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 year I created my clinical goals as a way to challenge myself. So far I have been doing sort of good. I haven’t had much time in the clinic because of my schedule. When I am in the clinic I am performing a lot of rehabs because I can not make a practice. However, I have learned a lot while performing my rehabs, and grown as a student because I have been challenged to do my own rehabs for athletes. At first I was nervous, but I have gained a lot of confidence in myself. Moreover, this past week I was only able to get two attempts and no masteries. This week I am going to double my attempts and get four masteries. I have had an extremely busy week, and I wrote down in my planner a blocked time for me to achieve this goal. I have also been performing a lot of ultrasounds while I am in the clinic. Cole has quizzed me every time I use the modalities which has really helped me. I picked the goal of expand my knowledge in modalities, because I do not feel as comfortable when performing these actions. However, I do feel a slight bit more confidence in myself since I made this goal. Cole has also taught me a new way to approach performing an ultrasound to find the correct settings for the heat, so it has been helpful because I have been able to work with him on getting the right parameters. Next, my other goal from my clinical packet was to go over a body section a week. I was able to achieve this goal! I looked over my notes, and brought my evaluation book on my trip to Greensboro this weekend. I chose to start with the ankle because I haven’t reviewed the anatomy since my anatomy and kinesiology class. It felt really good to review the muscles, ligaments, tendons, and bones to reassure myself where they are located. This week I want to work on the knee. I am going to break it down every day by anatomy and special tests. I also want to do this throughout the week, so I am not stuck with a lot to do every Sunday night like usual. I am trying to get myself on a good schedule, so I wont be as crammed especially if I am traveling on the weekend.
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Reflective JournalsThese journal entries express my experience as an athletic training student Archives
April 2019
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