Apologies on the late blog as i'm sure you all have been losing sleep over not seeing mine yet...i was having computer difficulties.
On my first prac i was in one of the large hospitals and i got myself into a bit of trouble because i was talking in a public area and did not realise who was listening. It was on my 3rd last day at the placement and i was speaking to another student about how the placement had gone because that student was taking my place the following week on the ward. I explained to him that it had been a quite enjoyable prac and that it was pretty cruisey. After the conversation i thought nothing more of it and had pretty much forgotten what i had even said.
But the next day my curtin clinical supervisor took a quiet moment to mention to me that i should watch what i say in public areas. At first i had no idea what she was talking about being oblivious to the fact that anyone was listening to my conversation the day before. My supervisor explained that one of the big bosses of the physio department had been walking past in a corridor and heard that i said the prac was cruisey, and had then spoken to my clinical suprevisor and was quite angry about what i had said. Luckily for me my supervisor had seen me over the previous weeks and had gotten to know my personality somewhat and that i was a rather laid back person and she explained to the big boss that it was not that i was saying the prac was slack and that i was doing no work, it was more an indication that it wasn't flat out every second of the day with no time to stop and breath. My supervisor told me that she had to spend 5-10 minutes calming the person down and reasoning with her that i was a motivated student who was working hard and not bludging and not to take what i had said out of context as she did not know my personality. My supervisor re-iterated to watch what i say and how easily a simple conversation heard by someone else could have made a successful prac a lot less successful and not only could i get my self into trouble in the short term, it would not help when looking to get jobs after graduating, especially when its the boss that hears you!!! I felt terrible that my supervisor had to get me out of such a situation and was thankful that she made the effort to help.
So basically what i'm getting at is the same message that i was given...be careful what you say in public areas...
i'l c u next week...same bat time, same bat channel
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Yeah i thinks that about right Dasho. I think as students were all expected to be busy and learning all the time and like you said you saying "cruisy" was most probably misinterpreted as you doing nothing which would be untrue. Good point to make.
Lucky escape with that one Dash...its lucky you didnt happen to be talking about one of your patients at the time. On that point, discussing what you've seen at prac during the day in the lunch room with other students, while being helpful to de-brief with peers, it can be quite a risky business.
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