Situation: This week I had a patient who was 10 weeks post subscapularis tendon repair, he had been seen previously by another physio student in which I was taking over from.
Task: My task was take over the rehabilitation of this patient from a previous student and progress his home exercise program.
Action: I had little time to prepare my session with this patient so I began with a brief subjective and objective assessment and then continued on from the previous student's treatment plan. To conclude the session I went over his home exercise program and gave him another exercise to try.
Result: As a result of knowing little about the patient the session didn't run smoothly and I constantly had to refer to the patient's previous notes to keep on track. I stressed that the patient may become impatient if I took too long reading over their previous notes as it may look like I was incompetent.
Evaluation: I felt that the session was very disjointed and I didn't feel confident that it was effective for the patient. I felt that I didn't know the patient's history thoroughly and therefore was unsure how best to progress the treatment session and home exercise program.
Strategies: In future if I'm restricted for preparation time I will take the time during the appointment to fully comprehend the patient's history and not stress that they will become impatient. It is more important to take the time to devise an appropriate treatment plan so that is beneficial for the patient.
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