1.What does a typical day in your practice/on your station look like? |
Important points that should be answered within this question: |
â–ª What are your main activities at work? |
â–ª How many patients do you treat every day on average? |
â–ª How much time do you have on average for one treatment? |
â–ª How many breaks do you take per day? How long are these? |
â–ª Do you have additional time slots for scheduling and documentation tasks? |
â–ª Is tidying and cleaning a part of your responsibilities? If so, do you do this within working hours? |
2.Do you have the feeling that your work as physiotherapist has an impact on your health in any way (positive or negative)? |
Important points that should be answered within this question: |
▪ In what area of your health do you think your work has a special influence and how does this manifest itself? – With respect to e.g.,: physical health; mental health; skin complaints/disorders or infections |
â–ª Do you think that the physiotherapy knowledge and the work in this area are beneficial to your health? |
â–ª Do you have complaints/diseases, which are associated with your work as a physiotherapist? |
3.What factors (activities, circumstances etc.) do you see in your work as physiotherapist as particularly stressful? |
â–ª If symptoms/diseases exist that originate from the physiotherapy work: |
- What do you think are the specific working conditions/factors that have led to these complaints/diseases? |
▪ How do you deal with the designated strain? What do you do for compensation? – e.g., leisure activities (sports etc.) or compensation with additives within the stressful activity |
4.How do you feel when you go to work in the morning or come back home in the evening? |
Important points that should be answered within this question: |
â–ª Do you look forward to your work and the contact with patients? |
â–ª What do you like/do you not like about your job? |
â–ª With your current knowledge, would you absolve qualification as a physiotherapist once again? |
â–ª Have you ever thought about leaving your job? Why? |
â–ª Are you planning to attend any further training/study? What? |