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 semester has felt like a rollercoaster to me. There have been times where I have been ahead in my studies, however, there have been times I have been swamped with my studies. Volleyball season really put a lot of stress on me which did not allow me to get ahead in my classes. I did not appropriately balance my school work and practice schedule. Last year, I was not this stressed throughout the fall semester which made my mental health seem a lot happier. This semester I have been behind, and I have been trying to catch up on things when I should be studying for my finals (which then of course makes me even more stressed). Over thanksgiving break, I did catch up on a lot of assignments so I wouldn’t be as swamped for the upcoming week which was very help, however, there is still so much to do and not that much time left. The good part of this semester is that I feel like I have learned A LOT. I do believe this is the first semester I have retained more information instead of just memorizing it. Of course this could be because its my second year in the program, and this information has been drilled into my brain multiple times. But it does seem a lot easier for me to understand injuries this semester. The bad part of this semester was mainly me not balancing my school work and volleyball schedule well. My preceptors this semester have been very helpful for me. There have been multiple times they have stayed after practice to help me with areas I am not as confident in. For example, I have been working with Chaypin almost every day about evaluating injuries, and she has helped more feel more confident in myself when performing evals. For my spring semester next year, I am going to work hard on planning my week to allow myself a better schedule to not feel as behind. I want to be able to work on my clinical packet earlier. For the past two semester, I usually have my book completed before the last two weeks of classes to allow me to get prepared for my exit and finals. This semester I have not planned my schedule well, so I feel really behind compared to the last two semesters. So to approach next spring, I am going to make sure I work on my book earlier and prepare my weeks to allow for adequate time to study
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Reflective JournalsThese journal entries express my experience as an athletic training student Archives
April 2019
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