Look Back to your earliest posts. What were your goal? Did you meet these goals?
I definetly met all of my goals, one of them was that I wanted to see the doctor's life and duties,and also improve my english skills, now I can say that I am not afrid to talk with somebody.
What are the most important things you've learned?
I've leraned how to be patient and act infront of people that sometimes lose the control of themselfs. It is an impotant value for all the doctors.
In what ways have you grown as a student/young adult?
As a student I am more responsible,confident, and I try to help others withuot receive nothing.
What were the highlights of your internship experience?
My highlights of experience is that I discovered how to serve others as a confident person, who knows what can do and what not.
Describe a memorable moment or experience?
My memorable moment was when our mentor made us a party. It was great. We were celebrating the volunteers week, and that day I met the most important person of the company. She was so nice.
What challenges did you overcome?
My busy schedule, it was really hard to organize my time to do many things during the day, in special when I had to do homework and projects for school.
What advice would you give a new intern at this site?
My advice is that in this place they need responsible people, for that a future intern has to dominated this value and know that in a hospital a person has to help others any time.
What will you miss about your internship?
I will miss all of those conversationts that I used to have with doctors. They were telling me stories, giving me advices, they were so nice with me.
Monday, May 25, 2009
Interview
1.- What is your full name?
Dr. Ki Chi Chi, PT, DPT (Korey)
2.- Where are you from (city, state, country)?
My home town is Hong Kong. I came to the States 12 years ago. I currently live in Brooklyn, New York.
3.- Where did you go to college? For how long? Do you plan to go back to school?
I went to college at Stony Brook University. I finished my bachelor degree in Biology in 4 years. Three years later, I got my Clinical doctoral degree in Physical Therapy. I might go back to school a couple years later to study acupuncture, if I have time and enough saving.
4.- Why did you choose your professional field?
To be able to walk and climbing stairs, to get in and out of the bed, these are all basic needs that we will require to live a normal life. I like the idea that I can get someone to have a better life without using any medication.
5.- What got you involved in this field of work? What inspired you to do it?
One thing that inspired me a lot is the way we play piano. I play piano as a hobby. Lot of times I’m amazed by our ability to move our fingers and hit the keys at a precise speed and force to create a beautiful melody. I always wonder how this is possible. I wonder what is the connection between the fingers and the brain and what is inside our body that allows these happen. I feel like I want to study more about human movement and be an expert in this. That is what inspired me to be a physical therapist. Being a physical therapist, I am able to help other people to move in a better way and live a more happy life.
6.- How long have you worked here?
Three years and a half.
7.- What is job title?
Senior Physical Therapist
8.- What do your duties include? Or What kinds of work does your job involve?
We treat patients with different movement disorder based on the doctor’s script. We teach patients how to do exercises and stretches so that they can get stronger and move better.
9.- What is the best part of your job?
The best part of my job of course is the privilege of have the license to touch any body part that I want. Just kidding. The best part is the sense of accomplishment of seeing someone progressing functionally and the joy that they express on their face. For example, getting from wheelchair bound to walking short distance. This sense of accomplishment is priceless.
10.- What is something you would like to change about your job?
In the near future, I wish to open my own clinic and treat patients with different neurological problems.
11.- Do you enjoy the kind of work you do? Why or why not?
Of course I do. In addition to treating patients with different problems, I also learnt a lot from listening to their complaints and stories, no matter good or bad. I also learnt to be a more people person from just communicating with them.
12.- What are some of the challenges you have faced working here?
In a hospital setting environment, I will need to deal with patients coming from different level of social status. Sometimes, I have patient who barely can afford to live in a shelter. Sometimes I have patient who is one of the hospital administrators. I just have to learn to be flexible to be able to communicate to different types of people.
13.- How has having an intern (such as myself) helped your company or organization advance or progress?
Having your presence in our department is definitely a blessing. You really help us out a lot in preparing and setting up our treatment areas which surely will improve our productivity and so we can use our skills to help more people who are needed. I wish your school will continue to send more students to us.
14.- What advice would you give to high school interns (such as myself) getting ready for college?
Open up your mind and explore different areas of interest. Don’t get stuck studying in one area because of your parents’ want you to. Always study something that you are interested in.
15.- What advice would you give to high shool-aged interns (such as myself) preparing to find a career in the real world?
Always continue to advance your knowledge and learn as much as possible. So you can be competitive in finding a job. And remember nothing is permanent and it is never too late to change your mind.
Dr. Ki Chi Chi, PT, DPT (Korey)
2.- Where are you from (city, state, country)?
