Andrews Tawiah, PhD

Assistant Professor

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Education

  • Postdoctoral Fellowship (Queen’s University, Canada)
  • PhD Rehabilitation Science (University of Alberta, Canada)
  • MSc Health and Rehabilitation (University of Southampton, UK)
  • BSc Physiotherapy (University of Ghana, Ghana)

Graduate Student Supervision

  • Health and Rehabilitation Sciences |
  • Advanced Health Care Practice

Research In Profile

Andrews Tawiah is an Assistant Professor in Advanced Health Care Practice in the School of Physical Therapy - Faculty of Health Sciences. He leads a research and educational scholarship program aimed at improving interprofessional team-based models of care in primary care and emergency departments. His primary focus is developing and evaluating competencies and capabilities for advanced healthcare professionals, with a dual emphasis:

Primary Care: Developing and evaluating competencies required by advanced healthcare practitioners in primary care settings.

Emergency Department: Developing and evaluating competencies for advanced healthcare practitioners in emergency departments.

Additionally, professor Tawiah is committed to strengthening rehabilitation efforts in low- and middle-income countries through Advanced Health Care Practice. He contributed to shaping the World Physiotherapy policy on Advanced Practice Physiotherapy and developed the first global core competency and capability framework for advanced practice physiotherapy. His work aims to address urgent and future healthcare challenges in Canada and globally.

Teaching Areas

  • Advanced Health Care Practice
  • Advanced Professional Practice
  • Physical Therapy Leadership
  • Applied Health Sciences Capstone Experience

Featured Publications and Projects

Articles in Peer-Reviewed Journals

  • Tawiah AK, Stokes E, Wieler M, Desmeules F, Finucane L, Lewis J, Warren J, Lundon K, Noblet T, Cunningham C, Woodhouse LJ. Developing a core competency and capability framework for advanced practice physiotherapy: A qualitative study. Physiotherapy Theory and Practice. 2023 Feb 1:1-5.
  • Tawiah AK, Stokes E, Wieler M, Desmeules F, Finucane L, Lewis J, Warren J, Lundon K, Noblet T, Cunningham C, Woodhouse LJ. Developing an international competency and capability framework for advanced practice physiotherapy: A scoping review with narrative synthesis. Physiotherapy. 2023 Jul 11
  • Miller J, Doulas T, Bisson EJ, Abebe A, Chala M, McClintock C, Varette K, Vader K, Desmeules F, Perreault K, Donnelly C, Booth R, Tawiah AK, Duggan S. Assessing the feasibility of a clinical trial to evaluate an advanced practice physiotherapy model of care in chronic pain management: a feasibility study. Pilot and Feasibility Studies. 2023 Jul 17;9(1):125
  • Tawiah AK, Desmeules F, Finucane L, Lewis J, Wieler M, Stokes E, Woodhouse LJ. Advanced practice in physiotherapy: A Global Survey. Physiotherapy. 2021 Dec 1;113:168-76
  • Tawiah AK, Borthwick A, Woodhouse L. Advanced physiotherapy practice: a qualitative study on the potential challenges and barriers to implementation in Ghana. Physiotherapy theory and practice. 2018 Jun 13

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Graduate Student Opportunities

For more information please email professor Andrews Tawiah at atawiah2@uwo.ca.

Additional Information

Awards

  • Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR) Postdoctoral Fellowship (2022)
  • Queen’s Research Opportunities Funds – Postdoctoral Award (2022)
  • Canadian MSK Research Network Trainee Award (2019)
  • Commonwealth Scholarship and Fellowship Scheme (2014)

Professional Activities

  • Member, Canadian Physiotherapy Association
  • Member, Advanced Practice Physiotherapy Network (UK) (2015 - 2020)