Reimagining Intuition in Contemporary Healthcare: A Postmodern Inquiry through Art and Physical Therapy

What: PhD Student Talk - Sara Abassbhay, PhD Candidate
Where: YukonU Lecture Hall
When: May 5th @ 12pm - 1:30pm

Sara Abassbhay is a PhD candidate in Health at Auckland University of Technology in Aotearoa New Zealand. With 15 years of international experience as a physiotherapist, she has worked across four continents in clinical, humanitarian, and community-based settings, including Ghana, Singapore, and the northern Canadian territories. Rooted in a transdisciplinary approach and guided by her personal life philosophy, Sara’s work challenges conventional models of care and reimagines healing through critical inquiry, creativity, and innovative possibilities.

This presentation introduces a research project that explores the role of intuition in contemporary physical therapy, moving beyond Western, human-centered frameworks. Currently in its early stages, the project draws on postmodern inquiry and examines the challenges of integrating intuition and arts-based research within empirical, highly structured healthcare systems. The study engages with the evolving post-professional era and reconsiders what healthcare practice might become in light of ongoing socio-political and ecological challenges.