Main description:

This guide is designed to help physiotherapy students prepare for their placements.

Physiotherapy placements can be daunting - you'll be working in a variety of settings and supporting individuals with a range of conditions. There are new colleagues to work with, and newly learnt theory to put into practice. This pocket guide is designed to make your placements much more enjoyable and less stressful.

From absence policy to SOAP notes, via moving and handling, it's full of practical detail, hints and tips.

Written by a team of experienced physiotherapy lecturers and with critical input from their students - this guidance is really produced with you in mind.
Pocket-sized format - carry it with you at all times.
Space to make your own notes - be it uniform policy, new terminology, or just the names of your new colleagues!

Reduce your stress and make the most of your placements by having this book to hand from the start.

Pocket Guides is a series of handy, pocket-sized books designed to help students make the most of their practice learning experiences.

Contents:

Before you go

1. Preparing for placement

2. Uniform

3. Absence

4. Professional codes of practice

4.1 HCPC Code of Conduct and Ethics for Students

4.2 CSP Code of Professional Values and Behaviours

5. Person-centred care

6. Raising concerns

7. Consent and confidentiality

8. Guidance on social media

Settling in

9. Induction

10. Expectations - working with your educator

11. Communicating with patients and carers

12. Communicating with members of the multidisciplinary team

Being there

13. Hygiene and infection control

14. Moving and handling

14.1 Assessing risk with TILE

15. Documentation - SOAP notes

16. Working with patients

16.1 Ward-based placements

16.2 Musculoskeletal outpatients

16.3 Community placement

16.4 Red Flags - indicators for serious pathology

16.5 Clinical reasoning

17. Common medical emergencies

17.1 Basic Life Support (BLS)

17.2 ABCDE assessment

17.3 Falls

17.4 Sepsis

18. Common groups of medications

18.1 Pain medications

19. Pain assessment

Moving on

20. Critical reflection and continuing professional development (CPD)

21. FAQs