Almost time to toe the line
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ninevirtuesOral presentation of research paper: Friday at 9
Final for DPT 616 (orthopedics of the TMJ, spine, and pelvis): Monday at 9
Final practical: Tuesday at 10
The final practical is where it gets fun. My classmates are screaming about this. I am looking forward to it. That either means I do not comprehend the horror awaiting me, or it means I have spent several years working in quality assurance, so I do diagnosis already.
(Hey! I already do software diagnosis, and NOW I'm doing wetware. And hey, I actually got TRAINED to do this. Omigod, I got actual training for this! (as opposed to the minimal training, often OJT, usually hard and painful experience, I got in software). Holy smokes!
Here's how the orthopedic practical will go- we have one hour:
Walk in with a partner, a piece of paper, and a pen.
Partner gets a "cheat sheet" saying what symptoms they have.
You have to ask your partner questions to find out where their pain is and what body part/what activity/what injury may be causing it.
You tell the prof what you think the problem is, and why.
Then you get five minutes to think of the tests and measures you will use to confirm or disprove your findings. You may write them down on the sheet of paper.
Then you execute the tests and measures. If the prof sees that you "get it" she may give you some of the values for those tests and measures.
Then you say what the tests and measures lead you to believe is wrong, and you say what interventions you would use (range of motion, joint mobilization, therapeutic exercise).
Perform one of the interventions.
Done.
To study for this, I will make a big study sheet of all the body parts we learned this term (TMJ, spine, SI joints) and the examination components, muscle tests, range of motion tests, and special tests for each. Then I will add the interventions we know how to do. I will study that, and then I will be prepared.
So:
1) Presentation (partly done)
2) Know the lecture objectives for the last six weeks (Partly done)
3) The Big Examination Sheet (Need to start).
Off I go!
Final for DPT 616 (orthopedics of the TMJ, spine, and pelvis): Monday at 9
Final practical: Tuesday at 10
The final practical is where it gets fun. My classmates are screaming about this. I am looking forward to it. That either means I do not comprehend the horror awaiting me, or it means I have spent several years working in quality assurance, so I do diagnosis already.
(Hey! I already do software diagnosis, and NOW I'm doing wetware. And hey, I actually got TRAINED to do this. Omigod, I got actual training for this! (as opposed to the minimal training, often OJT, usually hard and painful experience, I got in software). Holy smokes!
Here's how the orthopedic practical will go- we have one hour:
Walk in with a partner, a piece of paper, and a pen.
Partner gets a "cheat sheet" saying what symptoms they have.
You have to ask your partner questions to find out where their pain is and what body part/what activity/what injury may be causing it.
You tell the prof what you think the problem is, and why.
Then you get five minutes to think of the tests and measures you will use to confirm or disprove your findings. You may write them down on the sheet of paper.
Then you execute the tests and measures. If the prof sees that you "get it" she may give you some of the values for those tests and measures.
Then you say what the tests and measures lead you to believe is wrong, and you say what interventions you would use (range of motion, joint mobilization, therapeutic exercise).
Perform one of the interventions.
Done.
To study for this, I will make a big study sheet of all the body parts we learned this term (TMJ, spine, SI joints) and the examination components, muscle tests, range of motion tests, and special tests for each. Then I will add the interventions we know how to do. I will study that, and then I will be prepared.
So:
1) Presentation (partly done)
2) Know the lecture objectives for the last six weeks (Partly done)
3) The Big Examination Sheet (Need to start).
Off I go!
