Knee Injury Case Study

1. When asked to work in pairs for a group project for high school exercise science class, my partner (lets call her Jen for example purposes only) and I got into a very large conflict. It was a project that dealt with knee injuries in sport, and we both had to pick an injury and discuss the causes and rehab solutions for the injury as well as construct a bone joint model for the injury (we choose knee injuries). Jen was taking this course for fun and did not have past experiences with knee injuries. On the other hand, I was on several sports teams for the school and had knee injuries. Plus, I had been planning on going into kinesiology while Jen was going into math for university.

The conflict arose when I wanted to do most of the work in order to assure that we get the best mark possible, while Jen felt like I did not trust her. As the project commenced, she was …show more content…
a) Using what I have learned regarding the Intent-Action-Effect model, I should not have assumed that, since Jen is not attending university in the field of healthcare, she does is not knowledgeable in this field at all. I should have let her finish her part of the project and kindly explain how she could have changed some areas in order for us to attain a higher mark. I would have to make sure that I am not criticizing her entire part but rather acknowledging what parts are correct and what may be altered. This will ensure that my positive intent will result in a positive effect on Jen.

b) If I were to approach Jen differently than before, I would say “We should work on the entire project together, and if we have any concerns with each others’ work, we can correct each other as we go along. This is to ensure that we make minimal mistakes and get the highest mark possible”. By clearly stating my intentions of correcting each other in order to get the highest mark possible, along with kindly correcting Jen, the effect will be more positive than my previous approach (which resulted in a