Introduction - What's a PBM?
As part of the final year of study for a degree in Diagnostic Radiography, the students have to arrange a three week clinical placement in a hospital of their choice. The placement is intended to give the student an opportunity to investigate an area or aspect of diagnostic radiography that he/she finds particularly interesting. The module is assessed by means of the student writing a reflective journal about his/her learning experience during the placement and also a poster presentation demonstrating key learning points from the placement, i.e. applying theory to practice. To achieve this each student must set some learning objectives that are professionally relevant to the chosen area of interest. For my PBM, I have chosen to investigate the management of a patient suffering a fracture of the neck of femur. I have chosen my placement within a large, teaching hospital in the Midlands. In the interests of confidentiality the hospital, department, staff or patients will not be identified. My objectives for this module are as follows:
1. To explore the different types of fractures associated with sub-capital fracture and how a patient may present
2. To examine different treatment & management options for a patient with a fractured neck of femur
3. To investigate the different types of prosthesis used for fractured neck of femur
1st day of PBM after the summer break!
After the summer break I was looking forward to getting back into my clinical placement & having some ‘hands on’ experience. First thing this morning I spoke to the Superintendent and discussed my objectives and how I could achieve them through organizing my time in A&E, orthopedic ward, theatre, etc. Well, there’s no better place than A&E to get back into the flow and it certainly was busy today! After a slow start, whilst I found my bearings, I was soon carrying out various x-ray examinations and actually managed to x-ray a fractured neck of femur (NOF)! Overall, I feel that the first day was a success & I’m looking forward to getting more experience of fractured NOF & linking the theory to clinical practice.
1 comment:
Glad to hear you are getting some good hands on experience, and managing to see the sort of pathology you need to! Emma
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