Hi everyone,
So its been a while..
Last week I started my clinical placement at The Champion Center with a dietition, and we had a couple of children one who had Down Syndrome and another with a rare genetic disease that I can't tell you here due to privacy and confidentiality issues.
The placement won't just be random.. I am expected keep records in a diary about what goes on during sessions.. I have a clinical supervisor, Dr. Patricia Champion, and an academic supervisor, Dr. Kathleen Liberty, whom I will be periodically meeting to talk and discuss the things that happen. Also am expected to write reports and research papers on the placements as well as being part of the interventional teams in at least three cases.
It sounds really exciting... the only two problems that I am facing is that I will need to buy formal clothes to go with the nature of the work.. also transportation as the center is next to Burwood Hospital outside Christchurch city, and in order to get there I had to take 3 buses, crossing roads and walking under the rain. I left home at 7 am, and got there at 9.15 !! And I look filthy and wet when i got there!! Something you really need to avoid on your first day at work!!
Thats just silly... I need to work this thing out...
So yeah... its getting even more interesting now... and I must say, the kind of support that the teaching staff and my supervisors are providing is really overwhelming... they are as sweet as it gets.. couldn't ask for better, especially after the earthquake and the difficult times we had.
I will be back in few days to write about the recent events after the death of OBL.. till then, take care :)
