Student story / Higher Diploma in Health Care & Rehabilitation Support
Learning to slow down for the person in front of you
Second-year health care student Lau Ka-yan found at a community health check that good care starts with patient listening.
Taking a blood pressure reading takes a minute. Helping someone feel at ease takes longer.
Practice in the simulated ward
In year one I practised transfers and vital signs again and again in the simulated ward. Tutors would stop and ask: “Did you tell the patient what you were doing?”
The community health check
At the community centre, one older man was nervous and would not hold out his arm. I sat and talked with him first, explained each step, and then he let me take the reading.
What comes next
Next year I start a placement at a rehabilitation centre, and I hope to study occupational therapy after graduating.
YSD / Your next step
Higher Diploma in Health Care & Rehabilitation Support
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