When deciding on my major, I knew there were two criterias: I did not want an office job and I wanted to have a positive effect on someone's life. I needed a job that would not leave me burnt out and sad, but instead show me that I'm making improvement in a patient that needs help with something so many take for granted. Being able to talk is something that normally comes naturally and is just expected. Being able to help with such complications and seeing my patient grow will be one of the most rewarding feelings. I also realize that speech does more than just help speech impediments but also swallowing studying and cognitive thinking. By going to Misericordia’s Speech Language Pathology camp over the summer I even learned that a Speech pathologist …show more content…
can work in a NICU on the feeding team and assist parents of premature babies how to correctly feed their child. I am a junior volunteer at the Carlisle Regional Medical Center, and through that opportunity I have been lucky enough to spend time with the outpatient therapist, Megan, who works there. While sitting in on one of her appointments, I had the privilege to meet an older gentleman who had suffered from a stroke and had extreme short term memory loss. When he walked into the room, I introduced myself, and Megan had told me to tell him two facts about myself. I told him that I played field hockey and I was also in the marching band. Every few minutes, Megan would ask him to recall the facts. The first few times he needed to be reminded, but slowly he seemed to retain the information.
The look of deep thought on his face and then the pure excitement when he remembered will be something that I will always remember. I can not wait to receive that feeling of satisfaction from my own patients. I have been able to observe a diverse range of patients. Every case is so unique and different I do not know how a Speech therapist could become bored with their work. By job shadowing I have also realized that a Speech therapist is not only there to just make the patient's issue better or disappear, because sometimes a patient will never fully recover. A speech pathologist is there to support in their stride towards success. It may take years and there may be setbacks, but I want my patients to be able to rely on me to be their when they achieve their goals. I chose to pursue a career in speech language pathology because I thought it covered everything I want for my future. I want to help. I want to make people smile and touch their lives. I want to make people's lives easier and more attainable. I want to give something that so many people take for granted, and I don't think, I know speech pathology will let me do just
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After comparing South Texas College, El Centro College, and Bryan College of Health Science based on my criteria of being a community college, admission requirements, and skills necessary, “ high school graduation, GED, and individual approval,” South Texas College would be the best choice on helping me pursue a career in Diagnostic Medical Sonography. Working in an environment that helps parents have the privilege to see what they are expecting on their way is valuable. However, becoming a registered sonographer is not an easy task because you need to have patient and make acceptable predictions. In fact,to become a sonographer you need an associate or bachelor’s degree in diagnostic medical sonographer, and get the training needed to participate with patients “ hands on”.
The first question many people will ask you when it comes to choosing a career is “why did you choose that career?” Debbie explained that she knew she wanted to pursue this career when she was younger she grew up in the same household of her grandmother after she had a stroke. Being an Occupational Therapist is about wanting to help someone gain back their independence and you have to want it as much as they do!
I sat in my child development class in a “brick and mortar” classroom setting. What was I doing there? I was extremely interested in what the professor was speaking on and what was being discussed. However, I was beginning to doubt whether I wanted to continue in my current field of study, Speech/Language Pathology. I no longer felt I was being fulfilled. There was something lacking. I talked to a few of my friends who mentioned how much money I would make as a Speech/Language Pathologist. I heard what they were saying, but somehow it just did not matter. I had to find the missing link…….
