Kai Brynjar Hagen about his Chapter 10 that he wrote for the CauseHealth Book, titled ‘Lessons on Causality from Clinical Encounters with Severely Obese Patients’ (read Chapter 10 here).Kai Brynjar is a Senior Consultant in the Regional Centre for Morbid Obesity, in the North Norway. He is also General Practitioner, District Medical Officer for Communicable Diseases and as you can imagine has his handful advising on the current pandemic.He is Specialist in Commun...
2021-02-2033 min
The Words Matter Podcast with Oliver ThomsonThe CauseHealth Series: Chapter 9 - Causality and Dispositionality in Medical Practice with Prof. Ivor Ralph EdwardsWelcome to another episode of The Words Matter Podcast.In this episode of the CauseHealth Series I'm speaking with Professor Ivor Ralph Edwards about his Chapter 9 of the CauseHealth book (download for FREE here) titled Causality and Dispositionality in Medical Practice (read his chapter here). Ralph is Professor of Medicine and Senior Advisor (and Former Director) at the Uppsala Monitoring Centre, the WHO Collaborating Centre for International Drug Monitoring.He has worked in clinical toxicology in the fields of drug abuse, acute and chronic poisoning, toxicity from industrial chemicals as well as adverse drug...
2021-02-1246 min
The Words Matter Podcast with Oliver ThomsonThe CauseHealth Series: Chapter 8 - Above and Beyond Statistical Evidence. Why Stories Matter for Clinical Decisions and Shared Decision Making with Matthew LowWelcome to another episode of The Words Matter Podcast.So we continue our exploration of the CauseHealth book (download for FREE here), via this CauseHealth Series, and we have reached the midway point. In this episode I’m speaking with Matthew Low about his Chapter 8 titled Above and Beyond Statistical Evidence. Why Stories Matter for Clinical Decisions and Shared Decision Making (read Chapter 8 here).Matthew is a Consultant Physiotherapist in the south of England, and is a Visiting Associate at the Orthopaedic Research Institute at Bournemouth University. Many of you will be aware of Matt’s ex...
2021-02-0451 min
The Words Matter Podcast with Oliver ThomsonThe CauseHealth Series: Chapter 7 - The Complexity of Persistent Pain: A Patient’s Perspective with Christine PriceWelcome to another episode of the Words Matter Podcast. We are now up to Chapter 7 of the CauseHealth book, and have entered part 2 of the book where will discuss the clinical application of the of the dispositionalist view of complexity and person-centred care that CauseHealth advocates.In this CauseHealth Series episode I’m speaking with Christine Price about her Chapter 7, titled The Complexity of Persistent Pain – A Patient’s Perspective (read chapter here).Christine has experienced neuropathic (nerve) pain, which she has lived with since an injury in 2008. She writes blogs and talks about h...
2021-01-2841 min
The Words Matter Podcast with Oliver ThomsonThe CauseHealth Series: Chapter 6 - The Guidelines Challenge with Dr Samantha CopelandWelcome to another episode of the Words Matter Podcast.We continue our journey into the CauseHealth book, and this time talking again to Dr Samantha Copeland about Chapter 6 (see chapter 6 here), which is titled ‘The Guidelines Challenge’. Chapter 6 closes Part 1 of the book, the Philosophical Framework, and the next episode represents Part 2, the Clinical Application, where quite rightly, I’ll be speaking with Christine Price about her experience as a patient, of complexity and her persistent pain (see all episodes of the CauseHealth Series here).In this episode we talk about:The original aims and pu...
2021-01-191h 07
The Words Matter Podcast with Oliver ThomsonThe CauseHealth Series: Chapter 5 - Complexity, Reductionism and the Biomedical Model with Dr Elena Rocca and Dr Rani Lill AnjumWelcome to another episode of The Words Matter Podcast.So we are up to the fifth episode on this CauseHealth Series, in which I’m speaking with the authors of The CauseHealth book Causality, Complexity and Evidence for the Unique Patient.and that you can download for free or order a hard copy.So in this episode I’m speaking for the final time with Dr Elena Rocca and Dr Rani Anjum about Chapter 5, which they co-wrote titled Complexity, Reductionism and the Biomedical Model (read Chapter 5 here)The chapter is a comprehensive analysis of s...
