NEW GRADUATE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

At PhysioChoice we have a unique, innovative and comprehensive new graduate development program that has been created and refined over 15 years.

The components of this extensive program are:

Operations Manual – comprehensive information (over 200 pages) on all the policies and procedures involved in working in a GPG private practice including areas not covered in under-graduate programs such as compensable bodies and clinical strategies
Clinical Mentorship – the allocation of an experienced clinical mentor to guide and mentor each new graduate including case reviews to promote active case based learning
Continuing Education Allowance – a generous annual allowance for continuing education courses is provided to ensure that all new graduates have the opportunities to pursue their own areas of special interest and consolidate their learning in various clinical areas
Development Days (Core) – the provision of 7 full day paid continuing education days over the first two years of graduation that are run internally and provide all of the learning required to build comprehensive and high level skills as a private practice clinician
Development Days (Specialised) – the rare opportunity to participate in 3 two day courses per year presented by external experts that run their events specifically for GPG. The courses are high level and on popular areas of interest such as sports medicine, dry needling and the shoulder. As a team member of GPG the courses are discounted for participants, run as internal events and the continuing education allowance can be used to cover the cost

Some additional information is provided below on both the Core and Specialised Development Days.

Undertaken prior to commencing practicing DD1 is an introductory session that follows the principles of initially defining what successful physiotherapy practice is
The meeting of client needs through a system known as the comprehensive Client Care Process (CCCP) is then introduced and outlined
We then use practical examples to enhance active learning to plan and prepare for individual cases
Considerable detail is provided in the structure and strategy behind every aspect of the consultation – subjective assessment, deciding the areas to be examined/planning and completing the physical examination, determining diagnosis and prognosis, selecting initial management (treatment), re-assessment selection and strategies and client management
60 page manual

This session follows topics such as client management pitfalls and how to avoid them, letter writing, making follow up calls effectively, managing review consultations, efficient writing of clinical notes, client category procedures and managing X-Ray referrals
The next aspect of the session is comprehensive analysis of the lower thoracic spine and lumbar spine
The session covers all aspects of the lumbar spine – subjective assessment, physical examination, special tests, comprehensive diagnostic strategy and list, diagnostic case studies to promote clinical reasoning, practical X-Ray viewing, prognosis guidelines, initial treatments based on diagnosis treatment specifics including manipulation, fracture management and common operations/procedures
The session is run in an active learning fashion where participants are called upon to give their analysis as a normal part of the program
The session ends with advanced clinical reasoning using case studies and some information on caseload progression

This session commences with a comprehensive review of how to manage delayed client progress, how to identify these situations and analyse the reasons involved and how to best address them
The body of the session is comprehensive analysis of the cervical and upper thoracic spine
The session ends with advanced clinical reasoning using case studies

This session commences with introduction and detailed information on the concept of a sub-practice as it relates to the positioning of each clinician within their allocated practice
The body of the session is comprehensive analysis of the shoulder
The session ends with advanced clinical reasoning using case studies

This session commences with conceptual information on how physiotherapy should be seen and valued in private enterprise and questions the way physiotherapist’s see themselves and the product that they provide
The body of the session is comprehensive analysis of the knee
The session ends with advanced clinical reasoning using case studies

This session commences with a comprehensive review of radiological tests, their strengths and weaknesses and when and how to use them in private practice
The body of the session is comprehensive analysis of the elbow, wrist and hand
The session ends with advanced clinical reasoning using case studies

This session commences with efficient clinical note taking in varying situations
The body of the session is comprehensive analysis of the hip, ankle and foot
The session ends with advanced clinical reasoning using case studies

Neuromuscular Dry Needling Level 1 presented by Jorgen Forsberg

Neuromuscular Dry Needling Level 2 presented by Jorgen Forsberg

Sports Injury Management and Rehabilitation

Shoulder – comprehensive management