Jones Mark

Current Qualifications: BS (Psychology), University of Florida
Certificate Physical Therapy, University of Iowa
Graduate Diploma in Advanced Manipulative Physiotherapy, South Australian Institute of Technology
Master of Applied Science (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:

• Physiotherapy education and musculoskeletal physiotherapy practice
• The nature of expertise in physiotherapy
• Clinical reasoning in physiotherapy (teaching and practice)

• Pain Science and application of the biopsychosocial model in clinical practice
• Diagnosis and management of musculoskeletal dysfunction

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 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 has a special interest in assessment of the shoulder complex and integrating dynamic retraining with passive mobilisation in the management of shoulder and spinal impairment. Mark is currently Senior Lecturer and Program Director, Coursework Masters Programs in Physiotherapy at the University of South Australia. He has conducted and supervised research in the areas of clinical reasoning and musculoskeletal physiotherapy with numerous 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 musculoskeletal physiotherapy and clinical reasoning regularly, both nationally and internationally.