Friday, October 3, 2008
Hand overs
On my musculoskeletal prac I was having a few new patients but also having a lot of patients who had been treated by previous students. I found that i much prefered having new patients as that way i knew everything about them as I had been at all of their treatment sessions. However obviously where ever we work we are going to have patients who are handed over to us and I realised the importance of good note writing and hand overs. I had a previous student who had particularly bad notes and after reading them I constantly felt I didn't have a clear enough picture of the patient to plan a treatment, which meant I was wasting time when they first arrived re-doing unnecessary subjective questions. However reviewing some of my own notes i realised that I would write some things that would jog my memory as to what they were moving like but would not provide adequate information to someone else reading them. So I have tried harder to make my notes as informative as possible as it not only is harder to treat for the next physio it also reflexs badly on you as a clinicain
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inter-rate reliability dashy. to true dashiel, i can admit to writing some terrible notes, particullary at the end of the prac when your in abit of a rush in the last week of your placement. Note-writing is vital, but i also think it is important to do your own assessment to some extent (even if not all at once) because they will trust you know them well, you wil feel comfortable with what your prescribing and its good practice.. can see in a private setting when you dont have alot of time this wouldnt be possible, but where it is.. go for it!
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