AT this point of the semester I am behind in my clinical packet. I believe half of this is due to me not realizing that the semester was ending so quickly; and the other half was me not keeping up with my goal of attempt 10 tasks and perform 5 to master each week. I have 50 attempts with 30 masteries. I still need 80 more mastery within 2 weeks. This is mildly frustrating because this semester I felt like I stayed on top of actually writing in the attempts and masteries as they came up. I suppose I needed to do more simulations with my preceptors throughout the semester because I feel that I didn’t have very many opportunities to do evaluations. This being said, my goal for next semester is to do more simulations just in case I don’t have as much actual experience as I need. Especially if I am with a sport that is prone to having injuries in only one area of the body, I will need to make up by doing simulations on other parts of the body. If I really push for more simulations throughout the semester rather than being like everyone else at the end of the semester trying to force their clinical packets to be done, this will be a lot less stressful and annoying to me and my preceptor.
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At this point, my future professional goals are to become a certified athletic trainer and go to grad school to get my master’s degree in either kinesiology or exercise science. I’m hoping to find a GA program that will allow me to work as an athletic trainer at the same time as getting my master’s degree. I decided I want to get my Master’s degree immediately after undergrad because the whole field of athletic training is moving to a master’s degree and I want my degree to stay competitive. So far the schools I am interested in are Penn State University, James Madison University, and University of Texas. I decided to look into these schools because their programs seem advanced and enjoyable.
My dream work setting is in the performing arts. One in particular is Drum Corp International. My background of being in band in high school and my love of athletic training has been my main motivators to want to work with this kind of population. I feel like it would be so fun to travel with some of the most intense marching band in the United States. This summer I will be eligible to apply for an internship to work and study with athletic trainers in DCI. If I get this internship I will be ecstatic. This would be a stepping stone from leaving college and entering the work force. I would be able to make connections that hopefully would lead me to a job in this field after I graduate. Another field of athletic training I would like to work in is the military, specifically for government contractors in the D.C., Maryland, and Virginia area. I would like this a lot because I would be able to live in the area the I have grown up in most of my life. This week I had 15 attempts with 7 masteries. As an ATS I feel most confident when I am organized, and on top of all my work. This allows me to have more time to think about the application of what I learn in class and contribute it to what I am doing in the clinic. I also feel confident being able to participate fully in class. That being said, when I am disorganized I feel like I am behind and scatter brained. I feel like it is harder to participate in class which is disappointing and frustrating because I feel like I should know the information, or at least be able to contribute of conversation. When I’m disorganized and stressed it completely throws off all of my work ethic and it can be challenging to get back on track. The best way I have found to combat this is to buckle down on the weekends and try to catch up the best I can. This semester has been difficult in this sense because I feel like I’m in a constant cycle of being on top of my work, then being behind, then having to catch up, but then because I pushed so hard to get back on top I relax and fall behind again. I have to find a way to break this cycle, but I’m not sure how yet. This used to not be a problem for me so I’m not sure what has changed and how to fix it. However, once I do, I know I will be as confident as I can be and I feel like my class participation will be much better, which in the end will make me happier.
This week I had 5 attempts. |
This is where I do my weekly clinical blog assignment. There is either a prompt I am responding to, or I just talk about something exciting I saw during the week.
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