Geraldton
After a three hour baseball quarter finals, which we lost, I had to leave immediately and head to Geraldton. It was kinda good that I had to leave immediately because I was so concerned at how late it was getting that I didn't have the mentality to get all emotional about this being my LAST baseball game here in Australia. We had a good team and if a few people hadn't walked away, I think we would've won it. I seriously believe that. We had the best hitting side at the beginning of the season and would have developed into a solid defensive team if we fielded that same team. Oh well, winning it would've been a bonus anyways.
Midway through my first week at Geraldton, my rural placement, you can definitely tell that we're not in the city anymore. The hospital facility is great with lots of financial help, but just not of man power. The entire hospital is basically run by either new grads or students. The supervisors there don't see a lot of patients so I don't really know what they do. Everyone seems to be leaving and they were saying that if they don't find new physios soon, they will have to cut down on the number or services. There are tons of classes right now and everything is free, from strapping tape to coming to see a physio.
I'm currently doing outpatients so I ses a lot of musculo patients and run various classes, pulmonary rehab, 3 different hydro classes, over 50's classes, diabetes classes, and go out to the aboriginal outpatient community clinic.
It's pretty laid back here. When I did my other musculo placement I had to do a questioning section then step out and discuss my plan before doing a physical assessment and step out again before doing the actual treatment. Now I just go in and do the entire thing. It's like I'm a real physio now, kinda weird not to have someone look over you all the time. It's good that I'm forced to manage and do everything at once but bad because I'm not learning any new ideas. What if I'm completely wrong with what I am doing?? Oh and there's such a time difference here to do everything faster. I'm use to getting 1.5hours for initial assessments and 1 hour for returnees. Now I get 40mins initial and 20 mins returnees. It's like the Fast and the Furious. It's been alright most of the time but the complex back and necks are harder.
Gotta go but will keep everyone updated...
Midway through my first week at Geraldton, my rural placement, you can definitely tell that we're not in the city anymore. The hospital facility is great with lots of financial help, but just not of man power. The entire hospital is basically run by either new grads or students. The supervisors there don't see a lot of patients so I don't really know what they do. Everyone seems to be leaving and they were saying that if they don't find new physios soon, they will have to cut down on the number or services. There are tons of classes right now and everything is free, from strapping tape to coming to see a physio.
I'm currently doing outpatients so I ses a lot of musculo patients and run various classes, pulmonary rehab, 3 different hydro classes, over 50's classes, diabetes classes, and go out to the aboriginal outpatient community clinic.
It's pretty laid back here. When I did my other musculo placement I had to do a questioning section then step out and discuss my plan before doing a physical assessment and step out again before doing the actual treatment. Now I just go in and do the entire thing. It's like I'm a real physio now, kinda weird not to have someone look over you all the time. It's good that I'm forced to manage and do everything at once but bad because I'm not learning any new ideas. What if I'm completely wrong with what I am doing?? Oh and there's such a time difference here to do everything faster. I'm use to getting 1.5hours for initial assessments and 1 hour for returnees. Now I get 40mins initial and 20 mins returnees. It's like the Fast and the Furious. It's been alright most of the time but the complex back and necks are harder.
Gotta go but will keep everyone updated...
posted by Sub29 at 6:36 PM
1 Comments:
Cool, sounds like they're keeping you busy with a variety of stuff. Hope you enjoy the rest of your placement! I might get to see a CABG tmrw which'll be exciting. =)
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