My research presentation
As described in the tab 'Fascia Book', I am further-developing the tensegrity model in a practical context. In order to get some critical and constructive assessment of my ideas and some interesting input, too, I will present my work to date on May 13 in the format of one of the BSO research presentations / journal clubs. 1 pm @ room 1.05.
Why I did it.
For two reasons: To get some practice presenting my work. But also to actually share some of my thoughts with an interested audience. Even though we will have to present our presentation in June anyway, I wanted to talk to some people about it in a less formal setting. Also, the 20-odd peers of mine that attended, did so because they chose to and not because they had to; A huge difference to any speaker. What I did. The structure of the talk was as follows: - Intro to tensegrity principles, - applications to biology, - research objective and methods of my qualitative study, - results with representative quotes, - discussion of 'what next?' - proposal of a few ideas for how to make tensegrity more practicable and how to teach it - open discussion Notably, I did not just present my study - I wanted to get people to engage with the subject and discuss it. And so they did... How it went. The session was planned to last up to 30 minutes - and ended after over an hour of lively discussion. After introducing tensegrity principles, my study and the results, I went on to outline some of the difficulties in implementing the findings in osteopathic education and practice. With the insights gained from the study, we were now able to identify fields to which tensegrity appeared relevant and discuss them in an informed manner. The discussion went from personal clinical experience to a controversial discussion of the role and value of models in general. Some interesting points were made and I was very pleased to see how my colleagues could engage with the topic. This experience supported my perception that the tensegrity concept can actually take us forward, both as individual osteopaths and also as a profession. |