Initial Entry

This is the first placement of our final year I am doing my neurology placement at Peel Health Campus. It is really surreal and can't believe how quick the time has gone and how much I have learnt over the past three years. Yet I know that I will I will learn more than I can even imagine in the next year that will help me grow as an individual and a hopefully into a knowledgeable new graduate physiotherapist. I am excited to get back into it and excited for the possibilities ahead, however really nervous as I am unsure of my expectations as a 4th year physiotherapist student compared to what was expected of me as a 3rd year. Also what my current supervisor will expect of me compared to previous students at this placement.

I hope that this placement allows me to build up my confidence within myself and assist me to be able to show everything I know to my supervisor and use all my theoretical knowledge to help real people in real situations. I really want to be able to make a difference to someone and to their family and be able to get a first hand view of what physiotherapist do in the role of treating neurology patients.

Also I hope the patients and their family will react well to me treating them over a graduated Physiotherapist. I think that they will due to the fact that in previous situations I have been able to build a good rapport with patients and families of all ages and suffering from all types of conditions. I am very much a people person but that doesn’t stop me from worrying how they will react.

I haven’t been able to find out much about my placement except that there is a variety of cases not just neurology ones, which will be good to help me to integrate all parts of my learning. I assume I will be expected to conduct a thorough and professional subjective and objective examination focusing on what I have learnt in neurology, also being able to implement treatment programs both home and in hospital . In addition I think I will have to assist with hydrotherapy treatment sessions and liaise with the team and the family for holistic care. I also think all of my nerves will reduce once I am there and getting my own patients (hopefully) and also once I get to know the placement and how everyone works together. I assume that being a hospital I will be working within a multidisciplinary team and have to do discharge planning.

I hope to leave this five week placement with as much confidence as possible because I think that will be my downfall if I don’t work on it starting from tomorrow (day 1) and it will help me so much in my following placements and in my6 future career.