Days 3 & 4

This post includes day 3 and day 4 for my mentor log hours. Day 3 consisted of more info about chiropractic. Dr. Cheng introduced more ideas and some more info about what he does with his patients. We talked about Malpractice which is as he described it "If a doctor or a chiropractor does not do his or her job and misses an injury that kept that patient from moving or worse death." That's what malpractice is. We looked at more files about his former patients to get an idea of how he dos his observations. I observed more patients who came in for their adjustments and their posture before and after their visit with Dr. Cheng.

Day 4 seemed like a non busy day for Dr. Cheng because he had no patients scheduled. He introduced me his idea for marketing, which is a simple greeting card and a refrigerator magnet that he will send to his patients around this years Christmas. Dr. Cheng really likes to explain what he talks about because he gave me a lecture about marketing. But I didn't mind because he wants people to understand what he is talking about and tries not to confuse them. Anyways I had to count the cards and organize them. Took me about 45 minutes to count 1023 cards and organize them neatly in a box and label each pile. After Dr. Cheng showed me something really cool, an actual MRI scan or picture or graph, I forgot what they are called. It was really cool seeing someone's spine and what that patient is having problems with. Dr. Cheng gave me another lecture between X-Rays and MRI and the main difference between them. I really learned a lot on Day 4 and I'm getting comfortable around my work place. Until next time....

-Ya Boii John!!

Time logged in: 2.5 hours (Day 3&4 combined)
Time in total: 5.5 hours

Day 2

This is a late post, these hours were done on Tuesday earlier this week. For day 2 of my internship at Dr. Cheng's office, we mainly discussed how he evaluates his patients before he physically treats them. He showed me a paper with some basic questions like "What do you feel?" or "What's hurting?" with diagrams so he can doodle what part of the patient's body is hurting. Dr. Cheng calls this his SOAP (Subjective Objective Assessment Plan) notes sheet. The sheet has five sections: Subjective is for finding out what is the patient is feeling, Objective is for what Dr. Cheng can infer based on his findings from the patient, Assessment is for the diagnosis that Dr.Cheng makes, Plan is for how he will treat these problems and give directions that the patient will follow to get better, and the last section is for the codes of the treatment to record data. Then I looked at old files he had in the back room and told me I could help him file them electronically and shred the papers soon. He left the office for a few minutes and I kinda took over for him but all I did was tell the patients that he was gone and he'll come back in a few. I did more observations on the patients and looked for minor details like how they looked after the treatment compared to how they looked before. This is a tool Dr. Cheng uses to tell if something positive happened to the patients and are on their way to recovery. Well that is it for now, at this stage its still pretty early for me to be watching an actual adjustment but in the future I'm sure I will experience it. Until next time.......

-Ya boii John!

Time logged: 2hrs
Time logged in total: 3hrs

Day 1

Today I visited Dr. Cheng's (my mentor) office after school. He asked me what I knew about chiropractic care and I told him my knowledge based on the research I did. Then, he gave me a tour of the work place and introduced me to the rest of the employees. He had to finish treating his patients so I had to wait for a few minutes. I sat on the massage chair he had in the office and it felt so good on my back. Dr. Cheng then asked me what I observed while waiting for him and I told him I was watching the fish in his aquarium. We shared a laugh and he told me that listening is a key tool he uses for determining what's wrong with his patients. He told more background info about Chiropractic care and why he loves it. I learned that this type of therapy has high benefits with low risk for patients. Basically seeing a chiropractor is safer than taking medicine. He explained that his work can help an injured athlete to get back to their game at 100% because he helps the recovery process to speed up. I asked him what he would like me to do in his office in the future and he told me I would most likely be just observing and organizing paperwork. He'll try to get me to watch one of his adjustments with his patients. I would like to do and learn more while working under Dr. Cheng in the future. That's all for now folks, until next time.....

-Ya boii John!

Time logged in: 1hr
Time logged total: 1hr