Thomas White: Tourette Does the Talking I was scrolling through the list of topic ideas and when I got to the TED Talk section I noticed this particular one and immediately showed interest in watching it. I've always enjoyed TED Talks and i've been watching them for years, but this one is by far my favorite one. When I first saw the words Tourette in the title, I thought it was going to be someone simply talking about what Tourette Syndrome is, but when I read the description, I saw that the speaker was the one who has Tourette Syndrome. I thought to myself, "now here is a person that has confidence in himself." I chose the video to see how a person that has Tourette Syndrome deals with speaking to an audience and how he would react to any outbursts he may have during his speech. I know what Tourette Syndrome is, but I wanted to do some background research to make sure I fully understood it before I watched the TED Talk. (Even though I knew that Thomas would e...
Gracie, thank you so much for sharing your experience during this FW rotation! I agree with you that it is quite a change to go from performing tests on your peers, who know what you are doing, to actually doing them on patients. What a great opportunity you had though, and I hope you felt somewhat prepared for it! I want you encourage you, having come from a mental health rotation, that a lot of things in mental health are not clear! That was a huge takeaway for me, but the exciting part of it was that I was able to define what type of role I wanted to make for myself in that setting. I know you will be able to thrive once you figure out what role works best for you!
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ReplyDeleteI am glad you had a good learning experience during our very last Level I Fieldwork rotation! I completely agree that a transfer in real life is very different, in comparison to transferring a peer. I also felt like this was a very big part of my rotation that helped me. Being able to be hands on and still have guidance is such a good way to learn!
Relearning the milestones to prepare for a pediatric rotation is a really good idea and also on my to-do list, because I will be at on outpatient pediatric clinic for Level II Fieldwork A. I feel like after a year of learning, this information has completely slipped away from me.
Thank you for sharing your experience!
- Macy
Gracie! I'm glad your fieldwork went well! It seems like you got a lot of hands on experience which is the way I learn! I also got to do some assessing ROM and MMT and I agree that it is different with clients than classmates. I'm excited to hear more when we get back to campus. I hope you have a great break!!
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