Teaching on how to evaluate a patient with low back pain to the PT staff in Banso
Doing a home visit
For the past 3 weeks I have been at Banso Baptist Hospital working with the PT staff. It has been really nice having a bit of a break from Mbingo and do something a little different and new. There have been so many opportunities to use my PT skills in different ways here in Banso. I went on some visits my first week to surrounding people with disabilities in the Banso area. There are volunteers to each area that are trained to identify children or older people with disabilities and the PT staff make frequent visits and suggest exercises, positioning and provide encouragement and support to the families. The above picture is of a 7 year old boy with cerebral palsy. A month ago, this boy was not able to move around and the PT staff gave him a walker. Now he is independently walking around his compound-it's amazing in how much he has improved in his functional mobility since he's been given the walker.
Most mornings, I have been giving lectures and labs on evaluating and treating patients with low back pain. The PT staff here in Banso are so receptive and eager to learn new information. Two of my 4 students that just graduated have been posted here, so its been fun to see them working as PT assistants and teaching the other staff what they have learned.
At the end of this week, I will be heading back to Mbingo to start developing the curriculum for the next batch of students starting this October. We have interviewed and accepted 10 bright, energetic, new students just out of school. I'm really looking forward to getting to know this next batch of students.
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