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.