Year 11 Fed Uni Lab Visits
16 November
Have you ever thought about the considerations that occur when a healthcare worker helps to move a patient? Am I safe? Are they safe? Are my colleagues safe? If I move this way, what is the outcome? or ever thought about the type of language you’d need to use to tell someone how to move up a bed, how to walk safely or even how to sit down on the toilet? It’s something that healthcare professionals do every day. Nurses, physiotherapists, occupational therapists… just to name a few! Usually it’s not something we think of until we ourselves need help or we’re helping someone else.
Our year 1 VET Allied Health students put their theoretical learning into action and soon realised that it’s not as easy as ‘so just take a step’ or ‘so, like sit up on the edge of the bed’ or my favourite.. ‘so yeh, off ya go’.
Not only did our students learn the physical skills of how to safely move a person up the bed, or from bed/chair to the toilet, they demonstrated an understanding of how their communication skills influence those movements too.
Quote ‘’OK, that was harder than I thought it would be. I didn’t realise how much thought goes into something so simple”
We are very thankful to Federation University for allowing us to utilise the realistic and very well equipped learning space! Our Allied Health students are more excited than ever to enter the wide world of healthcare!