Initial entry

I am looking forwd to commencing my musculoskeletal placement tomorrow. While I am excited, I feel that I may have preferred my musculoskeletal placement next year once I had completed the cervical spine unit and consolidated my knowledge a little more. On the other hand, I have just completed my lumbar spine unit so I am fairly confident with this material. This is beneficial because a peer that attended this placement previously suggested a large patient cohort are low back pain patients. I have spent alot of time revising material from the previous units but still unsure about so many aspects... so i am looking forwd to learning alot on placement.

As a student on my musculoskeletal placement I am hoping to get involved with patients as much as possible. I am a very visual and hands on learner so I need to be involved and not just an observer. I am concerned that my participation might be restricted because I am placed at a private practice but hopefully this is not the case.

My only major concern is that after speaking to Tom (my supervisor) he mentioned that he will be taking holidays midway through my placement and I will be transfered to a different physiotherapist. I am worried that this might affect my progress or confuse me if the physiotherapists are very different, particulary in their teaching methods.