Personal Reflection On Fieldwork Placement

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I am very pleased with my experiences at this fieldwork placement right now. My fieldwork educator is great with students as she explains every little thing that she does with a client. I feel that I have learned about weaknesses that I did not know I had, and I will implement plans to improve them. I like the fact that some of my client’s programs are interwoven within my kinesiology class. It helps reinforce the material that I am trying to learn about in class. I think this fieldwork setting allowed me to calm my nerves, and will create better assumptions for later placements. I do want to be able to see the hydrotherapy that physical therapy practitioners work with a lot there. The occupational therapist told me that she did not like using

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