2021-01-081h 00
The Words Matter Podcast with Oliver ThomsonThe CauseHealth Series: Chapter 4 - When a Cause Cannot be Found with Dr Rani Lill Anjum and Dr Elena RoccaWelcome to another episode of The Words Matter Podcast.So we are up to Chapter 4 of the CauseHealth Series, and I hope you’ve enjoyed the previous episodes.In this episode I talk again with two of the editors of the CauseHealth book (download here), Dr Rani Lill Anjum and Dr Elena Rocca about Chapter 4 which they co-wrote titled ‘When a Cause Cannot be Found’ (read Chapter 4 here).In this episode we talk about:Medically unexplained symptoms (or MUS) and how such health conditions, which defy a clear biomedical explanation, offered a practi...
2021-01-0152 min
The Words Matter Podcast with Oliver ThomsonThe CauseHealth Series: Chapter 3 - Probability for the Clinical Encounter with Dr Elena RoccaWelcome to another episode of The Words Matter Podcast.This is the 3rd episode of The CauseHealth series, exploring the book Rethinking Causality, Complexity and Evidence for the Unique Patient (you can download the book here). And today I’m speaking again with Dr Elena Rocca about chapter 3 which is titled Probability for the Clinical Encounter (see full chapter here).Together with Dr Rani Lill Anjum and Dr Samantha Copeland, Elena is one of the Editors for the CauseHealth book. Elena is an Interdisciplinary Researcher with background in pharmacy, biology and theory of science at the...
2020-12-2436 min
The Words Matter Podcast with Oliver ThomsonThe CauseHealth Series: Chapter 2 - Dispositions and the Unique Patient with Dr Rani Lill AnjumWelcome to another episode of The Words Matter Podcast, and second in The CauseHealth Series, exploring the book 'Rethinking Causality, Complexity and Evidence for the Unique Patient (download here).n this episode I’m speaking again with Dr Rani Lill Anjum, philosopher at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU), and CauseHealth project leader, talking about her chapter 2, Dispositions and the unique patient. On this episode we talk about:Why the unique patient and the concept of medical uniqueness.Why do we need to think about philosophy when we address these clinical and evidential con...
2020-12-1747 min
The Words Matter Podcast with Oliver ThomsonThe CauseHealth Series: Chapter 1 - Why is Philosophy Relevant for Clinical Practice? Dr Rani Lill Anjum, Dr Samantha Copeland and Dr Elena RoccaWelcome to another episode of The Words Matter Podcast, and the first episode of the CauseHealth Series. We begin our journey through the brilliant CauseHealth Book titled Rethinking Causality, Complexity and Evidence for the Unique Patient. The book can be downloaded for free here or order a hard copy online here.This CauseHealth Series of podcasts is dedicated to the late Professor Stephen Tyreman, a member of the CauseHealth team, and a colleague of mine at the UCO (see one of his final papers on person-centred care here - absolutely brilliant paper).In...
2020-12-1053 minThe Words Matter Podcast with Oliver ThomsonManual, manipulative, musculoskeletal or just therapeutic care? The journey so far with Dr Clair HebronWelcome to another episode of The Words Matter Podcast.On this episode I’m speaking with physiotherapist, educator and researcher Dr Clair Hebron. Clair is Principal Lecturer at The University of Brighton, where she is course leader for the MSc Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy. As you’ll hear, Brighton University is how Clair and I know each other, where both of us were PhD students.She has a special interest in musculoskeletal care and works with students and researchers exploring related areas such as health promotion, exercise prescription and conceptual research exploring understandings of more abstract ideas such...
2020-12-031h 07The Words Matter Podcast with Oliver ThomsonSaying the unsayable and thinking the unthinkable - a critical look forward with Prof. David NichollsWelcome to another episode of The Words Matter Podcast.Today I’m speaking with Professor David Nicholls. David is a Professor in the School of Clinical Sciences at AUT University in Auckland, New Zealand. He is a physiotherapist, lecturer, researcher and writer, with a passion for critical thinking in and around the physical therapies.David is the founder of the Critical Physiotherapy Network, an organisation that promotes the use of cultural studies, education, history, philosophy, sociology, and a range of other disciplines in the study of the profession’s past, present and future.His...
