Soooo, by Dec 14th, 2012 I was almost 100% sure I didn't want to be a neuro-physio and was re-considering if this was the right choice in career.
Christmas vacation was great. Lots of family time, rest and a fantastic chest flu. 2 weeks of no responsibilities and absolutely nothing to do with school, except a small, quiet and sophisticated class social. It was a great holiday season, and I wasn't exactly looking forward to returning on the 2nd to start the next practicum at 7:15 am after a couple of weeks of sleeping in and eating bon bons.
But on Tuesday I was reminded how much I actually do love being a physio (student).
My placement is basically a private practice but on the military base in Esquimalt.
I feel competent and I feel like I am able to use the technical skills we have learned in class.
But its more than that too, its the and problem solving nature of orthopedics. You have to find out what is causing the pain from what the client is telling you and what you find in your objective assessment. This takes piecing together and using your clinical experience (which I have little of) to determine what the problem is then base your treatment on your findings. As a logical individual I find this extremely gratifying, especially when the treatment is effective. Even if its not, I like that you can try again with a different theory or have another look for something you have missed.
And then I was thinking to myself, well, why should I like this placement more than the last one? Maybe its because my preceptor is a more think out loud person who verbalizes and talks me through the steps of determining the problems with a client. In hindsight this is probably the reason. I didn't realize it at the time, but we rarely talked through what we were doing and why during the session. Its a little awkward for the patient, but I feel like its how I am going to learn a lot this placement that way. And maybe it is because of the natural light that comes into the clinic instead of the basement fluorescent light area I worked in last.
Christmas vacation was great. Lots of family time, rest and a fantastic chest flu. 2 weeks of no responsibilities and absolutely nothing to do with school, except a small, quiet and sophisticated class social. It was a great holiday season, and I wasn't exactly looking forward to returning on the 2nd to start the next practicum at 7:15 am after a couple of weeks of sleeping in and eating bon bons.
But on Tuesday I was reminded how much I actually do love being a physio (student).
My placement is basically a private practice but on the military base in Esquimalt.
I feel competent and I feel like I am able to use the technical skills we have learned in class.
But its more than that too, its the and problem solving nature of orthopedics. You have to find out what is causing the pain from what the client is telling you and what you find in your objective assessment. This takes piecing together and using your clinical experience (which I have little of) to determine what the problem is then base your treatment on your findings. As a logical individual I find this extremely gratifying, especially when the treatment is effective. Even if its not, I like that you can try again with a different theory or have another look for something you have missed.
And then I was thinking to myself, well, why should I like this placement more than the last one? Maybe its because my preceptor is a more think out loud person who verbalizes and talks me through the steps of determining the problems with a client. In hindsight this is probably the reason. I didn't realize it at the time, but we rarely talked through what we were doing and why during the session. Its a little awkward for the patient, but I feel like its how I am going to learn a lot this placement that way. And maybe it is because of the natural light that comes into the clinic instead of the basement fluorescent light area I worked in last.
