Blog 23: Final Lesson Reflection

(1) Positive Statement

What are you most proud of in your block presentation and/or your senior project? Why?

• I think my activity really got the point across really well

(2) Questions to Consider

a. What assessment would you give yourself on your block presentation (self-assessment)?

• AP

b. What assessment would you give yourself on your overall senior project (self-assessment)?

• AP

(3) What worked for you in your senior project?

• I had an awesome advisory house teacher that helped me throughtout

(4) (What didn't work) If you had a time machine, what would you have done differently to improve your senior project if you could go back in time?

• I would do the weekly research checks and blogs so I don't almost not graduate

(5) Finding Value

How has the senior project been helpful to you in your future endeavors? Be specific and use examples.

• I do like physical therapy and would recommend it to people, but now I know I might not like that field of work. I also learned that I love playing with kids, which really solidifies my dreams of being a stay at home dad.

Blog 22: Mentorship

Contact Name and Mentorship Place

• Yara Leanos, Leaps & Bounds Pediatric Therapy

What is the most important thing you gained from this experience? Why?

• I saw the differences of what makes a good therapist, a good environment for the patient (and the family), and what the treatments and goals are for different specialties compared to my old mentorship.

How has what you've done helped you to answer your EQ? Please explain.

• I got to have first hand experience with how the therapist works with the patient and how the relationship of the therapist and the patient's family is even more relevant than I thought.

Blog 21: Exit Interview

(1) What is your essential question, and what are your answers? What is your best answer and why?

• My question is "What is the best way for a physical therapist to maximize patient satisfaction?"
• My answers (in order) are a having a good customer relationship, having a good environment, and making good business decisions.
• My best answer is my first one because it's what the patient is most impacted by.

(2) What process did you take to arrive at this answer?

• My own logic and thinking, research, and mentorship.

(3) What problems did you face? How did you resolve them?

• I couldn't think of a good third answer. I had to dig REALLY deep in my research on what else could affect the patient.

(4) What are the two most significant sources you used to answer your essential question and why?

• My mentor and one of my very first articles. My mentor always talked with the patient's family before and after the session, which is something the I noticed the students didn't do frequently. The article I am referring was the first time I found out that how much better the patient got after the treatments had no correlation with how much the patient was satisfied with their treatments.

April Blog

During the last day with my mentor, there were 2 students who were there with me. These university students were aspiring to be real physical or occupational therapists and were going to school to do so. A requirement to get your license is that you have to volunteer in multiple clinics for a # of hours in each one. Both of them were white girls that both had some experiences with horses, but I think these factors are a lot more likely because we were in Norco. Both of them didn't know if they would go into pediatric therapy, but they did enjoy their time there. They specifically enjoyed the ranch and working with the horses. How the workers feel and act in the workplace has a big effect on how the patient and the family feel and respond to what's happening in front of them.

Blog 19: Independent Component 2

LITERAL
(a) Include this statement: “I, student name, affirm that I completed my independent component which represents ___ hours of work.”

• I, Michael Sadrach, affirm that I completed my independent component which represents 14.5 hours of work.

(b) Cite your source regarding who or what article or book helped you complete the independent component.

• Mrs. Hunzeker and Mr. Rivas.

(c) Update your Independent Component 2 Log (which should be under your Senior Project Hours link)

• Done.

(d) Explain what you completed. 

•   I found many sources for my WB and took notes on most of them in a notebook.

INTERPRETIVE
Defend your work and explain the component's significance and how it demonstrates 30 hours of work. Provide evidence (photos, transcript, art work, videos, etc) of the 30 hours of work.

• I probably would've transferred from Ipoly if I didn't put in the work in my independent component. I didn't want to do it many times and it was hard and painful to do and that's why it counts as work.

APPLIED
How did the component help you answer your EQ? Please include specific examples to illustrate how it helped.

• Some of the sources I found will be used as citations because they provided useful information that will help me support my answers. One of them states that the therapist-patient relationship is more important than the actual treatment for treatment success, which is very helpful in supporting my first answer. Another one of my sources has a lot of info about the environment in a facility which helps support my second answer.

March Blog

April Fools! It's still March 31st.
I met a girl that was disabled and used a walker to walk. What was special about her was that her knee caps were nonexistent. She kinda looked like those half goat, half human creatures in mythologies and it was pretty interesting because she didn't just do physical therapy. She also did occupational therapy, where kids work on doing daily activities, like tying shoes, writing, and listening. My mentor told me even though some kids need physical therapy, she will recommend the doctor to give them occupational therapy because they don't focus enough, or they don't respond. She also said that physical and occupational therapy goes hand in hand a lot of the time.

Blog 18: Fourth Interview Preparation

1. How much does physical therapy cost?
2. What are some ways that someone can pay for physical therapy?
3. What services are included in the cost of physical therapy?
4. What are some additional costs beyond physical therapy sessions?
5. If the patient's insurance only pays for a certain number of sessions, what other things can the patient take advantage of from their insurance?
6. How can a patient pay less for physical therapy if they don't have insurance?
7. What kind of discounts are there for physical therapy?
8. How do people usually find out about your clinic?
9. How does California handle direct access to physical therapy?
10. In what ways is the "Affordable Care Act" impacting physical therapy?
11. How is physical therapy worth the expense?
12. What are the economic/socio-benefits of putting a child through physical therapy?
13. What are the goals of a company/clinic and are they run by different people?
14. How much profit does a company/clinic usually have?
15. What kind of cuts does a company/clinic have?
16. Has there been any "under the table" deals between a patient and the physical therapist/company? What kind?
17. If you were a private therapist, would you be able to consider goods or work as payment instead of cash?
18. What does a company/clinic have to have to even start a business?
19. What kind of decisions or things made the company/clinic you work for more successful or gain more profit?
20. What kind of people does it take to run a successful company/clinic. other than the physical therapist?

