Dr. T.: Videos with Related Questions

Dr. T.
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Diagnosis: Spinal Stenosis with Laminectomy and Spinal Fusion of C3-C7
Setting: SNF

All faculty resources for Dr. T.

Videos & Related Questions

Spinal Stenosis, 3 Months Post Surgery: Sit to Stand

Questions taken from the faculty resource: Build in Scaffolding

Note: multiple videos are referenced in this resource.

• Based on your observation, what are Dr. T’s strengths or intact skills?

• Based on your observation, what are Dr. T’s motor deficits?

• What functional activities do you anticipate will be a problem for Dr. T?

• What therapeutic techniques does the clinician use to facilitate sit to stand? Could you use the same techniques? Why or why not?

Spinal Stenosis, 3 months Post Surgery: Ambulation 1

Questions taken from the faculty resource: Build in Scaffolding

Note: multiple videos are referenced in this resource.

• Pause the video at 0:10. Note the position for sit to stand is different from the preceding video. How will this influence the client’s movement and the therapeutic techniques used to facilitate sit to stand?

• How are the clinician’s techniques different in this video? How does that influence Dr. T’s functional sit to stand?

• How does Dr. T’s career as a physician/pathologist influence this intervention session? How might this influence your interactions with him if you were his clinician?

• Based on your observation of his gait, what functional activities do you anticipate will be problematic?

Spinal Stenosis, 3 months Post Surgery: ADLs During Breakfast

Questions taken from the faculty resource: Build in Scaffolding

Note: multiple videos are referenced in this resource.

• What did you see in the prior videos related to motor function that may have assisted you to anticipate the problems with feeding?

• What are your safety concerns as you watch Dr. T feed himself?

• Assess the adaptive equipment and the compensatory techniques utilized in this intervention session. What else could be used?

• What type(s) of clinical reasoning skills does the clinician use during this video? Describe how they are used specifically.

• Describe how you could utilize a model of practice and/or frame of reference if you are providing subsequent intervention sessions for Dr. T.

• Plan the next intervention session for an ADL activity other than feeding.

• What are your discharge plans for Dr. T? What else do you need to know? (Consider watching Jan Davis Speaks with the Family)