My profile: My name is Megan and I am a senior at North Hall High School. I used to play volleyball for North Hall, prior to my mentorship, for three years. I am also involved in Chorus, All-State Chorus, National Beta Club, FCA, Yearbook, and Concord Baptist Church Student Ministry. Throughout high school, I have maintained mostly A's and a few B's, grade-wise. I want to make sure that when I graduate from North Hall, I want to leave a positive mark with my peers and teachers. I love spending time with my family and friends when I am not at school. I also love serving my community through my church by going on mission trips and serving with the student ministry.
I chose the field(s) of physical therapy/athletic training for my mentorship. I chose those fields because I wanted to pursue a career in the medical field but I wasn't sure where in particular. I am also a big sports fan and I loved attending University of Georgia sporting events. When I saw the trainers on the sidelines and saw what they were doing, I knew I definitely wanted to pursue that career.
My Mentorship: I am interning at Atlanta Rehabilitation with the physical therapists and an athletic trainer. With the physical therapist, I am in an office setting, working with all ages of patients. There are patients that are high school athletes with injuries from playing sports up to elderly patients that have had a knee replacement surgery. As a physical therapist, you work with mulitple patients at the same time and give them exercises and stretches that are fit for their own injury/rehabilitation. Physical therapists get to know their patients on a personal level and they treat them as family. With an athletic trainer, they work with athletes at their high school in different ways. They prevent injuries, help athletes with they first get injured as the first responder, and post-injury with rehabilitation. They also can wrap player's ankles, wrists, knee, etc.
My Future: I plan to attend either Emmanuel College or Piedmont College in pursuit to study athletic training or kinesiology with a physical therapy concentration. I want to get a good quality education while having a full collegiate experience.
Sunday, October 26, 2014
Sunday, October 19, 2014
10/14 Assignment
- My perception of my internship has changed drastically since I started because at first, I thought that being a physical therapist/athletic trainer was an easy job but its actually not. There are a lot of little behind the scenes tasks they have to complete that people don't think they do. They have to fill out reports on their patients/athletes that are important to their progress. They also have to get to know their patients and treat them with the upmost respect.
- The thing that surprised me about my mentorship is that there are a lot of parts of the body (bones, muscles, ligaments, tendons, etc.) that you have to know to be an athletic trainer. When I started my mentorship, I knew that trainers had to know a lot of medical terminology but I did not realize it was so much you had to know.
- I can improve my performance in my mentorship by being more hands-on and not stand in the background and be quiet. I try to be as much hands-on as I can but there are other interns there. I want to learn as much as I can and I will by speaking up and asking more questions.
Sunday, October 12, 2014
10/6 Assignment
Through partnerships with local businesses and non-profits, my internship site can address the lack of real world experiential learning opportunities that are necessary for me to remain engaged in school and motivated in achieving my future goals. By being at my intership site, I can gain traits that will go towards my education and my collegiate career ahead.
During my mentorship so far, I have learned about different careers in the field of Physical Therapy/Athletic Training. The careers I have learned about is becoming a Physical Therapist, Occupational Therapist, Music Therapist, and an Athletic Trainer. Going into my mentorship, I wanted to learn more about becoming an Athletic Trainer but I have gained more interest in becoming a Physical Therapist. I want to be an Athletic Trainer because I wanted to have a career in the medical field and I also love sports. With being an Athletic Trainer, you get help athletes become injury-prone, help them when they first are injured, and post-injury with rehabilitation. Athleti Trainers travel with sports teams alot, so that would have to be one downside about that particular career. With a Physical Therapist, they are mainly in an office setting, working with patients that range in age and conditions. They can have patients as young as nine up to ninety with different levels of injuries. The time they spend with their patients is amazing to see because each patient they see is like part of their family. They treat each one with the most respect and care I have ever seen.
I have made my mentor's life easier by helping them with little tasks that they need done. Like with the Athletic Trainer, when she asks me to wrap a player's wrist or get them some Tylenol, that gets some stress off of her while she is helping with someone else. Those little things that I do for her not only helps her but it helps me gain experience for me for the future.
