Recently I was reminded of the fact how important patient handovers are. In collaboration with another student, the two of us were responsible for looking after a ward, which involved obtaining a handover from the nursing coordinator, and dividing the workload between us, with some patients also allocated to our supervisor. Some of the more complex patients would be given to other staff members, and we did not need to treat them. However, it came to my attention that these patients would be seen for a couple of days by the other physio, and then they would stop seeing that patient and treatment would stop.
I was quite frustrating when we were not given a handover as to whether they were going to continue treating the patient or not, and if we were to see the patient, how were they going. Next time I would feel more confident in actively seeking a handover from the physio, especially as this ack of communication meant that patients sometimes missed out on treatment, and ‘physio’ appeared very disorganized to the rest of the team.
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