2020-11-251h 38The Words Matter Podcast with Oliver ThomsonPsychologically informed practice - How far we’ve come and how far we haven’t with Steven VogelWelcome to another episode of The Words Matter Podcast.In this episode I speak with Steven Vogel. Steven is Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) at the University College of Osteopathy and Editor in Chief of the International Journal of Osteopathic Medicine.He has twice been a member of National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) Guideline Development Groups formulating NICE clinical guidelines for back pain and sciatica.Steven led the large Clinical Risk Osteopathy and Management (CROaM) study which examined adverse events and outcomes related to osteopathic interventions.His main research interests f...
2020-11-151h 15The Words Matter Podcast with Oliver ThomsonMaking memories - shaping children's future pain with Dr Melanie NoelWelcome to another episode of The Words Matter Podcast.On this episode I'm speaking with pediatric pain scientist and psychologist Dr Melanie Noel.Melanie is an Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of Calgary, and a full member of the Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute and the Hotchkiss Brain Institute.She teaches and supervises within the CPA-accredited Clinical Psychology Graduate Program in the Department of Psychology at the University of Calgary.And her behavioural research lab is based within the Vi Riddell Children's Pain and Rehabilitation Centre at Alberta...
2020-10-261h 07
The E3 Rehab Podcast21. Enhancing Patient Care Through Better Communication w/ Dr. Oliver ThomsonIn this episode, Dr. Oliver Thomson sits down with us to talk about enhancing patient care through better communication. Learn more from Dr. Thomson: Twitter: https://twitter.com/dr_olivert_phd Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/droliver_t/ Website: https://www.wordsmatter-education.com/mentorship Podcast: https://www.wordsmatter-education.com/blog More about us: Website: https://e3rehab.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/e3rehab/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/E3Rehab
2020-10-131h 02The Words Matter Podcast with Oliver ThomsonBiopsychosocialising practice and speeding up the change with Dr Kieran O’SullivanWelcome to another episode of The Words Matter Podcast. In this episode I’m delighted to speak with Physiotherapist Dr Kieran O’Sullivan.Kieran graduated as a physiotherapist from the University College Dublin in 1999. In 2004 he completed an MSc in Manipulative Therapy at Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Western Australia. In 2005, he started lecturing at the University of Limerick.In 2008 he was awarded specialist member status by the Irish Society of Chartered Physiotherapists. From 2016-2019, he took a 3-year career break to act as Lead Physiotherapist at the Sports Spine Centre at Aspetar, Qatar...
2020-10-091h 12The Words Matter Podcast with Oliver ThomsonAsk Me Anything #2Welcome to another episode of The Words Matter Podcast, and second Ask Me Anything episode. Thanks for all your questions, please keep them rolling in for future AMA episodes.In this AMA I discuss:Three things I wish I'd known before becoming an osteopath.My view on 'telehealth' and online MSK healthcare.How I use 'pain education' in my clinical practice.My experience of teaching manual therapy skills.How I transitioned to a BPS-orientation.Managing patient preferences and expectations for manual therapy.The role of historical concepts and traditions in my practice. ...
2020-09-2221 minThe Words Matter Podcast with Oliver ThomsonCausation in complexity - Philosophy for practice with Dr Rani Lill AnjumWelcome to episode 16 of The Words Matter Podcast.On this episode I speak with philosopher Dr Rani Lill Anjum.Rani is Research Fellow in Philosophy at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences. Many of you will be aware of the research project she leads called Causation, Complexity and Evidence in Health Sciences, AKA CauseHealth. She is one of the leaders of the Norwegian University of Life Sciences Centre for Applied Philosophy of Science. In this episode:Rani takes us through the CauseHealth project and one of its major outputs 'the Book' named ‘Re...
2020-09-081h 22The Words Matter Podcast with Oliver ThomsonConspiracy and dogma - A different kind of virus with Prof. Dave NewellWelcome to another episode of The Words Matter Podcast.We’re on episode 15, and we take a minor detour away from the common theme of previous episodes to talk to Professor Dave Newell about conspiracy, dogma and belief within our respective professions osteopathy and chiropractic.Dave graduated from Plymouth University with a PhD in molecular biology in 1986, and he holds positions of Professor of Integrated Musculoskeletal Healthcare and Director of Research at AECC University College and the post of Senior Research Fellow at Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton.The last last 30 ye...
