Beth is a Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist working in an Acute NHS Inpatient setting currently a Band 8, leading an Older Adults service at Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham. After graduating from the University of Birmingham in 2009. Alongside her clinical work, Beth has taken her interest in support and development further. She’s completed a post-grad degree in Health Care Leadership, worked with local universities to review their physio degree programmes, given guest lectures and as we have all been witness to, Beth has created the amazing learning platform that is Generation AHP!
In the interview, we talk about how important the Older Adults patient group is and how specialist it can be. You will be treating older people more and more in your career as a Physiotherapist, not just on Health Care of the Older Adult wards but in every setting. This population need our specialist assessment and treatment skills as much as anyone else so we talk about how to work with older people and Beth covers lots of tips and advice that you can implement immediately.
Links from the interview.
Black Box Thinking by Matthew Syed - amzn.to/38vSPsj
NICE Guidelines
Falls in older people: assessing risk and prevention, Clinical Guidelines CG161 - www.nice.org.u...
Delirium: prevention, diagnosis and management, Clinical Guidelines CG103 - www.nice.org.u...
A research paper that is perhaps old but remains important in your clinical practice.
Oliver D. (2008). 'Acopia' and 'social admission' are not diagnoses: why older people deserve better. Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, 101(4), pp. 168 - 174. doi.org/10.125...
The most recent paper you’ve read that’s changed your practice.
Covid-19 research and guidelines. Link to CSP Covid resources here: www.csp.org.uk...
If physiotherapy wasn’t an option, then what career would you have liked to have had?
Another career in the hospital. Speech and Language Therapy and perhaps Medicine.
'Recommend us something'...
Use of social media. What better way to start than Generation AHP. Follow them on Instagram and Twitter for loads of great content. Make sure you also check out the Generation AHP - website www.generationahp.co.uk
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