Staff profile

Mr Lester E Jones

Lecturer

Faculty of Health Sciences

School of Allied Health
Department of Physiotherapy

Melbourne (Bundoora)

 

Qualifications

BBSc, BAppSc(Physio), GradDipBehavStdsHlthCare, MScMed(PM), PGCert T&L (HE)

Membership of professional Associations

Australian Physiotherapy Association; Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (UK); Australian Pain Society, International Association for the Study of Pain

Area of study

Physiotherapy

Brief Profile

Award: La Trobe University Citation for contribution to student learning and development of curriculum resources and assessment in Physiotherapy (2011)  

Research: Healthy Motherhood Program/Mother & Child Health Research Centre

Research specialisation

- Back and Neck Pain

- Pregnancy and childbirth

- Rehabilitation

Teaching Units

PTY2HDM - Human Development & Movement

PTY3STM - Soft Tissue Management

PTY5CDM - Chronic Disease Management

Recent Publications

Book Chapters

Jones, L.E. & Moseley, G.L. [in press] 'Pain', in S. Porter (ed) Tidy’s Physiotherapy 15th edn, Butterworth-Heinemann, London.

Stanford, J. & Jones, L.E. (2013) 'Interdisciplinary pain management - The role of the psychologist' The Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of Applied Topics in Health Psychology, John Wiley & Sons.

Jones, L.E., Hammond, J.A. & Beaudoin, J-P (2010) ‘Clinically-based learning portfolios for guiding reflection and professional development.’ In L. McAllister, M. Paterson, J. Higgs & C. Bithell (eds) Innovations in Allied Health Fieldwork Education: A Critical Appraisal, Sense Publishers.

Jones, L.E., MacKenzie, M. & Wong, M-S (2010) ‘The use of videoconference technology in creating innovative and interactive fieldwork experiences.’ In L. McAllister, M. Paterson, J. Higgs & C. Bithell (eds) Innovations in Allied Health Fieldwork Education: A Critical Appraisal, Sense Publishers.

Moseley, G.L. & Jones, L.E. (2009) 'Pain'. In S. Kumar (ed). Ergonomics for Rehabilitation Professionals. Taylor & Francis CRC Press.

Jones, L.E. & Moseley, G.L. (2008) 'Pain'. In S. Porter (ed). Tidy's Physiotherapy 14 th Edition , Butterworth-Heinemann: London.

Journal Articles

Jones, L.E. & Hush, J.M. (2011) 'Pain education in physiotherapy: guidance for curriculum reform.' Journal of Physiotherapy, 57(4), 207-208.

Jones, L.E. (2011) ‘Introducing the ICF: the development of an online resource to support learning, teaching and curriculum design’ Physiotherapy 97(1), 55-58.

Hammond, J.A., Bithell, C.P., Jones, L.E. & Bidgood, P. (2010) A first year experience of student-directed peer-assisted learning. Active Learning Higher Education, 11(3), 1-12.

Jones, L. (2009) Implications of IASP core curriculum for pre-registration physiotherapy education. Pain Reviews, 3(1), pp.11-15.

Jones, L.E. (2009) ‘Physiotherapy and the Earth’s global climate: a need for cultural change.’ Physiotherapy Research International, 14 (2), pp.73-76.

Jones, L.E. (2008) 'Pain: what, where, how and why?' Journal of the Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Women's Health, 102, pp.51-52.

Jones, L.E. & Marsden, N. (2008) 'The application of antenatal perineal massage: a review of literature to determine instruction, dosage and technique'. Journal of the Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Women's Health, 102, pp.8-11.

Letters

Jones, L.E. (2012) 'Hands on, hands off'. Manual Therapy, 17(5), e14.

Jones, L.E. & Whitburn, L.Y. (2012) 'First-person neuroscience and the understanding of pain' . Medical Journal of Australia, 196(11), 684.

Presentation as guest speaker in symposia and workshops and professional meetings

Jones L.E. (2011) Deeper learning about pain – students/clinicians (Workshop presentation). Australian Pain Society 31st Annual Scientific Meeting, Frontiers of Pain Conference, Darwin.

Jones, L.E. (2010). Pain that persists in older adults. Australian Physiotherapy Association Gerontology Group, Camberwell.

Jones L.E. (2010). (in replacement of Dr. Michael Thacker) A resource for undergraduate pain education: triggers, tools and templates. Conference presented in the topical symposium "Teaching people about pain" at the 13th World Congress on Pain - International Association for the Study of Pain, Montreal, 2010.

Jones, L.E. (2010). Pain: an output of the brain in response to threat. Australian Physiotherapy Association National Neurology Group, Camberwell.

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Older Publications

Book Chapters

Jones, L. (2007) 'Introduction to current concepts of pain'. In C. Partridge (ed). Recent Advances of Physiotherapy. Wiley: London.

Jones, L. (2007) 'Non-specific arm pain'. In C. Partridge (ed). Recent Advances of Physiotherapy. Wiley: London.

Jones, L. & Wang, A. (2007) 'Recurrent Lumbar Pain after Failed Spinal Surgery'. In C. Partridge (ed). Recent Advances of Physiotherapy. Wiley: London.

Journal Articles

Jones, LE 2007 “Dealing with threats to the virtual body: emotions & beliefs”, British Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Amputee Rehabilitation Newsletter, Issue no.26 Spring, pp.9-11.

Research projects

Current: 'EXPECTATIONS, FEARS AND PAIN EXPERIENCE: IDENTIFYING EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL THREATS TO PERCEIVED SAFETY FOR WOMEN IN TWO BIRTHING ENVIRONMENTS’