Clinical Rotations
Teaching and presenting opportunities taken during my clinical rotations throughout DPT school. This is always a fun experience to research something that I have experienced in clinic or that I am interested in and be able to maybe teach my clinical instructors something that may be new to them as well. During my second rotation at a rehab hospital I had the opportunity to lead transfer training multiple times for new hires to ensure that all employees knew how to safely transfer the patients and the levels of assistance that they required. I was also part of the weekly interdisciplinary meetings to discuss barriers for patient discharge. My second rotation gave me great insight into more of the administrative side of physical therapy.
During my first clinical rotation at Elam Sports Oahu, my CI had me present an in service on a topic of my choosing that I expressed interest in. We spent a lot of time during my rotation discussing and practicing the different degrees and planes of activation of the different rotator cuff muscles. With my background in coaching Olympic lifting I was interested in which muscles are most active during the Clean and Jerk and the Snatch. I focused on the Glenohumeral Joint and which muscles are most active during different phases of each lift. This was a fun presentation because even though I was in a sport based clinic, my CI was not versed in Olympic or barbell lifting techniques and was interested in learning more.
Rotation 1
During my inpatient rotation at PAM Health: Rehabilitation Hospital of Golden in Colorado, I was asked to present a patient case that I was involved with as well as research that supported the treatments that were done by both physical therapy and occupational therapy. I also looked into the nursing and medical treatments that were done to work with various comorbidities that therapy had to work with. The patient presented with a CVA and I looked into early weight bearing treatment related to interventions done by physical therapy and the use of neuroplasticity training by occupational therapy. All evidence supported the treatments that the therapy team performed and the patient had excellent outcomes by the time they left the facility to return home.
Rotation 2
For my final rotation I am back on the island of Oahu, Hawaii working in an outpatient sport clinic: OrthoSport Hawaii. I am seeing a variety of patients: varying ages, injuries, status post surgeries, and various degrees of overall health.
