Final Entry

Even though this possibly wasn't the best place to be sent out to and initially i wasn't too enthusiastic about this placement, the experience of actual hands on physio was so much better than just learning all the theory all semester. I wish that I had more oppurtunities to do more patient assessments and see the supervisor doing physio work but this prac was good in the sense that it has consolidated lots of information we learnt this semester. Going on prac and having this practical experience really suits my learning type as actually seeing patients with diseases such as parkinsons and stroke is so different than just reading about them.

From this prac i've really learnt a lot about patient communication and i believe this was an excellent first prac to go on to rather than go out somewhere where i would be more challenged with difficult cases but instead i've established the basic building block of being a physio; communcation. From the people at UCH, i've learnt the importance of getting to know your patient as an individual not a disease or problem which needs to be fixed.