Mark Jones

Qualifications: /
  • BS (Psychology), University of Florida
  • Certificate Physical Therapy, University of Iowa
  • Graduate Diploma in Advanced Manipulative Physiotherapy (Honours 1st class), South Australian Institute of Technology
  • Master of Applied Science by Research (Manipulative Physiotherapy). South Australian Institute of Technology

Current Positions Held:Senior Lecturer, Program Director

Postgraduate Coursework Masters Programs in Physiotherapy,School of Health Sciences, University of South Australia

Manipulative Physiotherapy Consultant, Australian Physiotherapy Association, South Australian Branch,

Honorary Research Associate, School of Physiotherapy, University of Sydney

Professional Interests:

  • Health professions education and musculoskeletal physiotherapy practice
  • The nature of expertise
  • Critical thinking and Clinical reasoning in the health professions (teaching and practice)
  • Pain Science and application of the biopsychosocial model in clinical practice
  • Journal Manuscript Reviewer

Advances in Physiotherapy

Australian Journal of Occupational Therapy

Australian Journal of Physiotherapy

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Focus on Health Professional Education: A Multidisciplinary Journal

Manual Therapy (International Advisory Board Member)

Physiotherapy Theory and Practice

Physiotherapy Research International

The Internet Journal of Allied Health Sciences and Practice

Mark Jones graduated from the University of Florida with a B.S. in Psychology and then completed his Physical Therapy studies at the University of Iowa. Having developed an interest in manual therapy Mark travelled to Australia to study Manipulative Physiotherapy and after completing his Graduate Diploma in 1985 under Geoff Maitland he continued his studies part time and completed his Masters by Research in 1989. The title of his thesis was “Facilitating Students’ Clinical Reasoning in Physiotherapy Education”. Mark worked clinically, taught and published with Geoff Maitland and continues to promote integration of contemporary physiotherapy research and theory into the “Maitland Concept”. Mark has a special interest in biopsychosocial health care and the teaching and assessment of clinical reasoning in physiotherapy. His special interests in musculoskeletal physiotherapy include the shoulder complex and spine. Mark is currently Senior Lecturer and Program Director, Coursework Masters Programs in Physiotherapy, School of Health Sciences, University of South Australia. He has conducted and supervised research in the areas of clinical reasoning and musculoskeletal physiotherapy with over 75 publications including the text “Clinical Reasoning in the Health Professions” and the text “Clinical Reasoning for Manual Therapists”. Mark lectures and runs continuing education courses in clinical reasoning and musculoskeletal physiotherapyregularly, both nationally and internationally.

PUBLICATIONS

Books

  1. Higgs J, Jones M, Loftus S and Christensen N (Eds.) (2008) Clinical Reasoning in the Health Professions, 3rd ed. Butterworth-Heinemann, Oxford.
  1. Jones M and Rivett D (Eds.) (2004) Clinical Reasoning for Manual Therapists. Butterworth-Heinemann. * Now translated into German, Korean and Japanese

Book chapters (2006-present):

  1. Edwards, I. & Jones, M. (2006) Clinical reasoning and expertise. In: Jensen, G.M., Gwyer, J., Hack L.M., Shepard K.F. (eds.) Expertise in physical therapy practice. Elsevier, Boston, pp. 192-213.
  2. Gifford, L., Thacker, M. and Jones, M. (2006) Physiotherapy and pain. In: McMahon and Koltzenburg (eds.) Wall and Melzack’s Textbook of Pain (5th edn). Elsevier, pp. 603-617.
  3. Jones, M.A. and Edwards, I. (2006) Learning to facilitate change in cognition and behaviour. In: Gifford L (ed) Topical issues in pain 5. CNS Press, Falmouth, pp. 273-310.
  4. Christensen, N., Jones, M. and Edwards, I. and Higgs, J (2008) Dimensions of clinical reasoning capability. In: Higgs, J. and Jones M. (Eds.) Clinical Reasoning in the Health Professions, 3rd ed. Butterworth-Heinemann, Oxford, pp. 101-121.
  5. Christensen, N., Jones, M., Edwards, I. and Higgs, J (2008) Helping physiotherapy students develop clinical reasoning capability. In: Higgs, J. and Jones M. (Eds.) Clinical Reasoning in the Health Professions, 3rd ed. Butterworth-Heinemann, Oxford, pp. 389-396.
  6. Higgs, J., Jones, M.A. and Titchen, A. (2008) Knowledge, reasoning and evidence for practice. In: Higgs, J. and Jones M. (Eds.) Clinical Reasoning in the Health Professions, 3rd ed. Butterworth-Heinemann, Oxford, pp. 151-161.
  7. Higgs, J. and Jones, M.A. (2008) Clinical decision-making and the problem space. In: Higgs, J. and Jones M. (Eds.) Clinical Reasoning in the Health Professions, 3rd ed. Butterworth-Heinemann, Oxford, pp. 3-17.
  8. Jones, M.A., Jensen, G. and Edwards, I (2008) Clinical reasoning in physiotherapy. In: Higgs, J. and Jones M. (Eds.) Clinical Reasoning in the Health Professions, 3rd ed. Butterworth-Heinemann, Oxford, pp. 245-256.
  9. Jones, M.A. and Edwards, I. (2008) Clinical reasoning to facilitate cognitive-experiential changes. In: Higgs, J. and Jones M. (Eds.) Clinical Reasoning in the Health Professions, 3rd ed. Butterworth-Heinemann, Oxford, pp.319-328.
  10. Ladyshewsky, R. and Jones, M.A. (2008) Peer coaching to generate clinical reasoning skills. In: Higgs, J. and Jones M. (Eds.) Clinical Reasoning in the Health Professions, 3rd ed. Butterworth-Heinemann, Oxford, pp. 433-440.

