On my neuro prac at the moment, I have had to learn how to manage my time extremely well and also to be able to coordinate my day with other students and with other health professionals. We have a number of patients who require double treatment sessions, and this means having to sometimes compromise so that both of you get your patients done in the required time. On this prac, both of us who are seeing the double patients also have a number of our own patients to see, and some of these are doubles with other students. It can all get a bit complicated, but with a bit of team work and common sense it all works out.
Adding to this is the fact that the speech pathologists and occupational therapists also want to get in to see some of our patients, especially when the patients are new to the ward. So this has been really good as it has developed my communication skills with other health professionals. Additionally, I have been able to double up the sessions with these other health professionals, therefore enabling me to see what their work involves, and having greater insight to the patients impairment and a more holistic approach. I never really realised how important this really was, but with patients who have had a stroke it is of great importance.
Time management is something we are all going to have to be very good at when we graduate, and having pracs which really push us to our limits is a good way of preparing us for the days to come. Also, liasing with other health professionals is a hand skill to develop and will always stand you in good stead.
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it seems to be a completely different skill that needs to be learnt! it took myself a fair few weeks working on a ward to get comfortable with working within the allied health TEAM. Just another one of those skills that is learnt from hands on experience!
Time management is something that will develop with practice and experience. Our workload as students is much lower than will be expected as new-graduate physios and this is the bit I'm worried about. I'm sure that as patient treatment becomes more routine we will be able to prioritise and liase more effectively with other members of the team.
It is important to remember that during our prac, it is much like the first week of our job! Like mentioned prior, we are yet to learn who staff are, the protocols and the patients! I myself find time management much easier in the third and fourth weeks, as you are accustomed to the proceedures and people at the facility.
I think we should develop those time management skills but not stress too much about being a new graduate...as Peter said, when we develop routine time management will become much easier!
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