Procedures For Private Practice Settings

For this essay I will be reflecting on the influences on, how the role of the operating department practitioner (ODP) has developed within the multi-professional healthcare team. I will also be discussing in this text some of the historical, political, legal, social, and cultural influences of the ODP. And I will be reflecting on my personal experience working within the operating department for the first time as a student, using the Gibbs cycle (1988.).

I observed a second year student in the dental clinic who was incredibly enthusiastic, genuine, cheerful, and helpful, and her personality would fit perfectly into what I consider the typical dental hygienist. She seemed very well prepared and confident in her ability to treat her patient. A dynamic conversation was held throughout the appointment with her easygoing and cooperative patient. Besides the appropriate clock and chair positions, I was not aware of many proper techniques when I observed at the beginning of the semester. I noticed the student kept the patient chair in the same position for treating the maxillary and mandibular teeth. I observed her for the full four hours including the preparation before her patient arrived until

The experience was positive as it extended my learning surrounding the medical condition, although it subjected me to an encounter I was not expecting, and had never experienced before. Additionally this experience made me realise the significance of being familiar with the residents and their medical conditions. Most importantly, this experience ended positively as the patient was assisted to the toilet safely as requested, and did not obtain any injuries or experience anything unusual.

In every office, the dentist is in charge of the dental hygienist but in some offices each dental hygienist has his/her own dental assisstant to help be more organized and help the patients get through quicker and more efficiently. The dental hygienist also plans the day before and organizes any X-rays needed to prevent any wasted time the day of the patient's appointments and also causes the appointments to run more smoothly. The dental hygienist may only follow certain procedures and the patient must be observed by the dentist at the end of each appointment to agree on the job done by the hygienist. This can cause the schedule to get behind

The patient was keen to get her oral hygiene up to a good standard and prevent any

I was able to check the patient in a systemic order and to make her feel comfortable around me allowing openness and honesty about medical conditions. I responded to the patient in a professional way as to not make her feel uncomfortable and to represent myself as a professional. The patient felt very comfortable with me during the interview, I had asked her upon completion if I was professional and if she felt comfortable. She said that I was very gentle in examining her and that she was very comfortable speaking to me. During the examination there were moment when the patient and I had light conversation, as I did not want the experience to feel cold and calculated. She showed me picture of her family and the books that she loves to

As I entered Mrs. Brown’s room I introduce myself, my role and the reason of being there and asked her how she would like me to address to her. Being supervised by the RN I asked for an informed consent prior to commencing a focused holistic assessment and then I asked what would be a good time for me to come back. I did recall from a handover that Mrs. Brown has a Clexane which

As I mentioned above, there were a few difference and similarities, hence it is important as a clinician to be open minded and willing to learn different practices and be able to adapt to different conditions. During my observation, I was able to witness the student clinician adapt her skills and techniques in a new environment and be confident and successful. My clinic observation began at 1pm after a brief introduction to the dentist and assistant, I began observing the student as she got ready for her patient. The patient I observed was a young pregnant woman who showed up with her 5 year old son for her appointment. She informed the assistant that she didn’t have a babysitter for her son and he would sit on a chair in the treatment room. Before the patient was seated, the dentist informed the student clinician that the appointment will proceed only if the child is able to sit without causing a

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This is a reflective essay based on a situation encountered during my first six-week placement on an ear, nose and throat ward at a local hospital. In order that I could use this situation for my reflection the patient will be referred to as "Mr H". This is in order that his real name is protected and that confidentially maintained in line with the NMC Code of Professional Conduct to

“Some students like me have a difficult time waking up in the morning due to work schedules and other conflicts so maybe this extra time will help with attendance,” senior Mariah Martinez said.

The final way of having access to the service, (referral procedures), is Professional Referral; this is where a professional; such as a Doctor (GP) makes the referral for you where they make a special form, where they send you to another professional for a specific treatment or process, like a Doctor sending/advising a client to a Hospital. For example, a patient who has decreased vision and eye pain and came to see a doctor for a further assistance but hasn’t had an improvement with their eye; the doctor will need to make/send a special form for the client to be sent to the Eye hospital for further assistance. Another example, if my client, who is in Infancy, has to go to get their chest checked by an x-rays for infections,

This idea is similar to what we call ‘clinical audit’, however clinical audit is used as an umbrella term for any audit conducted by professionals within healthcare. Madden (1991) and Firth-Cozens (1993) Cozens (1993) define clinical audit as a process that “ aims to evaluate how close practice is to best practice and to identify ways of improving the quality of health care provided” this is different to what I propose for "checklist for service provision" which will not be used with the aim of improving care.

Today I had a great day at the clinic. For the morning section, I had Omar Lora as my patient. Last time when he came, I collected all my assessment data. Today I updated his medical history, dental history, vitals, and EIOE, then I completed filling out the gingival assessment, the treatment plan, and the SAOP. Finally, I was ready to have my assessment data checked. It went really well, and I learned ways to helped me be more efficient with my time management, for example, I did not know how to have my radiographs up in the other monitor while I was doing my assessments. It was a little time consuming having to open and minimized the window every time I needed to look at the radiographs. Also, I discovered that having a piece of paper out and taking

This seems like a great advice that we can all benefit from, even an extra 5 minutes to an early morning can be a life saver to most that understand time management, by utilizing this method Peter was able to be more creative and articulate throughout his day.(Weinstein, 2004)