On Monday, March 5th, I attended a meeting for family members of people who are alcoholics. I thought this was an interesting meeting to go to because it was not based on the person who is an alcoholic, but rather the family members who are effected by the alcoholism. Sometimes, I think it is easy to forget that alcoholism doesn't just effect that person, but also the people they are associated with. The group started out with an introduction of what the group meeting would be about. It was a much larger group than I had expected; I was expecting around 5-10 people, but there were about 30 people. It was held in a parlor room in a church, therefore there was plenty of room to accommodate everyone. Going into a room with 30 or so people was extremely intimidating because I did not feel that I belonged. I know that I got some stares from people since I was a new face in the group. As the group session went on, I relaxed and became more comfortable, and at the end of the meeting s...
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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