I came in to the hospital around 1, since I had put in a number of my hours on Tuesday. I was surprised at the number of staff & interns who noticed that I hadn’t been there in the morning. It actually felt nice. Midterm (/Final) Discussions Up to this point I haven’t written much [...]

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After a discussion with Pinky and Tish I decided to come in for a few hours on Tuesday so that I could be involved with Mr. W’s (see Week 5) evaluation. Most of the patients I’ve seen and interacted with have been stroke or hip replacement patients, and I really wanted to learn more about [...]

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Start of the Day; talking with OTs & patients This week Pinky suggested I talk with some of the OTs to get a better feeling for patients with broader issues (as I’ve mostly worked with stroke patients & patients with upper extremity issues).  When I arrived I started talking with Elana, who was working with [...]

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This week was mostly devoted to finishing up the activity box (see week 3 for more information on the specific modifications I was working on); I brought in the handles, colored circles, paint, and other odds and ends to complete the projects I had planned. Activity Box The progression here isn’t completely true to time, [...]

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From my journal notes at the beginning of my third week: “I think issues I’m having with projects are ‘perceptual’; I’m missing something — it should be easy, I think, to come up with a list of activities using current tools & objects at the gym… but what do patients need? what are the primary [...]

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