Hi guys, sorry for the late entry because I have just came back from my rural placement, as if I have disappeared from the cyber network. Anyway, I would like to share my experiences I earned during my rural placement.
First of all, my rural placement was really enjoyable and rewarding. I mainly did outpatient so that MS outpatient and class works were something that I need to handle in a regular basis. It was my second time to do MS outpatient apart from the actual MS outpatient placement. In comparison to the actual one, I found the true enjoyment of MS outpatient in my rural placement. I used to dislike outpatient because of my poor clinical reasoning and manual handling skills and lack of degree of freedom. During my rural, my feeling towards MS outpatient was vastly different from what I found previously. The facility allowed much more degree of freedom in treatment options that gave me a good training ground to practice and consolidate my knowledge and skills. In addition, there was a wide range of patients’ condition in the rural, and I have treated almost every major joint as compared to the knee joint I mostly treated in my actual MS placement.
In addition to the MS outpatient, I involved in different classes (plum, cardiac, hydro, chronic disease, community class rehab) as well. Those classes sharpened my communication and instruction as well as exercise ideas in different levels of clients.
Therefore, the rural placement was my favorite placement throughout this year as I can truly apply my knowledge into a real practice.
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Hi Simon, thats great to hear that you had such an enjoyable rural placement. I'm glad that in a different environment you have changed your opinion of musculoskeletal. Its funny to hear how varied some peoples experiences have been compared to others in some clinical areas, purely because of where they have been allocated or who their supervisor was. Good luck for the rest of the year!
I wanted to say pretty much the same thing! It’s no secret that I also disliked my musculoskeletal placement. For similar reasons, my lack of ability, lack of confidence, plus lack of support… I also had nothing but knees and shoulders to treat for 5 weeks. It really is amazing how much your enjoyment can change your perspective of a situation. I feel like these experiences through this year may at least prepare us for the disappointments and frustrations we may feel when we are confronted with similar events in our careers. I feel like I may be better equipped to identify what is making me unhappy about a certain situation and take the appropriate steps to modify that.
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