Ron,
On reading your message the second time around, I realized the article was
vague as to which therapy(ies) were involved in the Doc's knee rehab.
Since, if I understand correctly, it was written by an MD (who might not
usually work closely with rehab professionals), his REHABILITATION reference
may also refer to other rehab professionals (such as OT).
It is no doubt poorly worded and his understanding of rehab goals and how
they relate to the various professionals is weak. From the limited
information, I didn't gather it attributed the Doc's example goals
specifically to PT. Perhaps the goals mentioned by the Doc were the OTher
rehab professional's that were most memorable and important to him. Now, if
the OT designation could be as memorable to the patient, that would be
terrific.
Sue Mikolajczak, OT
Original Message -
From: "Ron Carson"
To: "OTlist"
Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 7:52 PM
Subject: [OTlist] Speaking of PT working in our domain
Just received August 09 edition of "Advance for Directors in
Rehabilitation"
magazine. Starting on page 10, the article "Base of Knowledge: Top
10
lessons of Knee Replacement Surgery" gives a brief synopsis of an
MD's
experience with having knee replacement surgery. Here's a quote, starting
on
page 3:
"Postop rehab is essential. Patients should always engage
in
rehabilitation and physical therapy following knee replacement
surgery.
... Goals should be determined in concert with the patient and
they
should be clear and obtainable. A goal can be as simple as playing
with
grandchildren or as complex as playing a competitive sport again."
The obvious lack of OT is sad, but that PT would write a patient
goal
similar to "playing with children", is glaring OT'ish.
One thing of interest is that there is a brief discussion box written by
a
PT. The therapist never really mentions goals similar to what the
article's
author suggests. Maybe PT is running into the same thing as OT: Saying
one
thing but doing something else...
Ron
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