Tuesday, November 19, 2013

UPDATE


I am currently interning at Diablo Physical Therapy in Danville. I either intern during lunch or in the evenings. I spend about 2-4 hours a week there.
I have been shadowing an inspirational physical therapist and her name is Kristy. We met in February when my athletic doctor recommended me to her so I could get rid of my scare tissue. Kristy has not only opened my range of motion physically, but she has opened my mind to new and better beginnings, like a career in kinesiology of some sort. My goal is to learn more about the bodies and certain injuries so I can be more knowledgeable if I go into the field of radiology. 
I go in about once or twice a week. Each time I go in there, there is always something different to observe. It can be anywhere from observing someone who dislocated their knee eight times, to just folding laundry with the aids. I find everything I do there a new experience and value my time with these hardworking people.
Some positives about this internship is everything! I get a taste of every little thing. Everyday is something different and even if it may seem boring it always captures my interest. I get to meet different people and get to know some of the aids. It’s very interesting because I get to ask them how they got interested in physical therapy and most of them are working up to be physical therapist, its a whole process when they tell me their journeys. 
Some frustrations is when I know Kristy is with a patient, I have to wait to ask her questions after so I don’t interrupt her and the patient’s time. But sometimes there are just times were I want to ask and know but I have to wait and I forget.
I’ve learned that I need to be more on top of time management and I should keep a list of my agenda that I need to get done. Also, I need to put over 100% to reach my goals.
One thing that I have learned and realized in my subject is that you’re going to have cases so different than each other that they are like people. Each person is unique and different so you are going to have a case just like that. Though some cases may be very similar they always have different tweaks and it’s the physical therapists job to find them and improve them. I give huge props to all the physical therapists out there because they do put their all into helping you get better, especially Kristy.
Time management can be very hard for me a lot of the times. It helps if I have a list of things to do and put numbers by them to get the top priorities done first. I plan to hopefully motivate myself better to get everything done asap during this year and to not procrastinate.

4 comments:

  1. I can imagine that each day in the life of a physical therapists can be very different, this might be a great aspect of the career.....you'll never get bored. That procrastination thing can get in the way of life.....

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  2. That is such an interesting career path! It sounds like you are really enjoying yourself, iQuest is a great way to take that first step into possible job options. There is never a boring day in the medical field! Good luck!

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  3. That sounds like a great internship and a very interesting field. Good luck and enjoy your work with physical therapy!

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  4. Hey Jessica! It sounds like you are enjoying your internship and it's cool that you are constantly learning something new. It is great to see that you recognize how important time management is. Best of luck in the future!

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