Sunday, 14 October 2007
Dealing with other physio staff
I am on rural prac and have 2 supervisors. IOne of my supervisors wanted me to fully run the ward and see all of the patients by myself (as appropriate) which i was quite happy and able to do BUT a new physio has just started at the hospital and my other supervisor want her to do most of the work. The same supervisor also wanted the new physio to come on see all of my patients with me with the view of her taking all my caseload. This has lead to all of my patients going to the new physio and suddenly i have no say in what happens on the ward ot with any of the patients. Furthermore, of the one pt that they left me with, the new physio keeps telling me what treatments to do when they have said themselevs theyhave had little ward experience and they also don't know the pt from a bar of soap. I feel like i am getting caught up in the middle because one senior wants me to control the ward and the other (my clinical tutor) doesn't. Basically, i have been doing what my clinical tutor has told me to do but i am slowly getting more and more fed up because now i can't see my pts who i have worked so hard at treating them. I was considering explaining myself to the physio who wants me to do more around the ward, but i don't want to make a huge fuss or annoy my clinical tutor...Any ideas???
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Hey nicki, I can say I've had a similar experience a couple of times this year. I think you should tell your supervisor the situaiton, even if you think you will annoy her. I think it's best to tell them early, otherwise they may have no idea and come the end of the placement, they might question why this is the case. I tried doing the same thing in the last week of one of my placements and my supervisor was open to my opinion and recommended that I had told her earlier. Hope it works for you.
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