after much anticipation, i finally started my clinical. i arrived at 8 am and received a tour of the larger than expected outpatient physical therapy clinic. they have pretty much everything you could need, modalities units, high low tables, even paraffin. my clinical instructor (CI) is originally from this area, however graduated from VCU, and is now the only PT for this hospital. due to that, this outpatient rotation will also include acute care coverage on the floors of the hospital. today was not necessarily very exciting. my CI seems quiet and laid back, which means i mostly observed. there are other people on staff including PT assistants and technicians. i am very aware of my accentless speech and my lack of a desire to talk someones ear off. sure i'm friendly, but boy to these people talk.
we spent much more time than expected over in the ICU and on the floor, although my CI says this should be only about 20% of the clinical. i don't mind doing work in the hospital. our program only allows one acute care affiliation, so i feel like this is bonus experience. after a year, things definitely needed to be refreshed, but i think its coming back fast and i will feel really comfortable with acute care after this affiliation. but today definitely had some interesting moments on the floor, from the inmate with several stage 4 ulcers to the patient s/p ORIF that only wanted to walk to go have a smoke, i feel like i'm not that far from Richmond and MCV.
will hopefully have more to report about outpatient by the end of this week.
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