Dr Ireland has a particular interest and passion for working with children with achondroplasia. This body of work focuses on development of children with achondroplasia and included a national review and follow up of children across 12 years. Penny coordinates the Achondroplasia Clinic at QPRS. Penny’s experience with achondroplasia has been well recognised internationally and she acts as a consultant for a number of achondroplasia based services across the world. 

In this episode we chat about: 

Why Dr Ireland chose physiotherapy as her career path 

What Dr Ireland loves about physio 

Dr Ireland's path to completing her PhD 

How any clinician if they put their mind to it can do the research  

What the definition of achondroplasia is 

What the findings were of Dr Irelands’ research on achondroplasia 

How Dr Ireland’s research has impacted on clinical practices 

How Dr Ireland would like to develop an e-learning package that are available for families to understand more on achondroplasia 

What strategies, tips and advice Dr Ireland would like to share with pediatric therapists around research and PhD’s 

Links: 

Queensland Paediatric Rehabilitation Service 

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