Hey guys,
Anyone who’s done a musculo prac probably knows my frustration…. Its final week and its time to handover all of our patients to the new students coming during the mid semester break. My appointments this week filled up quite quickly as I wanted to see all my patients one more time before ‘handing them over’. We have no patients on Friday, the whole day is set aside for paperwork, but I don’t particularly want to be there until 10pm Friday night trying to get all the handovers/doctors letters finished! When I first started this prac I’d been warned of the stress it puts on you do leave them all to the last minute and had planned to do handovers for each pt as soon as I saw them for the last time. Unfortunately, things didn’t quite work out that way and I still have about 20 handovers/doctors letters to write. We have the day off today (we’ve done full days the last 2 Thursdays to make up for it) so I’m about to go into the clinic and get all of my handovers done so there’s only my Wed/Thurs pts to finish on Friday. So its worked out quite well for me having the day off today, but I just wanted to give everyone some advice (that you’ve probably already been told, I just want to REALLY reinforce it)….. Try to do your handovers as you see each pt for the last time, half hour overtime each day is definitely better than completely stressing yourself out on the last day or spending your day off at the clinic!
Have fun during the break guys, we deserve it, and stay safe xox
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Hey Shani... As you have maybe seen some of my notes I had my first prac this year at Curtin Musculo Outpts...it is really full-on in the last week I remember the stress of writing all those handovers! If you try to stick to a certain format for each of the handovers then it doesnt seem so bad. Keep it simple eg. Pt's name, diagnosis, main aggravating/easing factors, current Rx to date. Remember the next therapist to read it will also prefer it written clearly and straight to the point (if they want more detail they can always look at you rsession notes). The doctor's letters are a little harder, but try to divide the last minute chores (re-compiling the case files, addressing envelopes, etc) up evenly between the six of you. It is always the way that someone ends up with heaps more letters to write than the others so make use of your peers to do some! Good luck and enjoy the break too xx
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