At the start of 2021, with the shadow of COVID still hanging over us, The Butterfly Garden offered itself for consideration as a work placement for trainee therapists from Worcester University. Our application was slightly tongue in cheek, this being the first such experience for us, but our journey since foundation nineteen years ago has … Read more
Casa Mia currently offers placements at every opportunity, for up to 6 students at a time. This enables students to form multi-professional, mixed year group teams which build on one another’s knowledge and skills for the benefit of all. In a previous blog post, Practice Educator Claire explained how the students help her to meet … Read more
One of our private providers has supported 2nd- and 3rd-year student placements in which the student worked across both NHS and private health care services. Caragh (3rd Year) and Rachel (2nd year) each worked part-time in the local continence service and part-time in the private health clinic. Their placements required them to undertake assessment, intervention … Read more
At Evesham community hospital the MSK Physiotherapy Outpatients department has successfully implemented a 5:1 student model. Supervision was spread around the team, with a total of eight colleagues supporting the students at different times throughout this placement. This enabled students to work collaboratively to develop their clinical reasoning skills and take control of patient appointments. … Read more
For his final placement, 3rd Year physiotherapy student Mubbasher became a member of our very own Therapy Placements team as he joined us as our first Student Practice Educator. This placement took place during the coronavirus pandemic when we had all three students’ cohorts for both Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy BSc course out on their … Read more
Our 36 residents at Casa Mia are fabulous and all want to be active and engaged. Many need support to achieve this and there is only one OT and one Therapy Support Worker. We work very hard but with two of us we can only meet so many peoples’ needs each day. We have shoppers, … Read more
Following a necessary move of premesis for Welllife Physiotherapy, CEO Lotoya Neil began to investigate the benefits of developing Occupational Therapy opportunities for her clients. This led to the creation of a Student-Led clinic, supervised by Lotoya and her colleagues. Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy students worked collaboratively to design the parameters of the clinic. Together … Read more
Linda & Rhiannon, occupational therapy students, and Amy & Niki, physiotherapy students were placed within a corporate setting within Wye Valley NHS trust, a large local trust, for their final placement experience. The students attended placement virtually, and worked on a serious incident case study, alongside a physiotherapy and occupational therapy clinical manager. This was … Read more
Physiotherapy student Anna and Occupational Therapy student Jo joined Australian Occupational Therapy students Kate & Brooklyn from James Cook University in Townsville for this 100% virtual placement in January 2021. Their project was to support the provision of mobility equipment provided to members of a small rural community in Keapara in Papua New Guinea and … Read more
Georgia and Jake spent a 10-week part-time placement at Headway, which they described as a real journey of discovery and growth. When they started, they had very little understanding of brain injuries and the effects they have on people’s lives. Although this placement is contemporary and they have not worked alongside qualified physiotherapists or occupational … Read more
