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Forward features planned for Frontline in the first half of 2010 cover:

• Physiotherapy and ergonomics: profiling the work of physios involved in optimising design in the car industry.
• Exploring Ehler-Danlos syndrome: why physios are best-placed to diagnose and treat this little-known connective tissue disorder.

• International development: profiling the work of Clare Farrance, who is developing physiotherapy education in Iraq and the two recent awardees of the CSP charitable trust's international development award - working in Cambodia and South Africa.
• Learning together, working together: highlighting the potential of a common core curriculum for allied health professionals and nurses.

• In the first of a new series looking at leadership and career development, we set the scene by looking at the need for physiotherapy leaders now.
• Career swap: highlighting the experiences of a physio who is now training as a journalist, and a journalist who is now a student physiotherapist.

• Expressing professionalism: we explore the issues around dress, personal appearance and professionalism.
• Stress and bullying at work: advising how to recognise bullying and what to do, we present the experiences of three physios

• Winter Olympics 2010: who were the winners and how did physiotherapy help them in their success?
• In the second article in our leadership series, we assess the implications of multiprofessional leadership.

• Following the rehabilitation of wounded soldiers in the NHS and military.
• Career options: what's it like to combine clinical practice with lecturing? We find out.

• The generation game: highlighting the families where physiotherapy is in the genes (including an example of father and son physios).
• In the third article in our leadership series, we look at the issue of confidence and enablers of career progression.

• What can physios do to support victims of violence, and what are the clinical, professional and ethical issues to consider?
• A force for good: we talk to retired physios about their continued work in physiotherapy and the valuable lessons their career taught them.

• Going for gold: what's it like to be a student physio and be in training for the 2010 Olympics?
• In the fourth article in our leadership series, we highlight how leadership should not be hierarchical - you don't need to be a manager to lead.