Hey guys
Sorry i just wanted to finish my blogs off for the year so im posting this early. Through out the year, there have been pracs which i look back on now and just cant help but think that i didnt make the most of them when i was there. I think at different points in the year i lacked some motivation or was just feeling burnt out and didnt extend myself as much as i could have. Sometimes this was the case of not having the opportunities available and quite frankly not asking for them on my behalf either.
I am currently on my rural prac at the moment and i absolutley love it. Every day the effort is made to teach us something and anything i want to learn whilst i am there i can do i just have to ask. The orthopaedic senior will give us tutorials whenever we ask on any joint, has taught us heaps of mulligans and mckenzie techniques and stuff, plus im on inpatients but i prefer outpatients so ive been allowed to spend extra time in OP if i ask, if i want to do more community trips im allowed. Basically i just find it so much more relaxed, before i was worried i would look like a pain if i asked to try different things, now i realized instead of just waiting and hoping the learning opportunities will be presented to you, that sometimes you have to go out and seek them yourself. I have found that the pracs that i have made the effort to really extend myself, i have enjoyed much more as i have not been getting bored from just doing the same thing, or feeling im not learning that much. Which at times has left me quite frustrated.
I think this is the perfect time to try and learn other things were not taught at uni and expand our knowledge as much as we can. It is much easier to give new things a go when there are other people around to give you feedback and tell you how to improve what you are doing. So I guess if anyone has a proper prac left rather than SDP, try and make the most of it and see as many different things as you can and just take responsibility for your own learning, because i think you get a far better feeling of accomplishment for it.
Good luck with the rest of your placements
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Hey Rach. I think everyone has probably had some point in the year where they lacked motivation or were disinterested. Its great that you sought extra learning opportunities, good stuff. I also really enjoyed my rural for similar reasons, having variety meant that things did not become monotonous (unlike a placement like cardio surg). Good luck for your future as a physio, so close!
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