2020-08-181h 18The Words Matter Podcast with Oliver ThomsonAvoiding nocebo and boosting placebo - contextual factors with Dr Giacomo RossettiniWelcome to another episode of The Words Matter Podcast.On this episode I speak with Dr Giacomo Rossettini. Giacomo is an MSK physiotherapist and researcher from Italy. He competed his PhD’ degree in Neuroscience in 2018 and has been working as a physiotherapist since 2009 specializing in Rehabilitation of Musculoskeletal Disorders.He is a lecturer of Methodology and Clinical Practice of the Cervical Spine in the Master’s program of Rehabilitation of Musculoskeletal Disorders at Genova University and, he also lectures at Verona University: Bachelor’s program of Manual Therapy in Physiotherapy.In the last 2 years...
2020-08-041h 01The Words Matter Podcast with Oliver ThomsonThe lifting won’t harm you, but the beliefs might - with David NolanWelcome to another episode of The Words Matter Podcast.So we’re up now up to episode 13- and the high quality conversation just keeps coming, and this one is no exception.In this episode I speak with David Nolan. David is an MSK physiotherapist working within the NHS at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals, in the north of England. He is a full time clinician currently spending his clinical days between Occupational Health and primary MSK care as an extended role musculoskeletal Physiotherapist at PhysioWorks in Sheffield.As we discuss in the podcast, his re...
2020-07-201h 02The Words Matter Podcast with Oliver ThomsonShaky foundations? Moving beyond the biopsychosocial model with Dr Peter StilwellWelcome to another episode of The Words Matter Podcast.On this episode I speak with Dr Peter Stilwell. Peter holds a Kinesiology degree from the University of Calgary, Doctor of Chiropractic degree from the Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College, and graduate degrees (MSc and PhD) from Dalhousie University.He is currently a Postdoctoral Researcher at McGill University and his research interests include pain, suffering, and patient-clinician communication. Many of you will be familiar with Peter’s excellent paper with Katherine Hartman on moving beyond the BPS model toward a 5-E enactivist approach to understanding and...
2020-07-0658 minThe Words Matter Podcast with Oliver ThomsonWhat’s in a name? Making sense of ‘sciatica’ with Tom JessonWelcome another episode of the Words Matter Podcast.On this episode I spoke with Tom Jesson. Tom is a musculoskeletal physiotherapist from Northumberland in the UK, who has recently moved to Michigan, in the USA.Tom has developed an interest in sciatica after a popular twitter thread and continues his deep immersion into the sciatica literature.I first became aware of Tom from his excellent episodes both as a host and guest on the Physio Matters Podcast, where he has talked about his deep dive into the sciatica literature and also a truly...
2020-06-231h 07The Words Matter Podcast with Oliver ThomsonRight map, wrong terrain - navigating the many paths of evidence-based practice with Matthew LowWelcome to The Words Matter Podcast. On this episode I talk again to consultant physiotherapist Matthew Low.Matthew and I spoke on episode 07 and many of you requested to 'get Matt back' which despite me trying to get this trending on Twitter I couldn’t break through the big political story of the hour.Matt and I continue our discussion about the nature of clinical practice and how evidence and the patient can help is navigate the Rocky undulating terrain of MSK care.We also go further into the role of bias and su...
2020-06-1556 minThe Words Matter Podcast with Oliver ThomsonConditions and connections of the therapeutic relationship with Dr Maxi MiciakIn this episode I spoke with Dr Maxi Miciak. Maxi is a physiotherapist based in Canada, and is an Adjunct Associate Professor in the Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Alberta.Maxi received a doctorate in Rehabilitation Science in 2015 from the University of Alberta and was the inaugural Cy Frank postdoctoral fellow in impact assessment at Alberta Innovates, Canada.Her PhD research resulted in the development of a conceptual framework of the physiotherapy therapeutic relationship, which offers a rich and insightful qualitative theory and it has received significant interest in scientific and clinical communities. Her...
