Supervision and Assigning Care
You are treating a patient who is recovering from rotator cuff surgery on their left shoulder. You would like the patient to start off with ultrasound therapy, but you do not have time in your treatment plan. Your private clinic has recently hired a physiotherapy assistant. You have not worked with them before and do not know their competence in performing an ultrasound. When asking them, they assure you that they have worked with an ultrasound machine before and know what parameters should be set for patients recovering from a rotator cuff tear.
How would you assign the task of the ultrasound to the PTA?