During my current placement, I have been warned by one of the physios that certain consultant doesn't like physio to stay with the patient if he was doing a ward round and the physio is in the middle of the treatment session.
I understand that the consultant and the team want to have an uninterrupted ward round. But I could not see how I could disrupt the ward round if i was just standing on the side listening quietly, as I feel it is quite important for me to know the most up-to-date plan from the medical team.
I have a brief discussion about this with my supervisor and she suggested that sometimes the pt can be overwhelmed by the number of wardround team members. So it may be considerate for us to stand behind the curtain / door and have a listen.
My supervisor's advice has made me to think from the pt's perspective, rather than disliking the consultant's "rule".
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I know what you mean. But i still find it rude when the doctors interrupt a treatment session to do their ward rounds- although the nice ones usually are happy for the patients to have therapy and do another patient instead. I think that some patients are more than happy to have students listen in to but definately not all patients. i think you have definately raised a good issue!
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