2020-06-0454 minThe Words Matter Podcast with Oliver ThomsonAsk Me Anything #1Welcome to another episode of The Words Matter Podcast, and the first Ask Me Anything episode. Thanks for all your questions, please keep them rolling in for future AMA episodes.In this AMA I discuss:The main barriers that I encounter for musculoskeletal clinicians/osteopaths to adopt a biopsychosocial approach to their practice.Recording diagnoses in clinical notes, and moving away from specific tissues to other factors salient to the persons' situation and experience.How I got into academia, my PhD journey and suggestions for those wanting to begin to dip their toes in.The main...
2020-05-2225 minThe Words Matter Podcast with Oliver ThomsonPerspectives, knowledge and evidence in musculoskeletal care with Matthew LowWelcome to another episode of The Words Matter Podcast. In this episode, I spoke with Matthew Low.Matthew is a Consultant Physiotherapist in the south of England, and is a Visiting Associate at the Orthopaedic Research Institute at Bournemouth University. He qualified from the University of Southampton and completed his Masters degree in Neuromusculoskeletal Physiotherapy at the University of Brighton, and is a member of the Musculoskeletal Association of Chartered Physiotherapists (MACP).Matthew has lectured and examined for pre- and post-registration students at a number of Universities in the South of England, and h...
2020-05-1454 minThe Words Matter Podcast with Oliver ThomsonBreaking free and diving in - becoming biopsychosocial with Dr Jerry Draper-RodiWelcome to episode 6 of The words Matter Podcast. On this episode I spoke with Dr Jerry Draper-Rodi.Jerry is a Senior Research Fellow at the University College of Osteopathy and is an academic clinician. His current roles include working as the Head of Continual Professional Development and as a Research Lecturer at the UCO, running an osteopathic practice in Oxford, and delivering CPD in BPS skills to clinicians mostly in France.He is the treasurer of the Society for Back Pain Research, and a fellow of the International Osteopathy Research Leadership group at the University...
2020-05-0157 minThe Words Matter Podcast with Oliver ThomsonTelling stories and making sense using Cognitive Functional Therapy for back pain - with Dr Kjartan Vibe FersumWelcome to Episode 5 of The Words Matter Podcast.In this episode I spoke with Dr Kjartan Vibe Fersum. Kjartan is a Specialist Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist and a researcher. He divides his time between private practice in Bergen, in Norway and he is also an Associate Professor at University of Bergen. His research interests lie in the diagnosis and management of musculoskeletal pain disorders and he lead two RCTs investigating the efficacy of Cognitive functional therapy for low back pain, published in The European Journal of Pain in 2013 and 2019.Kjartan also was part of the t...
2020-04-211h 11The Words Matter Podcast with Oliver ThomsonConstructing and living with chronic back pain identities - with Dr Noor AbdalOn this episode I spoke with Dr Noor Abdal, a physiotherapist who has a special interest in persistent pain.Noor and I both completed our PhD's around the same time at the University of Brighton, and were part of the same 'methodological group' employing constructivist grounded theory (GT) to try and figure things out. We resisted the temptation to launch into a discussion about GT and qualitative research (but a podcast is coming focusing on this topic...), but if you'd like to read more about GT see my paper here on what GT is all about.
2020-04-1140 minThe Words Matter Podcast with Oliver ThomsonEnduring explanations and building beliefs in people with back pain- with Dr Ben DarlowIn this episode of The Words Matter Podcast, Dr Oliver Thomson speaks with Dr Ben Darlow. Ben is a clinician, teacher and researcher. He works clinically as a Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy Specialist based in private practice in Wellington, New Zealand.His teaching and research are based in the Department of Primary Health Care and General Practice at the University of Otago. More about Ben's academic work. His research interests lie in the understanding and management of common musculoskeletal conditions like low back pain and osteoarthritis. here. Many of you will be aware of Ben’s e...
2020-04-0357 minThe Words Matter Podcast with Oliver ThomsonRemote MSK? Words Matter (even more)- A COVID19 Special with David Hohenshurz-SchmidtWelcome to another episode of the Words Matter Podcast. This is an impromptu podcast given that the world is in the grip of the COVID19 pandemic, and we are all having to adjust to new ways of living, thinking and being- including how we practice as clinicians.Dr Oliver Thomson speaks with osteopath and David Hohenshurz-Schmidt, an osteopath and PhD student in Pain Research, about how communication skills have now been thrust into the forefront of musculoskeletal and MT practice, given that we are now unable to touch their patients due to the pandemic.In t...
