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 I have not performed a lot of evaluations yet, however, I have performed evaluations on PBL’s. One PBL in particular that stuck out to me was the high jumper injury. Every year, our preceptors have emphasized how important it is to know how to properly c-spine. However, I feel confident to c-spine an athlete because of all the practice I have done throughout each semester, one PBL through me for a loop. The PBL was specifically about an athlete who would need to be c-spinned. Although, the tricky part of this c-spine was the athlete was on a foam pad. I never thought about the actions that would need to be taken with an athlete not on a firm surface. I honestly never thought of a situation where the athlete wouldn’t be on a firm surface. This PBL has broaden my idea of c-spinning. In order to allow the athlete the safest way to be put on a spine board, one must take into consideration all the surroundings. This scenario has taught me a huge lesson about different settings an athlete may be in. Once we went over this in class, I was able to figure out different ways to properly c-spine the athlete. This will definitely help in the future because now I know multiple options I can perform if someone if not on a firm surface. It was also very important because I realized there are so many different scenarios that can happen to an athlete, and I need to be able to have an open mind about how to help them. Its not always a certain technique. If I want to become an athletic trainer, I need to be able to understand that some situations are not textbook answers. I have to be able to find the safest option for the injury. This scenario will influence my clinical decision making because I am not going to worry on being 100% correct. Sometimes I get in my own head about knowing the correct textbook answer, when in reality the textbook doesn’t have the answer to everything. I need to be confident in my abilities to be able to figure out the best ideal situation for the athlete. PBL’s have been really helpful to me lately because they allow me to work my way through the scenario on my own. I am able to understand what I should perform first, and what I shouldn’t perform at all.
Lastly, this week I was able to get 5 more attempts and 1 masteries. This is not in my goal range, but a lot of my clinical experience time was performing/initiating rehabs.
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Reflective JournalsThese journal entries express my experience as an athletic training student Archives
April 2019
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