My home town is Hong Kong. I came to the States 12 years ago. I currently live in Brooklyn, New York.
3.- Where did you go to college? For how long? Do you plan to go back to school?
I went to college at Stony Brook University. I finished my bachelor degree in Biology in 4 years. Three years later, I got my Clinical doctoral degree in Physical Therapy. I might go back to school a couple years later to study acupuncture, if I have time and enough saving.
4.- Why did you choose your professional field?
To be able to walk and climbing stairs, to get in and out of the bed, these are all basic needs that we will require to live a normal life. I like the idea that I can get someone to have a better life without using any medication.
5.- What got you involved in this field of work? What inspired you to do it?
One thing that inspired me a lot is the way we play piano. I play piano as a hobby. Lot of times I’m amazed by our ability to move our fingers and hit the keys at a precise speed and force to create a beautiful melody. I always wonder how this is possible. I wonder what is the connection between the fingers and the brain and what is inside our body that allows these happen. I feel like I want to study more about human movement and be an expert in this. That is what inspired me to be a physical therapist. Being a physical therapist, I am able to help other people to move in a better way and live a more happy life.
6.- How long have you worked here?
Three years and a half.
7.- What is job title?
Senior Physical Therapist
8.- What do your duties include? Or What kinds of work does your job involve?
We treat patients with different movement disorder based on the doctor’s script. We teach patients how to do exercises and stretches so that they can get stronger and move better.
9.- What is the best part of your job?
The best part of my job of course is the privilege of have the license to touch any body part that I want. Just kidding. The best part is the sense of accomplishment of seeing someone progressing functionally and the joy that they express on their face. For example, getting from wheelchair bound to walking short distance. This sense of accomplishment is priceless.
10.- What is something you would like to change about your job?
In the near future, I wish to open my own clinic and treat patients with different neurological problems.
11.- Do you enjoy the kind of work you do? Why or why not?
Of course I do. In addition to treating patients with different problems, I also learnt a lot from listening to their complaints and stories, no matter good or bad. I also learnt to be a more people person from just communicating with them.
12.- What are some of the challenges you have faced working here?
In a hospital setting environment, I will need to deal with patients coming from different level of social status. Sometimes, I have patient who barely can afford to live in a shelter. Sometimes I have patient who is one of the hospital administrators. I just have to learn to be flexible to be able to communicate to different types of people.
13.- How has having an intern (such as myself) helped your company or organization advance or progress?
Having your presence in our department is definitely a blessing. You really help us out a lot in preparing and setting up our treatment areas which surely will improve our productivity and so we can use our skills to help more people who are needed. I wish your school will continue to send more students to us.
14.- What advice would you give to high school interns (such as myself) getting ready for college?
Open up your mind and explore different areas of interest. Don’t get stuck studying in one area because of your parents’ want you to. Always study something that you are interested in.
15.- What advice would you give to high shool-aged interns (such as myself) preparing to find a career in the real world?
Always continue to advance your knowledge and learn as much as possible. So you can be competitive in finding a job. And remember nothing is permanent and it is never too late to change your mind.
Saturday, May 2, 2009
Midpoint Reflection Questions
How was the intership been the same as and/or different than your expectationts?
Intership has been a lot of different. I discovered many skills of me, and a special value that is the patiente. I am trying to learn this value, because each person who works in Saint Vincent Hospital has to be patient with some patients that are very rushed.
What is similar and different about the culture of the school environment versus the workplace environment?
There is a big difference, school environment is formed by students that always are smiling, making noise, playing or fighting without no reason, workplace environment is quiet. there you can see how people is focus on their jobs, inclusive you can see how busy they are.
What new skills have you learned that apply to the workplace? Which of these are transferable skills?
I have learned many skills, for example: I learned how to prepare hot packs, where to find all kind of instruments that they use.
What kind of relationship do you have with your mentor and co-workers? How have yopu grown as a result of interacting with professional adults? What kinds of communication (verbal and non-verbal skills) have you gained?
My relationship with my mentor is clearly good and friendly. Always we are showing respect to each other. I have grown a lot interacting with professional adults. In fact they taught me how to be sucessful being a student. One skill communication that I have gained is how to show respect and tolerance in front of those patients that act without controll.
What challenges at the intership have you faced that you have overcome and how did you overcome them?
One challenge that I have faced is that at the same time I have had many responsabilities. I overcome those challenges managing my time strictly and doing with my best effort.
What Challenges have you faced in school as a result af the altered schedule and how are you handling them?
