Stephanie,
Did you report your concerns to your instructors at school? Do you feel there were
ethical/legal voilations? If so, did you report your concerns to the appropriate
ethical/legal bodies?
Douglas M. White, PT, OCS
Milton MA USA
Marcia Hall wrote:
> I most certainly hope not. You are astute in your observations........ shape
> your own career and know that your ethics are indeed stronger and more
> advanced then those you have had the misfortune to observe.
> They were not providing the skilled physical therapy you went to school for or
> that is clearly outlined/defined by the APTA and our practice
> guidelines............ they were functioning as technicians and charging the
> patient/payors for physical therapy.
>
> Congratulations on your observations and assumptions....... you have earned
> the right to be an important member of the Physical Therapy community........a
> member that would never allow this kind of situation to exist and has the
> ethics to provide and case manage the highest quality of rehabilitation
> interventions.
>
> Marcia Hall, PT
> Director
>
> Stephanie Sulpher wrote:
>
> > 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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