King's College London Centre for Physiotherapy Research Survey of Electrotherapy Equipment in Physiotherapy Departments

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0100 KCLCA KDPS/ET
Held at	: King's College London College Archives   Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.kcl.ac.uk/library/archivespec/ ›
Full title	: King's College London Centre for Physiotherapy Research Survey of Electrotherapy Equipment in Physiotherapy Departments
Date(s)	: 1985-1990
Level of description	: Series of sub-fonds of King's College London Centre for Physiotherapy Research
Extent	: 16 boxes or 0.16 cubic metres
Name of creator(s)	: King's College London | Division of Physiotherapy
Detailed catalogue	: Click here to view repository detailed catalogue

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

Physiotherapy provision was available at King's College Hospital and later academic instruction was devolved to the Centre for Physiotherapy Research under the Department of Physiology. The Physiotherapy Department was formed in 1989, part of the Biomedical Sciences Division of the School of Life, Basic Medical and Health Sciences, to become one of the first academic departments of Physiotherapy in England. In 1998 a Division of Physiotherapy was formed, part of the School of Biomedical Sciences, itself the product of the merger of the Biomedical Sciences Division at King's and the Basic Medical Sciences Division at UMDS (United Medical and Dental Schools). The Centre for Physiotherapy Research carried out a series of national surveys under the auspices of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy due to concerns about safety of physiotherapy equipment. The first survey in 1986 examined Health Authorities; the second in 1987, private practioners. The second survey covered equipment owned by one-in-ten of the members of the Organisation of Chartered Physiotherapists in Private Practices, (OCPPP). In 1989 a follow-up survey was carried out to research the electrotherapy equipment bought and discarded by the physiotherapy practitioners, surveyed in the orginal survey, from 1987-1989.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Papers of the King's College London Centre of Physiotherapy Research Survey of Electrotherapy Equipment in Physiotherapy Departments, 1985-1990, consisting of papers relating to the administration of the survey, 1985-1990; completed questionnaires for the related survey of electrotherapy equipment in Physiotherapy Departments in Hospitals and Health Districts, 1986; completed questionnaires for the related survey of electrotherapy equipment among private practitioners, 1987.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

The collection is arranged into the sections above. Where possible the original filing structure has been maintained.

Conditions governing access:

Administrative records are generally closed for 30 years except for published material and some committee and other minutes. Student and staff records are subject to an 80 year closure period after the date of leaving, but may be consulted by Departmental and other College staff with permission from the Head of Department.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Director of Archive Services.

Finding aids:

Catalogue is available online and in hard copy in the Archive reading room.

Archival Information

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Transferred from King's College London Division of Physiotherapy between 1990-1991.

Allied Materials

Related material:

King's College London Archives: Records of the Division of Physiotherapy (KDPS), including papers of the `The Role of Physiotherapy in the Care of Adults with Learning Difficulties (Mental Handicap)' study (KDPS/CJP/LD); papers of the Centre of Physiotherapy Research Care of the Elderly Project, (KDPS/CJP/COE).

Publication note:

Description Notes

Archivist's note:
Compiled by Katie Mooney when the collection was catalogued.

Rules or conventions:
ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal Place and Corporate Names 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions:
December 2005.