Hi All,
This is my last week of cardiopulmonary placement so I have decided to reflect what I have learnt throughout last 4 weeks.
I have had an opportunity to treat post CABG and valves repair surgery. I have assessed patients with respiratory problems and when appropriate enrolled them to pulmonary rehab classes. Being on medical/surgical ward, I had some straightforward patients as well as some more complex patients such for example male with bilateral ankles fracture managed with external fixation, female with flap (thumb-thigh) plus external fixation. I was helping in supervising pulmonary rehab classes twice a week. I found that most of people participating in these classes are highly motivated and eager to exercise despite having some limitations. It was great experience-“living evidence base physiotherapy” when these patients were telling about how much difference pulmonary rehab program made in their lives, how their quality of life improved and exercise tolerance increased as well as management of breathless/fear.
I had opportunity to observe and learnt some things we had not been exposed to at Uni such as teamwork, interpersonal skills. My supervisor has been bombarding me with questions in unstressed manner, which was great! He has been willing to share his experience and always encouraging me to look “outside box”.
Daria
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Hey Daria,
That sounds like you really learnt a lot and were able to put into place the EBP we have been learning over the duration of our course. I too also had a similar and great learning experience with my cardio placement when super visoring/assisting with the pulmonary rehab classes. It is great to see the difference that can be made in patient’s quality of life with these programs.
That’s great you had a really supportive supervisor who would ask questions in a non intimidating fashion, in my cardio placement I did have one supervisor who was really intimidating in the manner they would question to me which I felt affected the way I could answer. However I also did have other supervisors on the same placement that were really supportive.
Cheers, Michael
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