{"id":2728,"date":"2013-12-30T12:40:07","date_gmt":"2013-12-30T18:40:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/forum.belmont.edu\/health\/?p=2728"},"modified":"2013-12-30T12:40:07","modified_gmt":"2013-12-30T18:40:07","slug":"pt-student-makes-a-big-difference-while-on-clinical-affiliation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forum.belmont.edu\/health\/2013\/12\/30\/pt-student-makes-a-big-difference-while-on-clinical-affiliation\/","title":{"rendered":"PT student makes a big difference while on clinical affiliation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/forum.belmont.edu\/health\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/ramp-building-for-patient.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2729\" style=\"border: 1px solid black; margin: 5px 10px;\" alt=\"ramp building for patient\" src=\"http:\/\/forum.belmont.edu\/health\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/ramp-building-for-patient-225x300.jpg\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/forum.belmont.edu\/health\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/ramp-building-for-patient-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/forum.belmont.edu\/health\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/ramp-building-for-patient.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>Second year Physical Therapy student Ashley Barrett recently was completing one of her clinical affiliations by working with a home health therapist, Dr. Maritza Garcia Williams, a Belmont DPT alumnus (\u201902).\u00a0 The two of them were working with an individual with multiple sclerosis who was confined to a wheelchair. In addition to exercises and mobility training, they worked to determine an emergency exit plan from his home, as he was alone most of the day and unable to get his wheelchair out of the house.<\/p>\n<p>Since Ashley\u2019s grandfather was in construction, she both recruited his help to build a ramp and ensured that the cost of the supplies was covered.\u00a0 After receiving permission from the patient and measurements needed for the ramps, Ashley and her grandparents went to the patient\u2019s home and installed the ramp.<\/p>\n<p>When Dr. Williams arrived at the patient\u2019s home for the next therapy session, the patient actually met her outside.\u00a0 Dr. Williams shared that \u201cThis is the first time in five years that he has been able to exit his home, easily and quickly, without assistance.\u00a0 For him, this is major!\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Second year Physical Therapy student Ashley Barrett recently was completing one of her clinical affiliations by working with a home health therapist, Dr. Maritza Garcia Williams, a Belmont DPT alumnus (\u201902).\u00a0 The two of them were working with an individual &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/forum.belmont.edu\/health\/2013\/12\/30\/pt-student-makes-a-big-difference-while-on-clinical-affiliation\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2728","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chs","category-physical-therapy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forum.belmont.edu\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2728","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forum.belmont.edu\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forum.belmont.edu\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forum.belmont.edu\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forum.belmont.edu\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2728"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forum.belmont.edu\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2728\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2730,"href":"https:\/\/forum.belmont.edu\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2728\/revisions\/2730"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forum.belmont.edu\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forum.belmont.edu\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forum.belmont.edu\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}