Dr Peter Goodwin

My profile

Biography

I qualified as a Physiotherapist in 1997 and obtained my PhD from King’s College, London in 2006. I joined Manchester Metropolitan University in 2005 after working as a Senior Physiotherapist.  I have experience working in primary, secondary and tertiary care, in the NHS and private sector. I teach physiotherapy at undergraduate and postgraduate levels and supervise PhDs. My research focuses on the spine and sports rehabilitation, and population segmentation. I am always happy to discuss ideas for research.

Membership of Professional Associations

Member of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP)

Professional registration of Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)

Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA)

Visiting and honorary positions

Honorary Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester

Research

My research focuses on three inter-related areas:

  • spine rehabilitation,
  • sports injuries,
  • population health segmentation

Editorial activities

Editor, MMU Research News

Editorial Board - Journal of Sport Science & Medicine

Associate Editor BMC Health Services Research

Reviewer activities

Journals

Journal of Physical Therapy in Sport

Journal of Orthopedic Research & Physiotherapy

BMC Health Services Research

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

BMC Medicine

Brazilian Journal of Anesthesiology

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

European Journal of Sports Science

NIHR Dissemination Centre

Nurse Prescribing

Disability and Rehabilitation

Journal of Pain Research 

British Journal of Pain

BMJSEM

BMJ Open

BMJ Innovations

Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice

Physiotherapy

Conferences

CSP Physiotherapy UK Annual Congress

Chair of CSP Abstract Moderation Group

World Congress of Physical Therapists (WCPT) (World and European)

Expert reviewer for external funding bodies

Chartered Society of Physiotherapy Charitable Trust Scientific Committee

The NIHR Evaluation, Trials and Studies Coordinating Centre (NETSCC)

Evaluation of NIHR Investment into Cochrane UK

Editorial Board membership

Editorial Board - Journal of Sport Science & Medicine

Previous Associate Editor - BMC Health Services Research

Prizes and awards

2014 Robert Williams International Travel Award

2012 Exemplary Researcher Award

2011 Fellow of the Higher Education Academy

2007 Manchester Metropolitan University Promising Research Fellow

2000 HSA Charitable Trust Major Scholarship Award

2000 CSP Charitable Trust Educational Award

1996 Nuffield Foundation Undergraduate Research Bursary

Projects

2016 Evidence for the use of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) in soft tissue injuries.Manchester City Football Club. Sanderson P, Goodwin PC

2015 Should I disclose my dyslexia? Understanding when and why health professionals disclose theirspecific learning needs. Widening Participation: HEENW Final Report. Goodwin PC, Rooney J, Yeowell G

2015 Widening Participation Project HEENW Phase 3 Report. Rooney J, Yeowell GM, Goodwin PC

2015 To disclose or not to disclose? The workplace experiences of physiotherapists with a specific learning difficulty. Widening Participation Project: HEENW Phase 2 Report. Yeowell GM, Rooney J, Goodwin PC

2015 Benchmarking SpLD data: one HEI vs NHS. HEENW Widening Participation Project Phase 1 Report. Yeowell GM, Rooney J, Goodwin PC

Teaching

Programme leadership

Professional Doctorate in Health & Social Care

MSc Advanced Practice in Health & Social Care

PGCert Advanced Stroke

Unit leadership

Evidence Based Practice and Project Planning [Level 8]

Contemporary Issues in Practice [level 7 & 8]

Research Methods [Level 7]

Project in Practice / Dissertation / Practice focussed Project [Level 7]

Independent Study [Level 7]

External examiner roles

MSc Physiotherapy programme at University of Cumbria. 

Why do I teach?

The American Ragtime composer, Scott Hayden, said: “Teachers have three loves; a love of learning, a love for learners, and the love of bringing the first two loves together.”  It is the same for me.

How I’ll teach you

I won’t teach you; I will try my best to provide the best conditions in which you can learn. Funnily enough, Albert Einstein had the same philosophy.

Why study?

To contribute, in some small way, to improving health outcomes, reducing health inequality and reducing healthcare costs through teaching and learning, and research.

Supervision

I supervise UK and International Doctoral students:

Completed PhDs

  • An observation-based intervention for stroke rehabilitation
  • Evaluation of an Anticoagulation Service for Injecting Drug Users with Deep Vein Thrombosis
  • The effect of hydrotherapy in patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
  • The effect of cold-water immersion on elite athletes
  • Sensorimotor incongruence in chronic lower back pain patients
  • Effect of blood flow restriction therapy on quadriceps strength after injury
  • Effect of mobilisation on the sympathetic nervous system
  • Specialist nurse COPD provision

Professional Doctorates

  • What is the effect of the cognitive-behavioural chronic low back pain programme in altering patients’ health locus of control, and its associated impact on clinical outcomes?

Current PhDs

  • Measuring physical playfulness in adolescents
  • Evaluation of pre-operative rehabilitation for first time lumbar discectomy surgery (University of Manchester)
  • Impact of rugby union on the glenohumeral joint

Research outputs