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.
Throughout my preseason experience I would say its been a rollercoaster. I have had a lot of mixed emotions about how I have felt. I came into this semester with an open mind because I was struggling last semester with enjoying the clinical experience. I enjoy this major so much and I don’t want the clinical experience to ruin the enjoyment for me. Last preseason I was new, and I didn’t know much so I was really hesitant to help athletes or tape them. However, this year I have felt so confident in myself tried to help the sophomores not feel the way I did. However, this semester has been sort of challenging being with new preceptors. I believe now I am going to have a better view on how I am feeling. Recently I have under estimated my skills because of my preceptors, but I have been able to talk with them about how I feel. I do believe this upcoming week I will have a better experience. Being with football lets you interact with the athletes a lot because there is so many of them so they are bound to need some type of type of wound care. So this year, I have been jumping at opportunities to go out and assist an athlete unlike last year. I wait at the door for the athletes to come in and need an ankle or wrist tape. This preseason has been a lot better with my confidence and I feel like I have grown as a student because I have been thrown at so many opportunities to either tape or wound care. Although, I have not been performing a lot of evaluations which I am nervous to approach. I have been trying to refresh my memory when I am in the clinic on special tests, or modalities, but I know when the chance comes for me to perform either one of these I am not going to be as confident in myself. So in order for me to feel confident in this aspect I have chosen one of my clinical goals to review one body segment a week. For example, this upcoming week I am going to start with the ankle then build my way up to the head. Another goal I have chosen is to get 10 attempts per week and 5 masteries per week. My next goal I chose was to expand my knowledge in the area of modalities by the end of the semester. My last goal is to perform at least 2 evaluations every 2 weeks. Futhermore, I chose these smart goals to help challenge myself this semester. I believe this goals will help me expand my knowledge.
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Reflective JournalsThese journal entries express my experience as an athletic training student Archives
April 2019
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