Lauren O'Donohue, Physiotherapist
Me and My Job
Assessing patients
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"Because we are now moving more towards being the primary health care providers, patients are coming to us without actually having gone to see their doctors beforehand.
"Our assessment skills have to be such that we are able to know if there is something sinister going on and say, ‘We need to have further investigation.' For example, if somebody comes in with a sore shoulder we need to be able to recognize is this a joint or a muscle problem or is it something more serious?"