Dear diary,
Today is my birthday. Hip hip hooray!
1) I'm so excited about going out on placement and have been since the beginning of this semester. The nerves havn't kicked in yet but we'll see how I'm feeling tomorrow morning!
For the next 5 weeks I'm going to be working 8:30-3:30 at Crystal Halliday (a high and low residential care facility) with my soon to be besty Tim Sacks. This semester I've really enjoyed gero with Anne-Marie and Jacqui so when we we initially found out about our placements I couldn't wait to put eveything we've been learning into practice. NB. I'm especially excited about using hoists! Keep an eye out for that day my fellow bloggers.
Concerns range from the daily spot quizzes on anatomy, writing SOAPIERS and also what the physio's expectations of us will be. I've also heard that the physio will not be there every single day so hopefully this will not be detrimental to my learning. At least it will give me experience in taking charge of exercises and working with the PTA's. I really hope this placement is very hands on!
2) I believe that physios who work in aged care facilities mostly check up and aid in maintaining the wellbeing of their patients. I believe this may involve doing various balance and mobility tests, teaching them exercises help to improve their lives functionally and also teach them functional movements such as tranfers and ambulation. These interventions will heavily revolve around other health care professionals such as PTA's, nurses, doctors and OT's. It will be awesome to see how they all fit together to provide the optimum treatment for our patients.
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