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8STUDENT SECTIONSTUDY TOURSThe provision of healthcare and practice of PTin Nepal is very different from that which ourstudents are familiar with and such clinicalplacements as those in Kathmandu provide anopportunity for final year Curtinphysiotherapy students to gain invaluableclinical experience in a clinical and crossculturalsetting that is well outside their usual"comfort zone".During September and October of this year sixfinal year Physiotherapy Students; Sarah DeCosta, Helen Devitt, Todd Lonie, KellyMacLeod, Lauren Noble and MichaelWilliams, completed a four week study tourand clinical elective in Kathmandu, Nepal.The study tour and associated clinicalplacements are a part of the PhysiotherapyAbroad program that operates within theCurtin School of Physiotherapy and weredeveloped in partnership with the NepalesePhysiotherapy Association (NEPTA) andtertiary hospital centres inKathmandu. Placed in pairs, the studentsundertook clinical electives based at the NepalOrthopaedic Hospital, Tribuvhan UniversityTeaching Hospital and Kanti ChildrensHospital.This year the group was accompanied byEvan Coopes, a lecturer at the School ofPhysiotherapy, who attended as an observerand to help facilitate the early stages of theplacement. One cannot overstate just howwelcome the group was made to feelthroughout their visit.The group was also invited to visit the newPhysiotherapy School at KathmanduUniversity School of Medical Sciences inDhulikel and some of the group attended theannual Nepalese Physiotherapy Congressduring their visit.The 2012 Study Tour was a great success andthe School's Nepalese partners are eager forthe existing relationship to develop furtherwith more Curtin students visiting in 2013with hopes of developing an exchangeprogram in future years.Evan Coopes & 4th year students; Sarah DeCosta, HelenDevitt, Todd Lonie, Kelly MacLeod, Lauren Noble and MichaelWilliams, with members of Nepalese PhysiotherapyAssociation (NEPTA).Make tomorrow better.8Physiotherapy.curtin.edu.au© Curtin University, School of Physiotherapy Quarterly Newsletter October Edition 2012
9STUDENT SECTIONPHYSIOTHERAPY SERVICES AT AUSTRALIANUNIVERSITY GAMES 2012“Overall, everyone involved had a memorableweek and in particular we had an invaluableexperience as physiotherapy students. Wewould recommend this event to next year’sgroup of final year physiotherapy students.”The Australian University Games (AUG) areAustralia’s largest annual multi sport eventinvolving Universities from all states ofAustralia. The event was held in Adelaide fromSeptember 23 -28 2012. Curtin University’ssquad included approximately 100 athletescompeting in nearly one dozen sports.As part of our final year of studies, five Curtinphysiotherapy students travelled to thegames with the Curtin University team toprovide sports trainer and physiotherapyservices including taping and massage for theweek.In order to provide this service at the AUG asignificant amount of equipment was requiredand as a result we completed somefundraising. We sold over 1000 chocolatesand with the help of some generous sponsors,Australian Physiotherapy Equipment,Australian Physiotherapy Association andBeiersdorf, we were able to buy the necessaryequipment to provide the Curtin team with anexcellent sports trainer service.Prior to the games, we attended trainingsessions for various sporting teams to assistwith warm up, cool down, recovery and injuryprevention strategies. We also developed aseries of educational resources and presentedseminars on selected health topics to CurtinRecreation Services staff. Post UniversityGames are currently composing a riskassessment report covering recommendationsand preventative measures for the sports wewere involved with at the AUG.Over the games week we conducted aphysiotherapy clinic each morning from 7-8am and 5-7pm each evening to providecompetitors with sports trainer assistance preor post games, particularly athletes who didnot have a physiotherapy student with themduring the day. Throughout the day wetravelled with our allocated sporting teams orindividual competitors to provide them withsports trainer services. These included sportssuch as netball, handball, soccer, rowing,ultimate frisbee, taekwondo and hockey.Special congratulations go to the women’snetball and mixed volleyball teams forwinning gold and to the taekwondo androwing competitors for their silver medals atthe Games.This placement allowed us to travel with asporting squad and work in a competitiveteam environment. It provided us with theopportunity to apply hands on physiotherapyskills and gain real-life experience. Overall,everyone involved had a memorable week andin particular we had an invaluable experienceas physiotherapy students. We wouldrecommend this event to next year’s group offinal year physiotherapy students.By Jacinta Dwyer & Karen Rodgers4th year students; Emma Norman, Stephanie Price,Casey Melville, Jacinta Dwyer and Karen RodgersMake tomorrow better.9Physiotherapy.curtin.edu.au© Curtin University, School of Physiotherapy Quarterly Newsletter October Edition 2012
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