Another Day of Learning

March 16, 2015 was another day of learning to be a better future physical therapist (PT).

In the morning, we critiqued our videos from PT 153. For me, it was a self – reflection activity. I got to evaluate myself as a teacher, where I lacked or excelled. As a future PT, it is important for me to always self – evaluate. Through this, I can immediately correct my mistakes and thus give the best for my patients. The activity also taught me not to rely on the evaluation of others; evaluation should start within me.

We then had a Yoga class to help us understand more about group teaching. I applaud the professor for being a very effective teacher. She employed a good student–to–professor ratio. We were comfortable because she pointed out at first that we can rest if we can’t do a certain pose then just catch up later on. As a future PT, it is important for my patient to feel comfortable for learning to take place. Like the professor, I should also give demonstrations and feedback with appropriate timing and fading.

Finally, we had a role – playing wherein we were given patients with different conditions and were told to instruct them with some PT techniques. This was my favorite of the three because I got to incorporate the treatment courses with teaching; however, the case presentations were not what I expected them to be. As a future PT, I will experience situations wherein I will be caught off guard by my patient’s presentation; thus, I should be resourceful; I shouldn’t be boxed in certain teaching strategies because no strategy is applicable to all. I have to utilize all means, may it be visual, verbal or others, for the betterment of my patient’s understanding.