Trainer of instructors
He trains the experts who join Physio Learning: how to structure content, make it teachable, assess it. Including for DPC formats.
Physio Learning instructor
Robin Vervaekephysiotherapist and instructor
A physiotherapist in private practice since 2019, he holds a Master 2 in public health and is the scientific lead at Physio Learning. He trains our instructors, validates our content and teaches the course “Getting started with investing”.
- Mulhouse (68)
- In private practice since 2019
- Trainer of instructors
- Master's in public health
- Research: direct access
2019
French State Diploma in Physiotherapy, IFMK d'Alsace
M2
Master's in public health, research pathway, Université de Limoges
3
Papers published in international peer-reviewed journals
100+
Physio Learning articles reviewed and approved
Robin Vervaeke's career
His common thread fits into a single sentence: bridging the clinical reality of private practice and the concerns of health organisations. Clinical work, research, teaching and digital health — each of those experiences feeds what he passes on to the instructors he supports.
2015 to 2019 · Initial training
French State Diploma in Physiotherapy
Institut de formation en masso-kinésithérapie d'Alsace.
Since 2019 · Clinical
Physiotherapist in private practice
Private practice in Mulhouse, focused on musculoskeletal disorders and chronic pain.
2020 to 2021 · Research
Master 2 in public health, research pathway
Université de Limoges, with a research collaboration on direct access to physiotherapy.
Since 2023 · Teaching
Scientific lead and trainer of instructors, Physio Learning
Training the experts who join Physio Learning, recruiting instructors and validating the science behind published content.
Since 2024 · Digital health
Head of the digital physiotherapy project at Alan
Running the remote physiotherapy consultation service, quality monitoring and the prevention of musculoskeletal disorders in the workplace.
Ongoing · Continuing education
More than 20 continuing education courses completed
Specialisation in musculoskeletal practice, in chronic and complex pain, in therapeutic communication and in CBT. “AI in Healthcare” certificate from Stanford University.
His role at Physio Learning
Beyond the course he teaches, Robin trains our instructors and checks the scientific rigour of what we publish. He is the one who arbitrates between what the literature says and what holds up in the clinic.
Instructor recruitment
Identifying experts and supporting the instructors who teach with us.
Practice evaluation
He designs professional practice evaluations, the tool that measures what actually changes in the clinic after a course.
Scientific review
Validation of more than 100 published articles, following our editorial methodology: primary sources and levels of evidence checked.
Their scientific publications
His three papers are all on the same subject, direct access to physiotherapists: the competencies it calls for, the professional consensus it rests on, and how the French public receives it.
Core competencies for first contact physiotherapists in a direct access model of care for adults with musculoskeletal disorders: a scoping review
Vervaeke R, Lafrance S, Demont A. Musculoskeletal Care, 2023.
doi.org/10.1002/msc.1813 — the publication (new tab)Required competencies for French physiotherapists for direct access to primary care for patients with musculoskeletal disorders: consensus statement based on a Delphi survey
Demont A, Vervaeke R, Bourmaud A. Physiotherapy Theory and Practice, 2024.
doi.org/10.1080/09593985.2023.2301437 — the publication (new tab)Acceptability of physiotherapists as primary care practitioners for the care of people with musculoskeletal disorders: a French population-based cross-sectional survey
Demont A, Vervaeke R, Lafrance S, Desmeules F, Dumas A, Bourmaud A. Physiotherapy, 2025.
doi.org/10.1016/j.physio.2024.101453 — the publication (new tab)
He also acts as a peer reviewer for the journals Physiotherapy Theory and Practice and BMC Health Services Research.
Teaching, dissertations and conferences
Visiting lecturer at physiotherapy training institutes in France and at the Haute École Arc Santé, in Switzerland, on clinical and methodological topics.
Dissertation supervisor and a member of practical examination panels and of research viva panels.
Speaker at scientific conferences, and former head of the musculoskeletal division of the Congrès international francophone pour les étudiants en physiothérapie et kinésithérapie.
Instructor on professional practice: diversifying activity and managing a clinician's finances, alongside his clinical teaching.
Their course at Physio Learning
Getting started with investing
- Online
- 5 h
4,77/5 · 100 % des 13 participants recommandent cette formation (questionnaire post-formation)
A course designed for healthcare professionals who are starting from nothing and want to stop leaving their savings idle. Robin shares the method he uses as a private investor, built over six years of personal practice, to be followed at your own pace.
Discover the coursePlease note. This course is strictly educational. It constitutes neither investment advice nor a personalised recommendation within the meaning of articles L. 541-1 et seq. of the French monetary and financial code. Robin Vervaeke and Physio Learning are not financial investment advisers and are not registered with ORIAS. All investment carries a risk of capital loss.
What participants say
Simple and effective. The examples with the different investor profiles are really useful.
Amélie D.Kinésithérapeute Accessible enough for someone who knows nothing at all about it. No complicated term left unexplained. Really interesting for getting started with investing!
Mathis H.Kinésithérapeute Really well taught and comprehensive. The content is clear and vivid without being dull.
Thomas D.Kinésithérapeute
Frequently asked questions
Who is Robin Vervaeke?
Robin Vervaeke is a physiotherapist who qualified at the IFMK d'Alsace in 2019 and holds a Master 2 in public health (research pathway) from the Université de Limoges. He works in private practice in Mulhouse and has been, since 2023, the scientific lead at Physio Learning, where he also trains the instructors who join us.
Which course does he teach at Physio Learning?
He teaches Getting started with investing, an e-learning course for healthcare professionals who are just beginning. It is available immediately after enrolment, with no prerequisites — duration, programme and price are set out on the course page.
Can this course be funded by the FIFPL or the DPC?
No. “Getting started with investing” is a direct purchase, with no funding application. The FIFPL and DPC funding arrangements, the two French schemes for physiotherapists, apply to our professional courses and are set out on each course page.
What is his research about?
His three papers, published in Musculoskeletal Care, Physiotherapy Theory and Practice and Physiotherapy, are about direct access to physiotherapists for musculoskeletal disorders: the competencies required, the French Delphi consensus and acceptability among the public.
What is his role in the content on this site?
He is the scientific reviewer of the Physio Learning guides and news articles. More than 100 published articles carry his approval, following the site's editorial methodology: figures checked against the official text, and levels of evidence verified before publication.
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