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.
My progress this semester has been kind of like a roller coaster. I have definitely had my ups and downs this semester, which I guess every student goes through, but I think I had more than normal this semester. I began this semester off really strong because I was eager to get back into the roll of coming back to school. Then by the end of volleyball season, I noticed myself starting to slack a little bit, which isn’t me at all. I had a rough patch this semester, and I tried really hard not to make it noticeable, but I know there were times it was shown. However, I did overcome this situation, and I believe I have taken a different viewpoint on bring more motivated for class. I think this was a good experience for me because I was able to pull myself out of a slump. This also proved to me that I can do better, and I know how to help myself get out of those bad holes. My preceptor was really helpful this semester. She taught me that no dumb question was ever really dumb, and this was probably the best advice I received all semester because I was never afraid to question a question. This also help me with my biggest weakness, my confidence. The more I was able to open up and ask questions, the more comfortable I felt to do things and ask things on my own. My goal for the spring semester is to come completely out of my shell. I would compare myself to a turtle, right now I am poking my head out of my shell, but still not completely out. For my last semester, my goal is to completely come out and do things on my own because I will need to in the future. My spring semester is the last semester, hopefully, that I am going to be student. So I need to take this last opportunity this semester and become the AT I want to be. In a previous email, I was paired with Joe for my spring semester. I am already preparing myself for the skills I am going to need to use to be with the rugby team. This is going to allow me to have many many evaluations because most every game at least one player is hurt. Which probably isn’t a good thing to look forward too, however, the more injuries I am able to experience the better experience I can have on my own. So my goal in the spring is to get as much experience with as many injuries that I can experience. I am very excited for my last semester as an athletic training student, and I feel like I have learned how to handle different situations and as my last semester I am ready to be the athletic training student I was made to be.
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April 2019
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