Alison Bell

Ms Alison Bell

Lecturer

School of Allied Health and Human Performance

College of Health

Alison is a Lecturer, with UniSA: Allied Health and Human Performance Unit.  Alison has a teaching academic focus, with involvement in the Bachelor of Physiotherapy (Honours), Master of Physiotherapy (Graduate Entry) and Master of Advanced Clinical Physiotherapy (Musculoskeletal, Sports) programmes.  Alison is a registered physiotherapist, with clinical background in musculoskeletal physiotherapy.  She has experience as a private practice principal and as Clinical Adviser to the Department of Veteran's Affairs.  Alison has a long history of involvement with regulation of the physiotherapy profession, via appointment to the Physiotherapy Board of Australia for three terms, and South Australian boards prior to that.    

Year Citation
2025 Reubenson, A., Ng, L., Lawton, V., Nahon, I., Bell, A., Van Kessel, G., & Williams, J. (2025). The assessment of physiotherapy practice is a robust measure of entry-level physiotherapy standards: reliability and validity evidence from a large, representative sample. PLoS One, 20(no. 4, article no. e0321397), 1-18.
DOI Scopus3 WoS3 Europe PMC2
2017 Phillips, A. C., Mackintosh, S. F., Bell, A., & Johnston, K. N. (2017). Developing physiotherapy student safety skills in readiness for clinical placement using standardised patients compared with peer-role play: A pilot non-randomised controlled trial. BMC Medical Education, 17(1), 10 pages.
DOI Scopus30 WoS24 Europe PMC16
2016 Lizarondo, L., Turnbull, C., Kroon, T., Grimmer, K., Bell, A., Kumar, S., . . . Wiles, L. (2016). Allied health: integral to transforming health. Australian Health Review, 40(2), 194-204.
DOI Scopus30 WoS28 Europe PMC22
2000 Grimmer, K., Beard, M. D., Bell, A., Chipchase, L., Edwards, E. D., Fulton, I. J., & Gill, T. (2000). On the constructs of quality physiotherapy. Australian journal of physiotherapy, 46(1), 3-7.
DOI Scopus16 WoS14 Europe PMC11

Courses I teach

  • REHB 4050 Advanced Physiotherapy Practice B (2024)
  • REHB 5133 Musculoskeletal Skills in Physiotherapy (2024)
  • REHB 6019 Advanced Practice in Physiotherapy GE (2024)

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