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In your own words, what is a physiotherapist and how does it differ from other health professions? ✔✔Traditional Question
Explain why you have chosen Physical Therapy as a career demonstrating your knowledge of the profession and its scope of practice ✔✔Traditional Question
Explain why you have chosen the Physical Therapy Program at the University of Toronto ✔✔Traditional Question
Describe particular strengths, experiences, attributes, leadership skills and/or abilities that you
will bring to the PT profession ✔✔Traditional Question
SCENARIO: A newly hired physiotherapist starts working at your clinic and is quite nervous on in her first couple weeks. In her third week, you notice she has clearly attached a piece of equipment incorrectly on a new patient and is about to start treatment which could potentially
injury the new patient. What is your course of action? ✔✔CATEGORY: Challenging situation
with other health professional
SCENARIO: A new patient is referred by a family doctor to your clinic with a specific diagnosis on a particular muscle group. Upon your assessment, you suspect that another group of muscles is causing the patient's pain rather than muscle group initially suggest by the family doctor. Upon having a private conversation with the doctor, he states that "PTs have no place in diagnosing his
patient and should stick with carrying out treatment". What do you do? ✔✔CATEGORY:
Challenging situation with other health professional
SCENARIO: You are treating your 30 year old cousin for a sports related injury at your independent clinic. At a family dinner (without your cousin), your cousin's mother asks how her son is doing, the nature of the injury and if she should invest in a knee brace for him. How do
you respond to her questions? ✔✔CATEGORY: Patient-PT confidentiality
SCENARIO: A friend is under going physiotherapy sessions with you which is covered by his employer's insurance. Originally, you have planned for a total of 10 sessions but by the 6th session, you have clinically determined that your friend has improved to the point where he no longer needs to come in. Upon telling your friend, he tells you that you should still bill him for
the next 4 sessions to "keep the extra money". What do you do? ✔✔CATEGORY: Health Care
Fraud
In your own words, what is the major difference between Physiotherapist and a PTA. Where would you draw the line? ✔✔
SCENARIO: Alice is a PTA assigned to you by the clinic owner. As months progress, you become more and more comfortable with Alice's abilities requiring less supervision. Last week,
you were informed that the clinic owner ✔✔CATEGORY: Dealing with support staff
SCENARIO: Ali has sought treatment at your clinic after being referred to your clinic by a former patient. Upon initial assessment, Ali believes that he has the identical injury are your former patient as they experienced the same symptoms. During assessment, you realize Ali has a slightly different injury. You explain this to Ali, and start him on ultrasound and trigger point therapy. At the end of the first couple sessions, Ali comment that he would like to use the Stim machine as your former patient had go to use that machine and seemed to garner most of his results because of that machine. Ali is even willing to pay you more money to use that machine as part of his treatment. Clinically, the machine will not benefit him in anyway and may even cause harm. What do you tell him. ✔✔CATEGORY: Patient expectation mismatch
If you are not accepted in the the University of Toronto Physiotherapy program, what are your
future plans moving forward? ✔✔
SCENARIO: A colleague is using humor to facilitate fantastic rapport but occasionally goes over the line by creating humor at the expense of another's identity or self-esteem. His comments can sometimes feel degrading and even demeaning at times. This makes you and other staff feel uncomfortable at times. Just a moment ago, he makes a extremely uncomfortable comment about you but again tons of laughter from his patient. What do you do? ✔✔CATEGORY:
Professionalism and Integrity
SCENARIO: Tracy is a newly admitted patient suffering from a complex cardio-thoracic injury. You are currently in the room with her entire family and starting explain the options of the machinery that could be used to clear her airways to gain informed consent of Tracy's full options. Within 30 seconds of the explanation, Tracy stops you and says "You don't need to explain all the risks to me, I trust what ever you do to me. Just hand me the form and I'll sign it!". How do you move forward? ✔✔CATEGORY: Signing away consent
SCENARIO: Kobe had a work related accident last year which has left the right side of his body partially paralyzed. After a year of working with your rehabilitation team, Kobe has come a long way but is still far for his former self. Before the accident, Kobe was active athlete with membership to multiple recreational leagues and basically had to give up sports because of his accident. Recently you've notice a slow change in Kobe's attitude with one particular comment that stood out to you last week in his session: "Man, what the point of all this physio, when I know I'll never be able to get back to my former self! Like is life even worth even worth living
