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.
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