Tarina van der Stockt, PT, DPT

Tarina graduated as a Physiotherapist from the University of Pretoria, South Africa in 2005 and completed her transitional Doctorate of Physical Therapy at the University of St Augustine in 2021, with a Specialisation in Education. She is the Education Director at Physioplus and is responsible for the managing of all course creation, content and team members.

Tarina also completed post-graduate training in Orthopaedic Manual Physiotherapy, Sports Physiotherapy, and Dry Needling. She has clinical experience in musculoskeletal pain and dysfunction, manual therapy, sports injuries, amputee rehabilitation, and reintegration into sport for people with disabilities. She also lectured part-time on some of these topics at various South African universities, post-graduate courses and Baylor University's DPT program.

Throughout her career, Tarina has worked as a physiotherapist for Team South Africa during large international sporting events, which includes 2 Paralympic Games and 2 Commonwealth Games. She has worked with different sporting codes including athletics, weight lifting, cycling, triathlon, swimming, and rowing. She is passionate about helping other people continue or return to doing what they love doing. She is also on the Para Rowing Classification Advisory Committee for World Rowing.

Physiopedia Plus 2022 Year in Review: You are part of something amazing!

January 13, 2023January 17, 2023 by Tarina van der Stockt, PT, DPT

Have you taken a moment to reflect on 2022? Join me on this journey as I look back at the last year at Physiopedia Plus (Plus). As you read, consider your learning and what you have been part of this past year.

You might have noticed that we changed our name from Physioplus to Physiopedia Plus. You can simply call us Plus. Why the change? Plus is an extension to Physiopedia that includes all rehabilitation professionals and anyone interested in exploring rehabilitation knowledge. As a Plus member, you are part of a global community of like-minded professionals learning together. The name change reflects that.

Your community is continually growing. At the end of 2022, Plus had 155,630 members worldwide. Because of your continued commitment, Plus donated 12,249 accounts to people in low-resource countries to enable equitable access to education and professional development.

Did you see that we now have more than 560 courses on Plus? 212 new courses were published in the last year. We don’t only publish new courses but also review and update old courses. In 2022 we completely redid four popular older programmes/courses that you might be interested in.

The Prostate Cancer Programme was replaced with the Introduction to Male Pelvic Health Programme, consisting of 8 brand new courses
The Comprehensive Spinal Cord Injury Programme replaced the old Spinal Cord Injury Programme. This new programme focuses on holistic rehabilitation and has instructors from different rehabilitation professions
The Foot and Ankle long course was updated and replaced with two new evidence-based programmes. Understanding the Ankle Programme, which already has 1105 participants and the Understanding the Foot Programme, that will be fully completed later this year
The Applied Sport and Exercise Physiotherapy Programme replaced the Sport and Exercise Physiotherapy long course. This new programme has 16 courses, seven instructors and boasts almost 3000 participants since it was published

Through our work with ReLAB-HS, 79 rehabilitation-specific courses are now available on Plus. These courses are created for all rehabilitation professionals and cover the following topics; an overview of rehabilitation, family-centred development training, childhood development, pain in children, assistive technology, ICF, burns, rehabilitation considerations for displaced persons, rehabilitation in disasters and conflict, gait, spinal cord injury, implementation science and orthotics.

It fascinates me to know what courses other people are doing. At the start of 2022, Plus launched a new trending feature available as a filter when you search for courses on the site. Here are the top three courses that each trended consecutively for more than a month in 2022:

Thank you for writing course feedback and testimonials. The Plus team reviews all feedback monthly and updates courses accordingly. This past year 667 testimonials were uploaded to Plus. You can view what others are writing about Plus courses on the testimonials page.

I can’t reflect without mentioning some of the bespoke features and resources that were added to Plus in 2022 that you should consider for your learning in 2023:

Plus now boasts regular live clinical webinars. In the past year, we had 15 webinars attended by 1400 people. If you missed these webinars, you can view the recording on the webinars link on Plus and get a certificate for completion. 2023 webinars are already scheduled and you can sign up by following this link
15 new ebooks were added to the Plus library, available to full and pro members to help you stay up to date
Courses on Plus are now available in five additional languages; French, Spanish, German, Italian and Ukrainian. If you are interested in learning in another language, then this page will give you more information
You can now learn offline with the new Plus app. This is especially valuable in areas with poor internet access or unreliable electricity, or even on an aeroplane, like when I recently did a course 30,000 feet in the air

I hope you are as excited as I am about what this year can bring. At Plus, we are ready to bring you more exceptional courses, interdisciplinary instructors, live webinars with interactive components and mentorship opportunities in this year. Thank you for being part of this amazing team!

#justkeeplearning

– Don’t miss the Year in Review from Physiopedia Content Manager Kim Jackson and find out how many countries visited Physiopedia last year

Tarina van der Stockt, PT, DPT

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