Working EQ

So far, you have:

• completed your summer mentorship
• started doing some research
• completed an interview
• and hopefully found a mentor

The Pentagon:
(1) Positive Statement: What positive thing happen as a result of what you have completed so far?

I have been having a great experience from where I go volunteer at. I got to know all of the staff members that work there and they have been so helpful for me. Whenever I go in and ask them if I could ask some questions or even if I am doing hands on treatments they always are happy to inform me about anything that I want to know. They answer all of my questions the best they can and they usually turn into a conversation with all the staff members that would be working there that day. Also, definitely getting the hands on experience is a big plus. At other physical therapy places they would only allow observing and that’s about it. So here at Emeritus I get to experience as if I was an aid or an assistant.

(2) EQ Content: Pick a piece of research or your interview. How has it helped you improve your understanding of your topic?

 From my research I am allowed to go in depth with specific injuries and how to prevent or treat them. Just by reading those articles I learn more about how the body tries to heal itself or how the physical therapist help that process speed up. I have also learned that there are so many specialty P.T’s that work on certain patients or parts of the body, from age groups, sports or the ill. Now that I know about that I will probably have to pick a certain area or be more specific.

(3) What has worked for you so far in the senior project?

Basically everything that I have done for my senior project has benefitted for me. From research to volunteering and also remembering what it was like from my own experience of getting injured.

(4) What hasn't worked so far?

There was one problem that I had encountered with. That was trying to find places to volunteer at. Either the clinic wouldn’t accept volunteers or just when I call their slots for volunteers were already taken. I also wanted to get out of the elderly section of physical therapy and go to a place where they worked on athletes. Those places were the most popular though so I am still trying to find a place that would be perfect according to my senior project topic.

(5) Finding Value: Based on your experience so far,

• What possible question or questions come to mind regarding what you would like to study this year?
• What part of the body is more easily to be injured in?
• Do physical therapist need to learn about everything in the body or would you just study the certain area you want to work with? Ex) age, sport, post-surgery?
• What is your end goal this year with your senior project?

My end goal for my senior project would be probably to have a lot of connections with physical therapists. Maybe even getting an internship somewhere that I volunteer at if that’s even possible. I also hope to gain experience and would leave high school knowing a lot about what classes I should take, what I would need to study and to have a great experience overall.

• Who would you like to talk to you next? Why?

I would love if the head P.T. at Emeritus to talk to me soon. Hopefully I will be able to interview her next. She has gotten her masters and I think even doctors degree and I want to know how she got that far or if her school experience was hard.