Well, there are many challenges. Since We started intership, our common rutine changed to a crazy rutine, in which in my case I passed to be totally independent. I descoverded that the best way to learn any thing is doing by myself without fair to make mistakes. I am handling them wiht responbility and serenity.
What goals are you working to accomplish during the remaining five weeks of the intership?
I am working to accomplish intership without any problems. I want to demonstrate taht I am responsable and that way my parents can see that I am ready to confront any dare until complete my dreams.
What new things have you learned about New York city?
I have learned that in this city we have to organize our time. We have to work together to obtain good results.
Intership has been a lot of different. I discovered many skills of me, and a special value that is the patiente. I am trying to learn this value, because each person who works in Saint Vincent Hospital has to be patient with some patients that are very rushed.
What is similar and different about the culture of the school environment versus the workplace environment?
There is a big difference, school environment is formed by students that always are smiling, making noise, playing or fighting without no reason, workplace environment is quiet. there you can see how people is focus on their jobs, inclusive you can see how busy they are.
What new skills have you learned that apply to the workplace? Which of these are transferable skills?
I have learned many skills, for example: I learned how to prepare hot packs, where to find all kind of instruments that they use.
What kind of relationship do you have with your mentor and co-workers? How have yopu grown as a result of interacting with professional adults? What kinds of communication (verbal and non-verbal skills) have you gained?
My relationship with my mentor is clearly good and friendly. Always we are showing respect to each other. I have grown a lot interacting with professional adults. In fact they taught me how to be sucessful being a student. One skill communication that I have gained is how to show respect and tolerance in front of those patients that act without controll.
What challenges at the intership have you faced that you have overcome and how did you overcome them?
One challenge that I have faced is that at the same time I have had many responsabilities. I overcome those challenges managing my time strictly and doing with my best effort.
What Challenges have you faced in school as a result af the altered schedule and how are you handling them?
Well, there are many challenges. Since We started intership, our common rutine changed to a crazy rutine, in which in my case I passed to be totally independent. I descoverded that the best way to learn any thing is doing by myself without fair to make mistakes. I am handling them wiht responbility and serenity.
What goals are you working to accomplish during the remaining five weeks of the intership?
I am working to accomplish intership without any problems. I want to demonstrate taht I am responsable and that way my parents can see that I am ready to confront any dare until complete my dreams.
What new things have you learned about New York city?
I have learned that in this city we have to organize our time. We have to work together to obtain good results.
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Weekly Vocabulary
Word:
WALKER
Meaning:
Used to help people to walk into different places or during the treatment.
Context:
Patients who can not walk aske me to borrow a walker.
Word:
BOLSTER
Maning:
A special instrument to lift legs.
Context:
Doctors use the bolster to out the hot pack.
WALKER
Meaning:
Used to help people to walk into different places or during the treatment.
Context:
Patients who can not walk aske me to borrow a walker.
Word:
BOLSTER
Maning:
A special instrument to lift legs.
Context:
Doctors use the bolster to out the hot pack.
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Weekly Vocabulary Week Five
Word:
UNCLE WEIGHTS
Meaning:
Used for special treatment on the uncles.
Context:
A Physical Theraphist taught me.
Word:
CERVICAL HOT PACK
Meaning:
Used to put on the neck or legs to controll the pain.
Context:
Eveyday the doctors use these phrases.
UNCLE WEIGHTS
Meaning:
Used for special treatment on the uncles.
Context:
A Physical Theraphist taught me.
Word:
CERVICAL HOT PACK
Meaning:
Used to put on the neck or legs to controll the pain.
Context:
Eveyday the doctors use these phrases.
Thursday, March 19, 2009
The end of the fourth week of internships
What is this?
It is a hospital called Saint Vicent Hospital, located in Manhattan.
What kind of business is it and what kind of work do the professionals do there?
Here all the doctors are busy and taking care to patients who need help. I work on 6th floor with Physical Theraphist, They always are talking and treating patients that have problems wiht their body.
Tell a little about your mentor?
My mentor is very strict, but if you do everything that she says, she is friendly and so glad.
What kind of things have you done so far?
Since I started to work there, I follow PT(Physical Theraphyst) with the weelchair, put back all the thing that they use with patients. Sometimes I have to put some sheets to the laundry.
How long does it take you to get to your intership?
It takes about 1 hour, I take D train until West four.
When do you arrive home?
I arrive home at 5 Ocloc'k.
What is your schedule?
I work four days per week(Monday to Thursday). On frudays we have normal classes. I have to organize all my time.
What is something that you really like about the intership?