During my mentorship so far, I have learned about different careers in the field of Physical Therapy/Athletic Training. The careers I have learned about is becoming a Physical Therapist, Occupational Therapist, Music Therapist, and an Athletic Trainer. Going into my mentorship, I wanted to learn more about becoming an Athletic Trainer but I have gained more interest in becoming a Physical Therapist. I want to be an Athletic Trainer because I wanted to have a career in the medical field and I also love sports. With being an Athletic Trainer, you get help athletes become injury-prone, help them when they first are injured, and post-injury with rehabilitation. Athleti Trainers travel with sports teams alot, so that would have to be one downside about that particular career. With a Physical Therapist, they are mainly in an office setting, working with patients that range in age and conditions. They can have patients as young as nine up to ninety with different levels of injuries. The time they spend with their patients is amazing to see because each patient they see is like part of their family. They treat each one with the most respect and care I have ever seen.
I have made my mentor's life easier by helping them with little tasks that they need done. Like with the Athletic Trainer, when she asks me to wrap a player's wrist or get them some Tylenol, that gets some stress off of her while she is helping with someone else. Those little things that I do for her not only helps her but it helps me gain experience for me for the future.
Sunday, October 5, 2014
Week of 9/29 Post
Learning something new can be a scary experience. One of the hardest thing I have had to learn is maintaining office politics, dress code and personal skills in my mentorship. Trying to have all of those elements in mind while learning all I can is a hard process to keep.
With my athletic training mentorship, I am constantly learning new techniques that I will use for my college experience in the future. My mentorship consists of me being in a physical therapy office and/or being on the sidelines during an athletic event. My regulations/office politics change from place to place. Say in the office, my mentor has strict rules that I have to follow, which is known as protocol. For example, there is a certain time I have to be at the office. If I do not follow these rules of protocol, I will have serious consequences for my actions. Also, the idea of hierarchy comes into effect as I have to follow a higher authority's orders. For instance, on the field, my mentor might ask me to wrap a player's ankle or stretch them. The communication with other employees is a big part of how I will learn. Many of my acquaintances are college students that are earning their hours for college classes. They are in the same predicament as I am. They ask questions and learn from their mentors as well as I do. All of us work well together and we learn as much as we can.
Dress code at my mentorship is mostly the same in the office and on the field. In the office, I wear a polo shirt, khakis and tennis shoes. The dress code for the office is important because I have to look appropriate for my environment and co-workers. On the field, I have to wear khakis and a North Hall shirt. By wearing the right clothing that goes with the dress code, this makes me look professional and it makes the group look unified.
Lastly, I have been able to put my personal skills towards my mentorship in certain ways. My knowledge of medical terminology and anatomy terms had come in handy because if my mentor asks me what is this certain thing, I can give them the correct, specific answer.
With my athletic training mentorship, I am constantly learning new techniques that I will use for my college experience in the future. My mentorship consists of me being in a physical therapy office and/or being on the sidelines during an athletic event. My regulations/office politics change from place to place. Say in the office, my mentor has strict rules that I have to follow, which is known as protocol. For example, there is a certain time I have to be at the office. If I do not follow these rules of protocol, I will have serious consequences for my actions. Also, the idea of hierarchy comes into effect as I have to follow a higher authority's orders. For instance, on the field, my mentor might ask me to wrap a player's ankle or stretch them. The communication with other employees is a big part of how I will learn. Many of my acquaintances are college students that are earning their hours for college classes. They are in the same predicament as I am. They ask questions and learn from their mentors as well as I do. All of us work well together and we learn as much as we can.
Dress code at my mentorship is mostly the same in the office and on the field. In the office, I wear a polo shirt, khakis and tennis shoes. The dress code for the office is important because I have to look appropriate for my environment and co-workers. On the field, I have to wear khakis and a North Hall shirt. By wearing the right clothing that goes with the dress code, this makes me look professional and it makes the group look unified.
Lastly, I have been able to put my personal skills towards my mentorship in certain ways. My knowledge of medical terminology and anatomy terms had come in handy because if my mentor asks me what is this certain thing, I can give them the correct, specific answer.
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