“What is your name? No, no, what brings you here today? Wait I am supposed to already know that. O.K, I’ll introduce myself first and take it from there”. Those were literally my thought the second before I entered the door to meet my client. My palms were so sweaty I was kind of embarrassed to shake my client’s hands. Then I thought to myself, let’s just make the most out of it and get the needed information. It can be tricky to know exactly what you are supposed to do in an assessment because not every time it is going to be the same; it is going to vary depending on the client and the scenario.
Anxiety would be the perfect word to describe the start of my assessment. Who would think that even preparing yourself with time before the assessment, you would never know what is that you are going to encounter. My experience was just as a rollercoaster. I would be so confident at some point, then so shy, then scared because I did not want to ruin anything. I believe worrying so much about …show more content…
Because as I thought I learned everything in the classroom, this role play proved me wrong. There is never a thing such “I already learned everything I needed to” because the truth is wherever you go you learn different things, and the funny thing is all of them are relevant for practice. Indeed, I learned from the scenario that I would encounter different patients in real life, also from the feedback given by the client, I learned how he perceived me and on what areas I need to improve. Then, something I would never think of mentioning is that style in how you practice does really make a difference. Client pointed out that because I was someone who looked at him in the eyes, treated him no less than anybody, was empathetic and used a little bit of humor, he would not have talk to me like he did at the end; he mentioned that he would probably be still quiet and serious leaving a huge gap of
Anxiety would be the perfect word to describe the start of my assessment. Who would think that even preparing yourself with time before the assessment, you would never know what is that you are going to encounter. My experience was just as a rollercoaster. I would be so confident at some point, then so shy, then scared because I did not want to ruin anything. I believe worrying so much about …show more content…
Because as I thought I learned everything in the classroom, this role play proved me wrong. There is never a thing such “I already learned everything I needed to” because the truth is wherever you go you learn different things, and the funny thing is all of them are relevant for practice. Indeed, I learned from the scenario that I would encounter different patients in real life, also from the feedback given by the client, I learned how he perceived me and on what areas I need to improve. Then, something I would never think of mentioning is that style in how you practice does really make a difference. Client pointed out that because I was someone who looked at him in the eyes, treated him no less than anybody, was empathetic and used a little bit of humor, he would not have talk to me like he did at the end; he mentioned that he would probably be still quiet and serious leaving a huge gap of