Journals
These journals reflect my weekly experiences as an athletic training student. Each journal reflects either an actual patient contact experience, or something I am working on in my athletic training courses.
This week, I was able to attend the job fair with Amanda Gardener and it was really eye opening to me. I have never really applied to many jobs in the past besides jobs that are either on campus or a part time position, so I do not have many experiences with interviews and how to apply for applications. However, for my future career job I have been really hesitant to starting looking for different opportunities for myself. I have not really been job searching as often as I should be, however, being able to attend this job fair really allowed me to see what options I should start looking for. I haven’t really been aware of different websites I could get on in order to find jobs in certain areas. So knowing which types of websites I can begin to start looking for jobs will be very helpful. During this job fair, I also refreshed my knowledge on elevators speeches. When I made my first elevator speech it was not the best. So reviewing how to prepare and what to say during my elevator speech will be helpful if I ever need to perform a real elevator speech to a future employer. I want to be able to perfect my elevator speech, so when I do have the opportunity to meet a future employer I can use those lines to tell them everything they need to know in 30 seconds. Lastly, during the job fair Amanda also talked about how to be professional when preparing for interviews. She mentioned that the interviewee should know as much background information on either that company or the school you are wanting to be apart of to be able to bring up reasons why you would like to be apart of their program. I had never really heard of knowing a lot of background information about the program or company one is interested in, but I am glad I do know now because I can use this information when applying to graduate schools to show them my interest in them. Lastly, Amanda mentioned that having a good resume is critical to have when applying for different programs. As every employee or student will be applying for the same position, having a good resume will catch the employers eyes when reading multiple resumes. Being able to put previous jobs in order for the employer to see what is the most important will help the employer see the difference you contain compared to another candidate.
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Throughout this semester, I haven’t really focused enough time on my BOC preparation. The first BOC practice test I took I did not study for at all. I had recently been studying for my exit, and I was hoping that would be good enough studying for my BOC. However, it was not because I did not pass over a score of 70. So recently, I have been studying in a BOC practice book. I have read through the review sections and took the practice questions. I felt confident when reading through the BOC book because I personally felt like the questions were easier. However, after taking this last BOC, I do not feel confident. I do not feel at this moment I am prepared enough to sit for my BOC exam. But I will feel confident soon. I am going to take this whole month and begin studying differently. I am going to read the introduction book and still continue taking practice questions out of the BOC prep book. After taking my second BOC practice test, I wrote down a lot more questions that I wasn’t 100% positive on that way I can look them up and know the correct answer to them. Last BOC practice test I did not write down many questions I didn’t feel confident about because I thought there would be a review section to know the answers. So this time I wanted to make sure the questions I wasn’t for sure on that I could go back and find the correct answer. I have also realized my worst section is therapeutic interventions. I have made a goal this semester involving therapeutic intervention to help increase my knowledge by performing different therapeutic interventions in the clinic. I am also going to be reading my modalities book for 15 minutes every night just to refresh my memory from what I have learned in the past. I want to increase my score in that domain on my BOC practice test. So my goal for this month is to score at least a 65 on that section. I want to feel prepared for my BOC, and right now I do not feel that way. However, I know I can feel that way and I am going to continue to strive for that feeling. I am going to continue working hard on reviewing every day until I take my BOC.
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Reflective JournalsThese journal entries express my experience as an athletic training student Archives
April 2019
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