This book is a comprehensive, easy to understand guide to conducting perfect patient interviews as a physiotherapist. Written by new graduate Physiotherapist Brandon van der Kolk, this book is geared towards new physiotherapists or physiotherapy students, and breaks down everything you should be asking to perform amazing subjective examinations. It contains a comprehensive guide on what to do before you see the patient, how to greet the patient confidently, and details what questions you need to ask in each subcategory of the subjective examination.
This book breaks down the following sections of a subjective interview:
1. What to do before you meet the Patient
2. General Principles of Interviewing
3. History of Presenting Condition
4. Body Chart
5. Past History
6. Behaviour of Symptoms
7. Aggravating and Easing Factors
8. Social History
9. Special Questions (screening for serious pathology)
10. Goal setting with the Patient
11. What to do immediately after the Subjective Examination
This book is a must have resource for all new Physiotherapists, as it can drastically improve the efficiency and quality your subjective examinations. This can help you impress while starting your first physiotherapy job or while completing your physiotherapy placements, and can also help you pass your next practical examination.
Written by new graduate Physiotherapist Brandon van der Kolk, you are sure to know that this book is full of up to date reasoning behind each question and is written in an easy to understand format, suitable for student physiotherapists at all levels.
So why not help yourself pass that next practical exam, or impress at that new job. Find out exactly how you can turn your subjective examinations into amazing patient experiences, and set yourself up for future physiotherapy success.
This book breaks down the following sections of a subjective interview:
1. What to do before you meet the Patient
2. General Principles of Interviewing
3. History of Presenting Condition
4. Body Chart
5. Past History
6. Behaviour of Symptoms
7. Aggravating and Easing Factors
8. Social History
9. Special Questions (screening for serious pathology)
10. Goal setting with the Patient
11. What to do immediately after the Subjective Examination
This book is a must have resource for all new Physiotherapists, as it can drastically improve the efficiency and quality your subjective examinations. This can help you impress while starting your first physiotherapy job or while completing your physiotherapy placements, and can also help you pass your next practical examination.
Written by new graduate Physiotherapist Brandon van der Kolk, you are sure to know that this book is full of up to date reasoning behind each question and is written in an easy to understand format, suitable for student physiotherapists at all levels.
So why not help yourself pass that next practical exam, or impress at that new job. Find out exactly how you can turn your subjective examinations into amazing patient experiences, and set yourself up for future physiotherapy success.
