Personal Narrative: Geraldine Baptist

Today’s goal was to introduce me to the site, the people that work in my department, the resources available to workers, and current projects. My volunteer supervisor, Geraldine Baptist, showed me around the hospital, specifically where I would normally sign in and sign out, the cafeteria, and the Occupational/Physical therapy outpatient department. Upon arrival at the OT/PT department, Ms. Baptist introduced me to the front desk secretary, Mauracell, a sweet, openhearted young lady. Mauracell warm welcoming made me extremely comfortable, and all anxiety was put to ease. Mauracell showed me around the office and work center, then introduced me to each person present and gave me a description of what types of things they work on. To my surprise, there were three graduate students, pursing a career in either OT or PT who were interns and under the supervision of certified therapist. After introductions, I was assigned to Maggie Manki Lee, a certified Occupational Therapist. Maggie was very friendly, and seemed very excited to work with me after mentioning that I want to be an OT and certified lymphedema therapist. Along with Maggie, there was an intern from Stony Brook graduate program, Razanoor (Noor) Ram, who was in training as an OT and allowed the privilege to work with patients. Maggie briefly explained that I was allowed to observe her while working with patients, …show more content…
27th Today I was able to work with Noor and learn how to make a splint. A splint is a piece of medical equipment used to keep an injured body part from moving and to protect it from any further damage. Maggie demonstrated how to properly create a splint, and then Noor was evaluated on his recreation. He used me as his model, which was very fun and also educating. Splinting is very difficult, because it has to be very comfortable for the patient. After a couple difficult attempts, he was able to successfully create a proper splint on my forearm, which I was able to keep for personal