  1. Rivett, D.A. and Jones, M.A. (2008) Using case reports to teach clinical reasoning. In: Higgs, J. and Jones M. (Eds.) Clinical Reasoning in the Health Professions, 3rd ed. Butterworth-Heinemann, Oxford, pp. 477-484.
  2. Smith, M., Ajjawi, R. and Jones, M (2009) Introduction to clinical reasoning. In: Higgs, J., Smith, M., Skinner, M. and Croker, A. (Eds.) Contexts of Physiotherapy Practice. Elsevier.
  3. Magarey, M. and Jones M. (2011) Motor control of the shoulder region. In: de las Peñas, CF, Clealand, J and Huijibregts P (Eds.) Neck and Arm Pain Syndrome. Churchill Livingstone. 279-295
  4. Jones, M. (in press for 2011) Clinical Reasoning: From the Maitland Concept and Beyond. In: Hengeveld, E. and Banks, K. (Eds.) Vertebral Manipulation: Management of Musculoskeletal Disorders, Vol. 1, 8th edn. Churchill Livingstone.

Peer reviewed journal articles (2005-present):

  1. Edwards, I, Braunack-Mayer, A and Jones, M (2005) Ethical reasoning as a clinical-reasoning strategy in physiotherapy. Physiotherapy, 91, 229-236.
  2. Magarey, M.E. and Jones, M.A. (2005) The glenohumeral quadrant revisited. Manuelletherapie. 3(July):114-121.
  3. Barry, C., Jones, M. and Grimmer, K. (2006) Electronic clinical records for physiotherapists. The Internet Journal of Allied Health Sciences and Practice. 4(1):
  4. Edwards, I., Jones, M.A. and Hillier, S. (2006) The interpretation of experience and its relationship to body movement: A clinical reasoning perspective. Manual Therapy, 11: 2-10.
  5. Jones, M.A., Grimmer, K., Edwards, I., Higgs, J. and Trede, F. (2006) Challenges in applying best evidence to physiotherapy practice. Internet Journal of Allied Health Sciences and Practice, Vol 4(3).
  6. Jones, M.A., Grimmer, K., Edwards, I., Higgs, J. and Trede, F. (2006) Challenges in applying best evidence to physiotherapy practice: Part 2 – Health and Clinical Reasoning Models to Facilitate Evidence-Based Practice. Internet Journal of Allied Health Sciences and Practice, Vol 4(4).
  7. Bitter, N., Clisby, F., Sandow, M.J., Jones, M.A., Magarey, M.E. and Jaberzadeh, S. (2007) Relative contributions of infraspinatus and deltoid during external rotation in healthy shoulders. Journal of Elbow and Joint Surgery. 16(5): 563-568
  8. Edwards, I. & Jones, M. (2007) La classification internationale du fonctionnement, du handicap et de la santé (CIF). Compr é hension et application par le raisonnement cliniaque. Kinesither Rev, 71: 40-49
  9. Clisby, F., Bitter, N., Sandow, M.J., Jones, M.A., Magarey, M.E. and Jaberzadeh, S. (2008) Relative contributions of infraspinatus and deltoid during external rotation in patients with symptomatic subacromial impingement. Journal of Elbow and Joint Surgery. 17: 87s-92s.
  1. Christensen, N., Jones, M.and Edwards, I.(2011) Clinical Reasoning and Evidence-based Practice.Independent Study Course 21.2.2: Current Concepts of Orthopaedic Physical Therapy, 3rd edn, Orthopaedic Section, APTA, Inc, La Crosse.
  2. Jones, M.A. (in press) Clinical reasoning in physical therapy: Its importance to learning, practice and physical therapists’ contributions to society. Japanese Journal of Physical Therapy.

KEYNOTE CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS (2004-present)

  1. Jones, M.A. (2004) Invited Keynote Speaker, International Federation of Orthopaedic Manipulative Therapists Congress, Capetown, South Africa. March.
  2. Jones, M.A. (2005) Invited Keynote Speaker, World Congress on Manual Therapy, Rome, Italy, 7-9
  3. Jones, M.A. (2005) Invited Keynote Speaker, Australian Physiotherapy Association 6th National Paediatric Conference “Looking out from the Centre” 15 – 18 September, Alice Springs.
  4. Jones, M.A. (2008) Invited Keynote Speaker, Quebec Physiotherapy Conference, Montreal, Quebec
  5. Jones, M.A. (2008) Invited Keynote Speaker, International Federation of Manipulative Therapists, The Netherlands
  6. Jones, M.A. (2008) Invited Keynote Speaker, United Arab Emirates Physiotherapy Society Conference, Dubai
  7. Jones, M.A. (2009) Invited Keynote Speaker, Physio First Annual Conference, Nottingham, England
  8. Jones, M.A. (2011) Invited Keynote Speaker, 46th Japanese Physical Therapy Congress, Miyazaki City, Japan

RESEARCH

Mark has supervised honours, masters and PhD research in the areas of musculoskeletal physiotherapy and clinical reasoning.