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 experience as an athletic training student, I have been exposed to multiple different types of healthcare providers. By being able to participate in this experience, I have learned and gained skills that I can apply now and in the future. These skills I am currently developing have shown to me that every healthcare provider is very different. When I first started in the program, I was very nervous to be in the clinic with the current athletic trainers. I was afraid to say something wrong or not know an answer. However, as a senior athletic training student, this has completely changed. They do not care if I am wrong or don’t know an answer because they want to teach me. Throughout my experience with this healthcare field I have gained a lot more confidence when speaking with them. Now I am not afraid of being wrong, but I know now I can use different types of medical terms and they will know exactly what I am saying. Another type of healthcare field that I have gained different skills from is being with Dr. Handy and Dr. Hannula. Both of these individuals have taught me a lot being in the healthcare field. They have taught and showed me how to communicate with patients and that there are some things that you don’t even need to share with the patients. However, when communicating with them, they mainly have taught me to be myself. They want me to be very interactive with them and the patients. Being able to engage in the conversation they are having and asking questions after is the best way to communicate with them. They want the students to be able to understand what they are doing and not be afraid to ask any questions. I have learned that I should not be scared to use either medical terms or even general terms when asking them questions or responding to their questions. Lastly, I have experience times where some other healthcare providers do not know what an athletic trainer is and they talk down to our profession in general. When I was observing during my clinical rotations at the emergency room, I experienced a nurse who did not know what an athletic trainers position even consisted of. I am not sure exactly what she said, but in general thought I was a “trainer.” During this situation, I didn’t want to correct them and overstep my position when I was observing so I never said anything. But I would try to ask more medical questions to allow them to see that I was informed on many injuries and how to treat them. I think the biggest key that I have learned when communicating with different healthcare providers is to never be afraid to ask a question if you are unsure of an injury, diagnosis, or what is happening in general. All healthcare providers want to teach students what they know and they are never looking down on the students for not knowing the answer.
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April 2019
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