I like everything. But in special when I'm talking with Doctors or patients. When they give advices and tell stories about their lifes.
It is a hospital called Saint Vicent Hospital, located in Manhattan.
What kind of business is it and what kind of work do the professionals do there?
Here all the doctors are busy and taking care to patients who need help. I work on 6th floor with Physical Theraphist, They always are talking and treating patients that have problems wiht their body.
Tell a little about your mentor?
My mentor is very strict, but if you do everything that she says, she is friendly and so glad.
What kind of things have you done so far?
Since I started to work there, I follow PT(Physical Theraphyst) with the weelchair, put back all the thing that they use with patients. Sometimes I have to put some sheets to the laundry.
How long does it take you to get to your intership?
It takes about 1 hour, I take D train until West four.
When do you arrive home?
I arrive home at 5 Ocloc'k.
What is your schedule?
I work four days per week(Monday to Thursday). On frudays we have normal classes. I have to organize all my time.
What is something that you really like about the intership?
I like everything. But in special when I'm talking with Doctors or patients. When they give advices and tell stories about their lifes.
Sunday, March 15, 2009
My Third week
In my job I try to be always respectful. I'm prepared to do everything.
Each day I have to be in alert to their taks thatt they give me. I have to be fast, and ready to work. Once I was talking with a patient, she was 95 years old, her stories were very interesting, she talked like an angel, she was very friendly. Sometimes we felt sad because is horrible to be in situation like her. She said that actually she lives alone, all her members already died, for that she hope that one day she could be in the heaven with her family. I almost cryed. This day I learned that all the persons that work in a hospital have to be patient. Some patient are angry for everything, and others only need a person who listen them, like her, she was listening to the radio and when we arrived to her room she was happy with our company.
Thursday, March 12, 2009
My Second week
Since I started to work in intership, I had done many tasks. When I arrived to the office in which I see to my mentor I have to change my clothes, them I go to the hospital. I work on First floor REHAB, this section is for in-rehabilytation. I have to put back all the equipment that the doctors use wiht each patient, sometimes I have to help them transportating patients or following them with the wheelchair. I have to make hot packs(cervical,lumbar). In the hospital they have gyms in which they use to treat the patients, I have to be in alert all the time to have all the three gyms clean and ready to be use by doctors. I also have to send to the laundry all the dirty things. I like to be in the hospital for many reasons. I work with my classmate Allison, with the doctors and nurses, in fact there is a nurse who is friendly with us, she is telling us how she studied. All the people is friendly, they give good advices.
Thursday, February 26, 2009
First week of intership
Describe your mentor and the environment in the office you're working?
My mentor's name is Pat Cusack, she is so strict, we have to be on time always.
Describe your first thoughts when you arrived at your intership?
I was nervous and excited, because I was going to work in a hospital, and I didn't know how to work or how is going to treat me the other people who work in the same floor.
Describe your first day, from the first minute you arrived to the last minute you left?
In my first day I was happy because I was going to work with my classmate Allison, for me it is better, because I could learn whit her. When I left I was happy too, I saw to our mentor glad with aour job.
What are your goals for intership? What knowledge do you hope to gain? what skills do you hope gain?
I have many goals for intership, for example I want to see how doctors work, how they feel in the hospital. I hope to gain the oportunity to talk with doctors, nurses, patients. I hope to gain many skills, one is that I could see waht artefacts the doctors use.
Describe the types of work you have been doing so far, and any challenges that you have had?
I have been serving to patients, I was changing water or ice. I also have been talking with them, includying doctors. I think that my big challenge is that now I have to orginize better my time to do everything right.
My mentor's name is Pat Cusack, she is so strict, we have to be on time always.
Describe your first thoughts when you arrived at your intership?
I was nervous and excited, because I was going to work in a hospital, and I didn't know how to work or how is going to treat me the other people who work in the same floor.
Describe your first day, from the first minute you arrived to the last minute you left?
In my first day I was happy because I was going to work with my classmate Allison, for me it is better, because I could learn whit her. When I left I was happy too, I saw to our mentor glad with aour job.
What are your goals for intership? What knowledge do you hope to gain? what skills do you hope gain?
I have many goals for intership, for example I want to see how doctors work, how they feel in the hospital. I hope to gain the oportunity to talk with doctors, nurses, patients. I hope to gain many skills, one is that I could see waht artefacts the doctors use.
Describe the types of work you have been doing so far, and any challenges that you have had?
I have been serving to patients, I was changing water or ice. I also have been talking with them, includying doctors. I think that my big challenge is that now I have to orginize better my time to do everything right.
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