It is very impressive that your educator actually set aside the time to assess your learning and discuss how you could get more involved in this fieldwork experience as time progressed. The willingness of our educators to facilitate learning can definitely make such a difference in our fieldwork experiences, and that's so awesome that she was eager to teach you and get you involved. I am also curious to learn more about specific OT treatment for different conditions/diagnoses as we get back to campus since I feel like that will be very helpful knowledge as we enter Level 2s. Great job, Laken. I can't wait to hear more about this rotation from you and how you grew as a future OT during your time in Georgia!
I love that your fieldwork educator set aside time to discuss all of the OT sessions you had seen each week. I am sure your understanding grew tremendously during those discussions. My fieldwork educator would frequently ask me if I had any questions so that she could ensure I gained as much as possible from this experience. It sounds like we both had wonderful fieldwork educators! I agree that I would really love to learn more interventions to use with clients when getting ready for level 2 fieldworks. I would feel much more confident as a level 2 fieldwork student and novel practitioner if we reviewed interventions that would be great for treating certain conditions or injuries. Great job, Laken! I can't wait to hear more about your fieldwork experience!
Last Friday, we had a guest lecture on aging and sexual health. Some of the key topics discussed myths of older adults when it comes to sexual health and the physical changes with sexual health, the differences between men and women when it comes to sexual health, and other factors that impact sexuality for older clients. One myth that was discussed during are lecture was that older adults are asexual. Many times there is a decline in sexual activity; however, many couples still remain active as they get older. Compared to aging, emotional wellbeing and the quality of the relationship have a bigger impact on whether or not a couple is active. Some physical changes for females when it comes to sexual response are hormone fluctuations, diminished lubrication, and thinning of the vaginal barrel and part of vulva. In men, some phys...
I read an article from Sioux City Journal called “From high school to nursing home: 20-year-old learns to cope with fatal disease”. The article talks about Desiree Buettner, a 20-year-old girl who has juvenile Huntington’s disease and how she is learning to cope with her disease in Careage Hills Rehabilitation and Healthcare. She was diagnosed with HD when she was 18 years old and moved into the nursing home by the time she was 20. Dawn Young, the director of nursing services at Careage Hills, asked Desiree to create a bucket list which landed Desiree on a plane to Disney World with her nurse, Ashley Curtis. The healthcare team at Careage Hills, as well as some other resident’s family members, have taken Desiree under their wings and treated her as family, and because of that, she has grown to like being there. I chose to read this article because it is what we have currently been focusing on in cla...
When hearing from our guest lecture on Monday, I learned so much and gained so much insight into what an adaptive driving assessment is. One key take away of this lecture, and an important thing to note, was the purpose of an adaptive driving program. There are 3 purposes of an adaptive driving program, which include assessing individuals for safety and potential to drive, evaluating persons with physical disabilities for appropriate adaptive equipment, and training individuals in the use of adaptive equipment and/or compensation. We also discussed common diagnoses that may be seen in this setting and what you may expect to see when evaluating and treating individuals with those diagnoses. For example, we discussed how individuals who have had a stroke may present with spasticity on one side of the body where they will want to drive with only one hand, as well as may present with neglect causing them...
Laken,
ReplyDeleteIt is very impressive that your educator actually set aside the time to assess your learning and discuss how you could get more involved in this fieldwork experience as time progressed. The willingness of our educators to facilitate learning can definitely make such a difference in our fieldwork experiences, and that's so awesome that she was eager to teach you and get you involved. I am also curious to learn more about specific OT treatment for different conditions/diagnoses as we get back to campus since I feel like that will be very helpful knowledge as we enter Level 2s. Great job, Laken. I can't wait to hear more about this rotation from you and how you grew as a future OT during your time in Georgia!
Laken,
ReplyDeleteI love that your fieldwork educator set aside time to discuss all of the OT sessions you had seen each week. I am sure your understanding grew tremendously during those discussions. My fieldwork educator would frequently ask me if I had any questions so that she could ensure I gained as much as possible from this experience. It sounds like we both had wonderful fieldwork educators! I agree that I would really love to learn more interventions to use with clients when getting ready for level 2 fieldworks. I would feel much more confident as a level 2 fieldwork student and novel practitioner if we reviewed interventions that would be great for treating certain conditions or injuries. Great job, Laken! I can't wait to hear more about your fieldwork experience!