Hi all,
I am currently on my cardio prac in RPH, and am now enjoying the practical. Initially, I faced lots of difficulty on this prac, and I know I shouldn't be saying this...but I felt very unsupervised from the start. This prac is a new one which is currently on trial, and the ward has never had a physio student on board. The facility supervisor is a new grad, and has never taken on a student before. During the first week, I followed the supervisor around the ward. The supervisor performed his/her subjective & objective assessments really quickly, for example, he/she only auscultated the lobes known to be "problematic", did not assess CE, etc. At the end, the supervisor said that he/she had to be quick on the assessments due to the huge workload on the ward, and told me not to pick up his/her bad habits. The supervisor also said that with experience, I'd be able to be clinically efficient and learn to do the most clinically appropriate thing needed. But without practicing the correct sequential list of things to be performed, how would I get efficient without missing important bits?
I sincerely am not flaming my supervisor, I bet that there will be others like me who have supervisors who aren't trained to teach or are new to the field themselves. I understand that the supervisor is new to the field and is trying to help me through this prac.
Thank goodness the Curtin tutor has been really hard on me, and this has helped me. Hopefully I pass this prac! *fingers crossed*
Mark
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Mark
I had a new grad as my supervisor on my last prac and she was awesome. Of all the experienced physio's there, she gave the most thorough explanations and took alot of time to teach us. There were other senior staff on the ward that supported me as a student and her as a supervisor. As a former teacher I can appreciate how hard it is to be chucked into a situation with zero support and expected to be excellent immediately. I think that having a new grad in an environment where help from seniors is not readily available is hard enough without expecting them to manage a student as well. I know this doesn't do you much good, but it does hilight the fact that alot of us may not get the support we need when we start working.
Martin
Hi Mark,
This is a very difficult situation I agree with you. I undersatnd that as students we find it very difficult to speak out when we feel as though the treatment/assessment being performed by the supervisor may not be appropriate. In this situation though, I do think that you have a right to put into practice the skills you have been taught at uni, because that is why we are actually on prac: we are not just there to treat patients quickly. As this supervisor is new, I really think it might be beneficial for you to communicate your concerns to him/her. Perhaps by stating that you understand that he/she is too busy to take thorough assessments but that you as a student, have to practice everythng properly and in the correct sequence. You know you have to be assessed at the end of the placement and I would think it would be a terrible shame that you were marked down for taking shortcuts etc. Goodluck with the placement, I hope that you are getting better opportunites now to practice what you have been taught,
Kate.
Dear Mark
You have highlighted an incredibly important issue - please do not feel like you are inflaming anyone. You have outlined the problem very well - now can you please:
1. Reflect on the experience
2. Make some conclusions and
3. Tell us how this has influenced future experiences.
This will help you to provide a rich reflection on the experience - you have not done this in your initial post.
Regs
Bea
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