GP placement student toolkit
- Publication date:
- 07 October 2021
- Date range:
- N/A
Tips from students
- Smile and be friendly with patients, building rapport is everything
- Learn common red flags,such as cauda equina symptoms
- Learn patterns of pain and what they mean and whe they are sinister.
- Research aggravating and easing factors and how that relates to pathologies a this will shape your hypothesis.
- Know how to assess each limb properly.
- Research exercises for common physio complaints and make sure you can demonstrate them. Have a progression or regression plan.
- Create illness scripts of common pathologies
- Know the timelines for healing of bones,ligaments,tendons and muscles
- Practice gait analysis
- Practice palpation and know the common landmarks well.
- Work within your scope of practice.