Pro In Practice: Personal Development for Independent Therapists: Recent Episodes
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Pro in Practice is a podcast for independent therapists working in private practice spoken by Daniel Woods, the Founder of PT Kids: Physiotherapy & Occupational Therapy.
Started as a way to keep in touch with the growing team at PT Kids, Pro in Practice is now popular with other practice owners too.
Pro in Practice will give you all the personal development tools you need to maximise your skills in the world of private health care and develop a strong & positive mindset that will accelerate your therapy career.
This will be of particular interest to those professionals who work with children and specialise in paediatrics. This is what we are passionate about!
Pro in Practice is our way of showing that we are committed to developing our team personally as well as professionally because we strongly believe that personal improvement is one of your greatest tools on the pathway to professional improvement.
If you're interested in finding out more about opportunities to work with PT Kids, please contact us on office@ptkids.co.uk
Episode 10 is recorded as part of one of our Team PT Kids CPD Sessions and asks the team to debate the big questions:
What is more important with regards to getting the best therapeutic outcomes:
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Quality of input or quality of movement
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Quantity of input or functional movement
We argue the merits of each side and then discuss the points raised as a team before taking a vote on which side of the argument we support.
I'm sure you're first thoughts are......surely it's quality and there is no debate, we'll listen in.
Would you stop a client from performing an independent or functional activity because of the quality of their movement?
Is normal movement or normal development a good measuring tool for our neurodiverse clients?
Tell us you thoughts on social media via @proinpractice on FB/Twitter and Insta!
Pro in practice is aimed to get you thinking about your own clinical practice and to develop your mindset to help you become the best therapist that you can be!
Episode Nine is recorded as part of one of our Team PT Kids CPD Sessions and asks the team to debate:
Who leads goal setting? We pitted Therapist Lead Goal Setting vs. Parent (and child) Led Goal Setting
Arguing the merits of each side and then discussing the points raised as a team before having a vote to see which side of the argument we support.
Which do you support? Let us know via social media @ProinPractice
Episode Eight is where PT Kids Live transforms into Pro in Practice! Rebranded & Relaunched for 2021!
In this episode we recognise that 2020 was a very different year......but different is OK! We tell you why.
In independent practice we earn our income differently, on output, and that is OK too!
Dan will very openly share with you the impact of 2020 on his income as a full-time self employed physiotherapist - this only includes the income from client facing work at an associates rate to make it comparable to if you were an associate of PT Kids!
If Dan can do it....so can you!
With all of the above taken into account, we whole heartedly believe that independent practice is the place to be last year, this year and in the future!
You're in the right room.
If you're interested in taking your career in a different direction in 2021 please contact us on office@ptkids.co.uk
We are currently actively recruiting in Nottingham and Derbyshire.
We are celebrating OT Week (#ChooseOT) as well as celebrating Katy Wilson's 5 Year PT Kids Anniversary! Katy answers the RCOT's Question for OT Week; Why do you love being an OT? As well as giving hints and tips to anyone thinking about OT as a career option!
Katy tells us how working with PT Kids over the last 5 years has helped ignite her passion for the profession and what she loves best about working in independent practice with Team PT Kids.
If you're considering private practice as a career option; then it's well worth hearing Katy's advice and experience: listen from 09:09 onwards.
For more information please contact office@ptkids.co.uk or visit www.ptkids.co.uk
Success leaves clues! We are delighted to share the success story of PT Kids Superstar Physiotherapist, Emily Wilby, who recently completed the Virtual London Marathon!
Emily has been fundraising for the Children's Hospice Martin House and you can help her achieve her fundraising goal through the link here:
https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/emilykatewilby
We find out; how Emily found her Why?, the plan that she followed and the new habits that she created, how things didn't always go to plan & what motivated her to stay on track!
There are some great take-away messages we can learn from Emily's success story and apply to our own goals.
What is your marathon challenge?
To find out more about working with PT Kids please visit https://ptkids.co.uk or email office@ptkids.co.uk
Episode Five: Building Bridges Across the Sectors.
How can we improve our communication with those who work in different sectors to us, particularly thinking about breaking down barriers between statutory and independent services?
We will discuss: How can we win friends? How can we influence others? How can we approach conflict or difference? How can make make this a time efficient process?
If you'd like to know more about working with PT Kids please contact office@ptkids.co.uk
Recommended reading: How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie
Episode 4: We discuss the power of habit and how you can harness the affect of compounding small seemingly insignificant actions each day to accelerate your success!
We talk about how to create new habits and recongnise when we might be going off track.
We also talk about how we can apply these principles to the children and families we work with.
I tell you a little bit about my refereeing career and how I used the power of habit to maximise my success and become one of the top 40 referees in the country.
So let's think; what is your game day? To find out more about opportunities to work with PT Kids please contact office@ptkids.co.uk and follow us on social media @PTKidsUK
Recommended reading: The Compound Effect by Darren Hardy
This is an episode designed for parents and families to help them understand more about Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy (SDR) or to give independent therapists an insight in how to better explain SDR to their families. This bonus track discusses:
What is SDR?
Who may it be appropriate for?
What are some of the benefits?
Jargon busting....understanding terms such as spasticity/tone/dystonia as well as the difference between GMFCS & GMFM!
What level of therapy is involved post-SDR?
For more information about the SDR services offered by PT Kids please contact office@ptkids.co.uk
Episode Three: Let's be honest, talking about money can make us feel uncomfortable! We discuss how we can have a health approach to sales and how to convert an enquiry into a booking.
We acknowledge your worries about selling in our industry and how we can overcome these worries.
Then we give you a step by step approach to making the first conversation with a prospective client successful and productive! It's time for us all to become comfortable and confident in talking about money!
Recommended reading: To sell is healthy by Paul Gough
To find out more about PT Kids please visit http://www.ptkids.co.uk
Episode Two: We discuss the importance of goal setting, not just for you personally and professionally, but also for the children & families we work with.
We discuss how to go about creating a compelling plan by following a proven system to help you achieve big goals and we then discuss how The PT Kids System will allow our families to do the same and take back ownership of their goals.
If you'd like to find out more about our goal setting systems please email office@ptkids.co.uk
Episode One: We discuss the differences between private health care as compared to the NHS and why we have to change our mindset to be successful in independent practice.
We touch on the idea of understanding your value, and that now you apply a charge for your services this is more important than ever!
We talk about PT Kids' Core Values as well as what understanding and applying these values to your work will do for you.
We exist to be different...so we need to present ourselves differently!
For more information about PT Kids visit http://www.ptkids.co.uk
Preview Episode: We introduce you to the concept of Pro in Practice; rebranded from PT Kids Live in 2021!
Meet Daniel Woods and find out more about PT Kids and the services that they offer. Daniel talks about his mentor and how making her proud is part of his mission.
Mind set is important and we discuss why and how personal development can be the vehicle to transport you to professional greatness!
To find out more; visit http://www.ptkids.co.uk