My mentor's been AFK...

I actually haven't done any mentorship hours since I scheduled interview #2. I'm not being lazy I swear, my mentor was in Belize for 2 weeks. So I haven't really been doing much in the way of senior project besides prepping for the lesson presentation. HOWEVER, I did happen to come across this pretty rad video about physical therapy for PTs and PTAs. It's nothing I haven't heard before, but it's interesting to see different physical therapists and their perspectives on what they do. I really like how it's just a bare-bones, no frills video on the basics of physical therapy, but it's still really informative. I actually found it pretty captivating. Wish I had more to say for this blog post, but like I said, my mentor has been gone. Next month's extra blog post will be way better, pinky promise.  Till then, here's that rad video I was talking about. Cheers.

http://www.apta.org/YouCanBeMe/

Blog 8: Research and Working EQ

1. Working EQ: What is the best way to ensure a patient is efficiently cared for in an outpatient physical therapy setting.

2. Possible answers

• effectively utilize physical therapy modalities and plans of care
• individualize treatment based on patient's medical history and initial evaluation

3. The most important source I've come across that helped me come up with an answer has been the book "Introduction to Physical Therapy for Physical Therapy Assistants." It goes into gratuitous detail about what it covers and it's been really eye opening reading it the past couple of weeks.

4. My mentor is Andrea Haston, and I'm doing my mentorship at Casa Colina. Part of my EQ answer was taken from my experiences at my mentorship i.e what I've done around the office, what I've seen, and how my mentor deals with patients.

Blog 7: Independent Component 1 Approval

1. For my independent component I plan to do more hours with my mentor at Casa Colina.

2. My 30 hours of extra research will be done in the form of spending 30 extra hours at Casa Colina Centers for Rehabilitation

3. Just being at my mentorship and observing what goes on in a hospital setting has taught me a lot about physical therapy, and I feel my knowledge on the topic grows each time I go in for hours. Slowly but surely my mentor is letting me do more to help out which I believe will teach me even more about my topic.

4. Updated Senior project hours