Day 14 &15 (super late post) last days

I came in for day 14 on March 7, 2013 and came in for day 15 on March 14, 2013. I came really close to finish my hours and I only had a few visits left with my mentor. After that, he seemed like he doesn't want me to do anymore hours after 25. The reason why I put these two days on the same post is because I did the similar this on both days. I filed papers like the usual and only got to see one patient get an adjustment during each days, so it was a slow day. After finishing those hours, Dr. Cheng thanked me for my help and told me to come back to his office if I ever needed anything for my presentation. I enjoyed working with Dr. Cheng and it was interesting how he does his work. He got me thinking about taking this course in college and pursuing this career after college. Until next time....
-Ya boii John!

Time logged in: 3 hrs
Time total logged: 25 hrs

Day 13 (super late post)

On February 28, 2013 I spent my 13th day shadowing Dr. Cheng. I did the usual of removing staples from old files. He asked me to compare a patient who came in for an adjustment to another patient who both had similar injuries. Then he told me how he would handle this situation. He told me how much pain both are experiencing and what they can and can't do like they can't lift heavy objects at work (this would affect them because they would not be able to provide for their families). Dr. Cheng did a physical on the patient and he could not bend down to touch his toes because his back was in so much pain. Then he placed electrodes  and a heat pack to relax the muscles. After this treatment, the patient could walk better than before and he said his back felt a lot better. Today, Dr. Cheng expanded my knowledge on this type of field and made me more interested at it. All for now....
-Ya boii John!

Time logged in: 2 hrs
Time total logged: 22 hrs

Culminating Blog Reflection: Working in a Chiropractor's office

Upon shadowing my mentor Dr. Patrick Cheng, my critical thinking, communication, collaboration and creativity skills were tested. I used my critical thinking on the observations I made of the patients. Dr. Cheng would ask me what I observed and would make me compare his patients before and after a back adjustment. He had me stationed at the front desk of his office and this gave me the chance to be social with his waiting patients. Dr.Cheng told me to get to know his patients because social skills are important on his career field. Becoming social with strangers is difficult for me because I'am shy around them, but if I get to know them better I feel more comfortable being around them. He would sometimes let me watch him do a live back adjustment and after he would ask if I had any questions which always had me thinking.

Although the majority of time I worked at Dr. Cheng's office was spent filling papers, I gained knowledge about being a Chiropractor after watching his demonstrations. My social skills also improved because earlier working at the office, I would smile at the patient but overtime I started to have small talk with the patients. I also probably gained finger strength by using the manual staple remover almost everyday I worked there. I learned that their is an administration side to chiropractic care and it is very boring. Dr. Cheng has to handle a lot of records and he keeps them in a back room. I had to get them prepared to get scanned so the files are in his computer. Before I did my physical project, I did not know this about being a chiropractor. I always thought it was only massaging people. I definitely learned more about this profession after completing the physical project.

 I had some challenges that I had to overcome while working with my mentor. I was good with meeting up with Dr. Cheng because he and I planned the schedule of when to meet up with him before I started my hours. I would say that the hardest thing to do was meeting my mentor on Saturdays because that is his busy day and Dr. Cheng wants me to see what goes on during a busy day. Luckily, I got to see what his busy days were like since I picked the day that Dr. Cheng had a lot of patients. Transportation was a slight problem because I would walk from school to my house then go to my mentor, but it wasn't a big problem because his office was only about 3 blocks away from my house. I had trouble being social because talking to strangers was not my skill. Overall I had fun and I learned a lot while working with Dr. Cheng. I'am actually considering this as a career after college.