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exam. So, in today's video we're going to look at OET writing and how to select relevant information
when writing to another healthcare professional. We will look at what to consider when writing to
another healthcare professional, we'll look at the example of writing to a physiotherapist and why
certain information is relevant. In the OET exam, it's possible that you might be writing to another
healthcare professional, let's take the example of a physiotherapist, what would be relevant to
include in a letter to a physiotherapist? So, you might need to include brief details of the
accident or maybe an operation, the reason why the physiotherapy is needed, information related
to mobility or perhaps range of motion, any occupational therapy interventions and, of course,
information related to physiotherapy sessions given or needed, let's take a look at this task.
You are the charge nurse at Shippington Community Hospital, where Mr Jones was admitted on the 21st
of February after a fall. Using the information in the case notes, write a letter to the community
physiotherapist, Mr Tim Jenkins, at 4 New Road, Shippington, requesting physiotherapy home visits
for Mr Jones. So, we are writing to the Community Physiotherapist who will visit Mr Jones at home
for physiotherapy. So, what information would be relevant to include in this letter? The patient's
name and age is relevant and of course what happened, however the social background of
the patient does not relate to the care the reader will provide, physiotherapy, so should
not be included. Past medical history is also not relevant to the reader or even this particular
medical issue. So, what about hospital treatment? So, information about the pain on admission and
the x-ray are not relevant, this happened before the operation and does not relate to the readers
role in this case. Details of the surgery is relevant because it's what happened to the patient
and why they need physiotherapy. Information about medication and wound monitoring is not relevant,
this is not something the physiotherapy would be involved in or need to know. Details of all
the hospital physiotherapy sessions are not essential, the earlier sessions are no longer
relevant but the most recent range of motion is relevant. Similarly, a history of the patient's
mobility during recovery is not needed, but his current mobility is relevant. Now, let's look at
the discharge plan: the most important information and the action you need the reader to carry out is
the physiotherapy sessions, so any details of this are essential. Since more physiotherapy
might be required after the surgeons review, the date of this appointment is also relevant. Here,
you have details of the occupational therapy intervention, although this is not being
performed by the reader, it is useful information for them to know and so should be included,
however the monitoring of medication is not something the physiotherapists would be involved
in and therefore, it is not relevant. Top tips for writing to other healthcare professionals:
always look at the bottom of the case notes to find out who you're writing to and why, really
think about what this reader needs to know, when considering whether or not to include information
or not, ask yourself, is this something they would be involved in? So thanks for watching,
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