While doing my observations, at the outpatient and inpatient settings, I confirmed this is a career suited for my personality and abilities, where you get to teach patients how to recover and start from the beginning, and
All my life I have known that I wanted to be involved in the medical field. At first, I wanted to be a Physical Therapist. The only problem was, I wasn’t excited about my possible future career. Then, I got offered a job doing in home care. I then knew I wanted to widened
Occupational therapy is the career that I chose as my major and to do my research
I find occupational therapy to pique my drive to teach people valuable life skills as well as learn from those people and their experiences. Being an occupational therapist would allow me to have one-on-one interactions with patients and establish meaningful relationships over the course of time. It would also give me the dutiful privilege and responsibility of instilling confidence in others and helping them realize their full potential in self-suffiency. All of my personal experiences, challenges, educational backgrounds, and professional interactions have guided me toward pursuing my goals of gaining experience working in all populations, enabling patients to thrive in their daily lifestyle, and spread public awareness of what OT has
My initial exposure to the field of Occupational Therapy was not until my Junior year of college. While sitting in an auditorium for an Intro to Health Professions course, listening to a licensed occupational therapist describe her daily work tasks, I began visualizing myself in her position to see if this career would be fitting for me. Because of my life long interest in science coupled with my natural empathy towards people, I had known for a long time that I wanted to be in the health field but struggled to settle with the career choices I had initially been presented. As I imagined myself being an occupational therapist, my mind began to flood with ideas and aspirations of what I could accomplish in this field using the strengths I had been developing over the past 22 years of my life
... a patient down when they are scared. I know this career will not always be an easy one because you will come across some patients that can be combative, grumpy or scared and being able to learn how to communicate with them will make the process more smoothly. There will come a time when you come across a patient that will pull at your heart, as hard as it is I will have to keep my emotions in control but not so much so that I forget how to be gentle and caring with the patients because you may never know what their stories are.
1. Many people have multiple reasons why they want to be able to help others in their everyday jobs. My attraction to being a Speech Language Pathologist is because I want to be able to people overcome their speech problems. As a Speech Language Pathologist I want to be able to help people that have speech problems, overcome this problem and be able to be independent without needing the help of myself or other people that are trying to talk to them. I personally know their feelings and have actually been in their shoes to know how frustrating life can be trying to talk and have someone else talk for you.
During my demonstration speech, I was affected by my speech anxiety. Some of the viewable symptoms were the shaking of my hands and also the stuttering of speech. I was able to control myself and relax after I started getting into my information. I did use some of the suggested relaxation techniques to relieve my anxiety. Before I got up to speak I thought confident of myself to help give me courage and confidence.
To be a speech pathologist one needs to be an expert in all aspects of speech and communication as well as be able to efficiently interview, test, evaluate, treat, and work with a client. It is important to have the education along with this knowledge, however to really excel and to a great speech pathologist, there needs to be something more to stand out from the crowd; this being the drive and an individual’s strengths and charter traits. Three characteristics that I possess that I believe would make me a successful speech pathologist is my passion for children, adaptability, and creativity.
While growing up I had many ideas of what professional career I wanted to obtain, although until recent years, occupational therapy was not even a thought. It was not until my grandmother had a stroke that I even knew what occupational therapy was or entailed. I watched my grandmother participate in therapy leading her to learn how to tie her shoes again, and the things I thought were so simple as to dress herself again. It was during that time as high school graduation was approaching that I realized I wanted to be apart of that. I wanted to have a role helping others learn and exceed as she did because I seen how much joy it brought her. This experience opened my eye to the things we so often take for granted, that some people lose the ability of doing or lack the ability of doing. Throughout her journey of facing and overcoming these problems, it led me to a yearning to pursue this
I have always been fascinated in a career in the healthcare industry. I always wanted a job where I can work with people on daily basis and help them to recover and depend on themselves for daily living and working. I want to help people to improve their quality of life, mentally and physically, and that what occupational therapists do.
I have chosen to research about my future. I know that I want to major somewhere in Special education, but I am not sure where. I am going to research becoming a special education teacher and becoming a speech pathologist. Both are right down my path, but I am unsure of which suits me better. I am senior; therefore, this research is critical to the next step of my life. As of right now, I know a little about becoming a teacher. I have taken a class, Future Educators of Arizona, attended some conferences, and shadowed a teacher. I know that teachers get incredible joy in seeing the difference they make as students gain new insights, become more interested in a subject and learn about themselves. Becoming a speech pathologist will take more years of schooling and more classes in the science field. I am excited to learn more about each of these possible careers. I know for sure that the right career for me is in this field of becoming either a teacher or a speech pathologist.