10/26/2018 0 Comments Reflective Journal #9As a senior athletic training student, it is getting easier for me to imagine what my “real life” job is going to look like when I graduate. It has also really helped me by going to any off-site clinical placement to understand what professionalism looks like in places other than the collegiate setting: the emergency room, the wound care center, the outpatient physical therapy clinic, and the family practice rotation. By modeling how other professionals act in their workplace and by implementing what I have learned about professionalism by experience and in class, I try to lead by example. However, I also make sure that I am able to maintain my personality and sense of humor while maintaining professionalism. I would never want to work in a place that requires me to lay down who I am as a person for my job - I want to pursue relationships with my patients, have comedic relief during treatments, and have an appropriately relaxed environment to help patients feel at ease when they are under my care.
Having said all of this, there are no students younger than me on my rotation at the moment, but I do have many freshmen approach me and ask for my advice concerning majors, career paths, experience and shadowing, patient care hours, etc. Because we are all pretty close, I try my best to show them what hard work, professionalism, and other good practices in the workforce look like. It is very important to me that I am punctual not only for my clinical experiences, but in all areas of my life if I can help it. Additionally, I never share patient information with anyone, including my best friends and younger “mentees”, and I make sure to share with them why I can’t do that. They respect that I take that part of my profession seriously. Lastly, I try to educate those younger than me on everything that I have learned and experienced throughout my time at Emory. I wish that I had had an older student that was pursuing the same career path that I wanted so that I could learn about prerequisites, patient care hours, application necessities and deadlines, the importance of class planning, and how helpful it is to have useful experience under your belt when thinking about future possibilities. It is one of my passions to invest into people younger than me, so I take a lot of pride in being as helpful as I possibly can to those who are walking where I once walked.
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