Stephanie,
Rest assured that this sounds like an exception to the rule. Your
experience was obviously not a favourable one but I would hate for you to
judge your future career based on this one example. There are many
fantastic examples of where Physiotherapy in a rehabilitation environment
effective, well structured and directed and in which the patient is treated
within physiotherpay practice which is both fair objectivbe and planned. We
are now entering a boom period and all 'industries' exposed the health
evolution will be subject to growth and scrutiny. Those who demonstrate
fine examples of physiotherpay in practice will survive and those who do dot
will fall by the way side. Be confident in your own therapeutic skill and
and ideas and be one of those therapists that makes a difference in the
future. Good luck.
Mark Philpott
BSc BSc MCSP SRP
www.eclipse.co.uk/philpott.physio
-----Original Message-----
From: Stephanie Sulpher <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Wednesday, October 28, 1998 5:21 PM
Subject: Number of visits...
>
>I am a third year physio student and have done two clinical placements. I
>would just like to share my opinion regarding treatment visits, because
>this is the exact thing that makes me question my career choice. During
>my clinical placement last year, I worked in the sports therapy clinic of
>an
>established gym. The patient turnover was incredible, the physio managed
>at least 6 patients at a time, and I was the "aid" who performed all of
>the ultrasounds, and removed the machines (may I never touch another one
>of those machines for the
>rest of my life...) A patient coming in with patello-femoral syndrome was
>told to come back three times a week for the next 6 months, and this
>seemed a bit long to me. I was working there for two months, and not once
>did the physiotherapist discharge a patient.
>
>Is this what all clinics are like? The issues taught in class seem to be
>indirectly teaching us to keep our patients for as long as we can squeeze
>money out of them. If this is the case, I'm not sure I'm really
>interested in this type of career.
>
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