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.