2020-03-2848 minThe Words Matter Podcast with Oliver ThomsonNocebic Narratives of the SIJ - with Dr Thorvaldur PalssonOn this episode of the Words Matter Podcast, Dr Oliver Thomson spoke with Dr Thorvaldur (Valdi) Palsson. They talked about Valdi's excellent recent article (written with Ben Darlow, Greg Lehman and Samatha Bunzli) in Physical Therapy Journal titled "Changing the Narrative in Diagnosis and Management of Pain in the Sacroiliac Joint Area”. See full paper here.Manual and musculoskeletal therapies and educators have, over the years, placed huge emphasis on the specifics and SIJ movement, function, palpation from both a diagnostics point of view and from the point of view of matching up the specific SIJ movement or...
2020-03-241h 06
The Accounting PodcastIt's tax season! (and the best time to steal your competitors' clients)SponsorsQuickFee: https://cloudaccountingpodcast.promo/quickfeeAccountingSuite: https://cloudaccountingpodcast.promo/asuiteOnPay: http://cloudaccountingpodcast.promo/onpayShow Notes05:31 – Fresh back from the Sage Accountants Advisory Council, in Dallas, Blake is basking in brisket afterglow and ready to talk cloud accounting!06:21 – David takes a field trip to a real accounting firm! 07:53 – It’s tax season! Yay … | Accounting Today08:41 – Are IRS audits becoming an endangered activity? | CNBC 11:51 – When the IRS fails to collect from cheaters, it costs everyone else up to $3K | Accounting Today 15:25 – Wanna get new biz for your firm? Start during tax season! | CPA T...
2020-01-1559 min
ClarityNew Podcast: Law Firm Leaders Empowered to Drive Change, But Face Obstacles, Forthcoming Report FindsThe Legal Executive Institute, in collaboration with the Association of Legal Administrators (ALA) and the Georgetown Center on Ethics and the Legal Profession recently conducted a survey of law firm leaders of primarily U.S.-based law firms in the midsize to large law firm market to examine where those leaders saw the greatest potential threats to their law firms, how they plan to confront those threats, and how their law firms are approaching institutional change. We spoke with Jim Jones from Georgetown and Oliver Yandle from the ALA to hear their take on the in...
2019-10-0917 min
Online Course EmpiresEP 3: $36M from Facebook Ads with the giant, Kyree OliverBe warned, this episode is not for the faint-hearted. My guest, Kyree Oliver is a former Division-1 football player and current digital marketer who has produced over $36 million from Facebook Ads. Yes, $36 MILLION dollars... In this episode we talk about why Kyree has been so successful, what makes him differently compared to other "marketers", how to stay ahead of the curve & why understanding human behavior is so important. Follow Kyree: fb.com/kyreeoliver1994 --------- P.S. Are...
2019-07-1541 min
The Accounting PodcastIntuit’s CEO steps down, Sage downgraded by Deutsche Bank, Thomson Reuters shows up to the dance, and Xero’s big mistakeStories in this episode:Intuit CEO Brad Smith to Step Down — WSJBrad Smith will step down as Intuit CEO at end of year — CNBCSage Group shares plummet as Deutsche Bank downgrades software firm to 'sell' — Proactive InvestorsThomson Reuters debuts cloud accounting app for small businesses — Accounting TodayThe one ASX company Bronte Capital thinks could be a $100b global tech giant — Australian Financial ReviewBest Practices for the Month-End Close: Interactive Panel Discussion with Accounting Leaders — FloQastSubscribe: Listen on iTunesListen on Google Play
2018-08-2522 min
London HealBack Pain is Normal with Dr Oliver ThomsonBack pain costs the US economy $88 billion per year in lost work hours and constitutes 30% of GP visits in the UK. Yet Dr Thomson argues that the years of accumulated data show than most back pain is not the result of biomechanical damage, rather a normal state of being and it often resolves itself. As a Doctor of Osteopathy and an active researcher, Dr Thomson strives to treat his patients according to evidence based studies and focuses much more on a holistic approach that reassures the patient and gets them moving and back into active life as quickly as possible...
2018-08-031h 01