Reflective Practitioner
Mission Statement, Resume Highlights, Leadership
The Beauty of Reflection
“Somewhere between the bottom of the climb and the summit is the answer to the mystery why we climb.” -Greg Child
Ongoing reflection during education and clinical experiences:
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Provided me an awareness of what kind of clinician I wanted to be
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Allowed me to make necessary changes and develop more fulfilling goals
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Allowed me to identify my strengths and weaknesses
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Helped me develop stronger, more attainable goals
Thoughtful Actions - “Apply yourself everyday to just becoming a little bit better”
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Set up all of my service opportunities to challenge myself in areas I had room to improve upon
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Took electives in order to make me a more helpful clinician
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Pursued my CSCS certification in order to better help prescribe exercises for my patients
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Attend additional trainings and conferences.
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Self-evaluation and outlined goals for my personal and professional development
Mission Statement
"I am a physical therapist who demonstrates excellence by continually striving to provide the safest and most effective treatment for my patients through the utilization of current best evidence. Through compassion, I am a physical therapist who attentively listens to each patient in order to best address their specific goals and needs. As a competent physical therapist, I continually use my clinical expertise to create optimal interventions designed to help my patients return to a life of health and meaning. I am an optimistic physical therapist who continually motivates and inspires my patients. I am an innovative physical therapist who recognizes how far we have come as a profession, and will continually strive to take this profession even farther by identifying current barriers, and then developing creative strategies to address them."
Highlights:
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Excellence
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Compassion and Competent
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Optimistic and Innovative
Growth:
Work shopped my mission statement while at Regis
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1st mission statement
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Wrote what was expected of me
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Didn't see the value, initially
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Waited until the last minute
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Mission Statement now
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What I value professionally
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What kind of clinician I strive to be
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Focus shift: what can i do for others rather than what others can do for me.
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Future mission statement (in progress)
Resume Highlights
Professional Development:
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Attended multiple APTA and AAOMPT conferences and joined sections of interest
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Collaborated with other healthcare professionals and attended lectures in the community
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Variety of service opportunities
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Took continued education classes during my clinicals in order to better serve the athletic population
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Took and passed CSCS exam
Clinical Experience Inservices/projects:
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CE2 - IHC Provo
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"Funding Resources for Patients with Amputations" inservice and patient handout
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CE3 - Peak Physical Therapy and Wellness
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"Adverse Neurodynamics" inservice
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CE4 - Cascade Physical Therapy
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Helped produce a clinic-specific home exercise video library
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Leadership
"Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail" -Ralph Waldo Emerson
1st Year LPI Results
Strengths (and How I Progressed Them Further)
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Enable Others to Act
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Held weekly meetings with CI in order to make sure we were always on the same page.
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Strived to find ways to increase HEP compliance through video library and emails.
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Encourage the Heart
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Weekly follow-up emails with patients.
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Complimented my CI on her goals and accomplishments.
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3rd Year LPI Results
Weaknesses (and How I Improved Upon Them)
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Model The Way
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High standards both in and out of the clinic.
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Became a CSCS; attended additional CE during rotations.
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Challenge the Process
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Asked to lead the treatment on complex patients, despite my lack of comfort at times.
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Asked for additional homework from CI in order to continually grow.
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Intercultural Development
!st Year IDI Results
3rd Year IDI Results
Goals:
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Increase my awareness on my own cultures influence on my world view
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I will become more familiar with the impact long-term acute care can have on a previously independent individual
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I will become more familiar with the impact eating disorders can have on the lives of individuals who are fighting to manage the addiction each and every day.
Action Plan:
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Made a list of 5 personal values that influence my lifestyle and behavior choices.
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Took the opportunity to really get to know the individuals whom I treated on a daily bases. Decided to ask questions regarding personal lives outside of the injury without judgment.
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Subscribed to online articles regarding addictions in general, in order to better advocate for my patients in a holistic way.