Blog 17: Answer 3

• EQ
• What is the best way for a physical therapist to maximize patient satisfaction?
• Answer #3 (Write in a complete sentence like a thesis statement)
• One of the best ways for a physical therapist to satisfy a patient is by making good business decisions
• 3 details to support the answer (a detail is a fact and an example)
• Bad business decisions can cripple a business - Kmart
• Some way of price reduction is good - Discounts
• You should accomadate to your customers - Starbucks/McDonalds
• The research source (s) to support your details and answer
• Source 42 and 43
• Concluding Sentence
• Running a successful clinic is the same as running a successful business

Blog 16: Answer 2

1. What is your EQ?

• What is the best way for a physical therapist to maximize patient satisfaction?

2. What is your first answer? (In complete thesis statement format)

• A good customer relationship is the one of the best ways a physical therapist can maximize patient satisfaction

3. What is your second answer? (In complete thesis statement format)

• A good environment is one the best ways a physical therapist can maximize patient satisfaction

4. List three reasons your answer is true with a real-world application for each.

• If you have a good customer relationship, they will be happy to come back to you for business
• If you have a good customer relationship, they will be happy to share their experience and recommend your business
• If you have a good customer relationship, appointments are not a hassle anymore
• If there is a good environment, they customers will be fascinated and intrigued when they are first there
• If there is a good environment, they won't treat an appointment as a hassle
• If there is a good environment, they will have a good attitude by just being there

5. What printed source best supports your answer?

• HIPPOTHERAPY. West Windsor Township: Mercer County Community College, 2014. PDF.

6. What other source supports your answer?

• I can't find it, but it was about businesses an with appealing "environment" and how much of an impact it had

7. Tie this together with a concluding thought.

• To have a successful clinic, you must know how to run a successful business

Blog 15: Independent Component 2 Approval

1. The same thing I did for my first one; doing Hippotherapy at the ranch
2. The same thing I did for my first component
3. I will continue to observe the functions of a physical and occupational therapist and will soon work at the clinic to have more observations

Blog 14: Independent Component 1

LITERAL
(a) I, Michael Sadrach, affirm that I completed my independent component which represents 20.25 hours of work
(b) My mentor and coworkers
(c) Done
(d) I assisted the physical therapist or occupational therapist on handling the patient during each session

INTERPRETIVE
I experienced first hand how the therapists interacted with the patients and how they deal with each one individually. I learned how their attitude may change to fit a child's needs and how they work together with the parents of the patients. The proof of my hours is here.

APPLIED
I saw that it is not just the physical therapist's treatments that will make the patient and their family satisfied. It's how they are treated is what causes them to be satisfied. Sometimes, the kids have tantrums and are just not cooperating. We either keep on going with the session with more awareness or get off the horse completely, depending on what the parents feels is right. There are also factors that are out of the hands of the therapists, which is where I come in. How I act with the child can drastically change the mood of the patient and the family. When I first started there, I was helping this girl and let's call her "Mel". I was having a good time with Mel and she was having fun talking to me. When she came back the next week, her mom told me that she talked about me the whole car ride home since I was new. Even though it was a little thing, They are more happy that way.

January Post

I rid a horse for the first time today. Had to wear a helmet and there was a horse handler, so it was perfectly safe. It was a very different experience for me. I was riding along and after I got used to the feeling of a horse, they told me keep my hands off the horse so that I kept myself at balance at all times. Then, I had to close my eyes. It made you feel as if you were going backwards and it was terrifying. I then proceeded to almost fall off when we were going in a circle. The whole point of the experience was to know how the kids feel when they ride the horse. I now have a better perspective of what they feel and how hard it actually is for them to stay on top of the horse.

Blog 13: Lesson 2 Reflection

1.What are you most proud of in your Lesson 2 Presentation and why?

• People seemed to have fun with my activity

2. a. What assessment would you give yourself on your Lesson 2 Presentation (self-assessment)?

• AP

b. Explain why you deserve that grade using evidence from the Lesson 2 component contract.

• We didn't need a powerpoint so I didn't use one, but it would have helped me compose my thoughts and it would have helped my grade

3. What worked for you in your Lesson 2?

• I presented content that connected and made sense

4. What didn't work? If you had a time machine, what would you have done differently to improve your Lesson 2?

• Even though the content connected, I didn't make the connections to the people. I left some stuff out that I wanted to say. I wish I could have remembered to say the stuff and had connected the things I said better

5. What do you think your answer #2 is going to be?

• Hippotherapy

Blog 12: Mentorship 10 hours check

1. Where are you doing your mentorship?

• I don't have a mentor :/

2. Who is your contact?

• I don't have one

3. How many total hours have you done (total hours should be reflected in your mentorship log located on the right hand side of your blog like your WB)?

• None? Does independent component hours count?

4. Summarize the 10 hours of service you did.

• Undefined

Blog 11: Holiday Project Update

1. It is important to consistently work on your senior project, whether it is break or we are in school. What did you do over the break with your senior project?

• I got more hours for my independent component.

2. What was the most important thing you learned from what you did, and why? What was the source of what you learned?

• There are a variety of patient cases. I worked with a child who couldn't even stand on his own they they first treated him.

3. If you were going to do a 10 question interview on questions related to answers for your EQ, who would you talk to and why?

• The physical therapist who I work with. She is very knowledgeable and encourages me to ask her any questions that I have.