Since this experience (shadowing) is helping me to determine a big portion of my life I think that I should document it pretty thoroughly. That's why I'm posting again. Plus, right now, there's some downtime at the clinic to do so. Here are a few things that I have learned:
1. SOAP----Subjective: Who brought the child, who the child was, etc.
Objective: What did you do during the session. # of push-ups, # of steps taken, distance walking, etc. Contains numbers. Address each goal that you worked towards.
Assessment: How did the child do compared to the last time, how are they progressing in their goals
Plan: What do you plan to do in the future to continue working towards meeting the goals?
2. ADL-----Activities of daily living: A lot of patients work on skills that they can use in their day-to-day life like buttoning their pants, tying their shoes, using the bathroom on their own, etc. There is an ADL room here in the clinic that is specifically used for working on these skills. It's pretty amazing.
3. OT's cast and splint which I was not aware of prior to shadowing here. It's not a requirement but with training a person can.
4. Vanderbilt inparticularly does their very best, from what I have seen so far, to ensure that the treatment they are giving the patients is covered by their insurance so that they pay the minimum amount. It's a really great practice in my opinion since I come from a low-income family that doesn't have that extra money to spend on medical costs. Also, in my hometown, this isn't a common practice at the facilities that I have been to. (Vision care and dental care) Regardless of whether it was covered by insurance or not, they did the treatment that they wanted to do without confronting me or my parents first which is essentially unacceptable for the population that those facilities are serving.
I'll add more later.
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