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Professional courses - A student
perspective
Emma Clarke
Trinity College Dublin 2nd Annual
Disability Service Symposium
University
Background
• 2003 – Dental Science in TCD – Dropped out
• 2004 – Physiotherapy in TCD – Qualified
• 2009 – Returned to Dental Science as a
Mature Student.
• Currently – about to commence final year
Transition 2nd
rd
– 3 Level
• Applied via the DARE scheme
• Supports in place – Note takers, FM
system
• “The First Day” Story
• Did not see myself as having a Disability
• Did not want to be singled out or made
feel different from rest of the class.
• Decided the course was too hard –
dropped out.
Physiotherapy
• New course / new start
• Another health science course
• Still the challenges of placements &
dealing with the public.
• Lectures – accepted the supports.
Placements
• Physiotherapy - Completed 1000 hours
clinical practice in the four years – over
five different sites.
• First placement – AMNCH – Elective
Orthopaedics
Pre PlacementsPrep
• Wards – Noise
• Introducing myself to patients
• Communication with patients – should I
inform patients?
• Communication with team members –
would I slow procedures down?
• Not wanting to burden senior
• Use of supports on placement
• Starting in a new site – repeating the
process.
Dental
Science (Take
Learned from previous placements 2!)
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• Communication – non issue
• New skill set required
• Disclosure – second nature – reciting of
medical history
• New challenges – dental mask, new
supervisors, nursing staff
• Routine in the Dental Hospital
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Advice to
practice coordinators
Case by case
No recipe approach
Ensuring free channel of communication
Encourage to disclose when necessary
Pre placement advice essential
The advantage of staying between the
two main sites for core placements
• Re-checking