Today we got into the swing of things, Aaron and I also met with out clinical tutor. One of my tasks today was to take a subjective history of a patient as though it was the first time a physiotherapist had first seen them. I interviewed a patient who was about to be discharged. The interview was taken in the early afternoon after lunch. Because of this the patient was a little grumpy and aggitated because he was tired, hadn't been feeling well that day and was also frustrated that he hadn't been discharged yet.
The interview took a turn, and he started asking questions such as 'what's the point of this, its not going to get me home quicker'. I think I handled this fairly well as I told him we needed to refine our notes on his social history and we wanted to have a chat to him anyway. The interview then took another turn for the worst when he started to tell me about his bowel problems and proceeded to undo his pants to show me. I had to quickly directly the conversation to another topic and assure him that I believed him and I didn't need him to take off his pants. I was a little startled so if the situation comes about again I am going to try and keep a cool head about it. So I didn't feel comfortable but I felt fairly confident on how I handled the situation.
Overall today the pace picked up which I liked, we were given patients to see and do exercises with and take them walking.
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