Be still in the presence of the LORD, and wait patiently for him to act. Psalm 37:7.

Placement

I'm doing my first placement at TEGH. My clinical instructor (CI) is SOOOOO sweet. She's so approachable, friendly, open to suggestions, and TOTALLY does not make me feel stupid. She's gentle in her teaching, which is really nice. I was really scared after some of my clinical visits back in oct in some of the other hospitals. She's so awesome! We had a little heart to heart on the second day when i told her how much i appreciate her teaching style. The rest of the team is also very friendly. Oh, and I finally understand the role of a PTA.

Even though my days are alot less stressful than when I had classes, I'm still coming home exhausted. I went to bed at 11 yesterday..heh. So far I've been helping my CI with some transfers, doing ambulation training, stair training etc. Nothing super exciting seeing that most of our patients are retired (the old grannies and grandpas are SOOOOOO cute!). I've been familiarizing myself with charting (yay SOAP notes!) and being able to read other ppl's writing.

Hopefully I'll have more opportunities to do some hands on stuff in the upcoming weeks. So much better than I expected.

Month 6 (/24)

I have 3 days to cram for a unit midterm. Even in undergrad, I started studying at least 2 weeks ahead. Sigh. How am I ever going to be a good clinician when I don't have enough time to fully appreciate what's going on?

Friends, if I ever refer you to ANOTHER PT, it's because I love you. I don't want to hurt you with my lack of knowledge.

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