Ive found that ive had a bit of a problem with my neuro superviser in regards to how much she expects from me. Shes been working in neuro for 25 years and when I had my mid placement i'd had only a week and a half of experience in neuro. Shes very vague with her questioning and most of the time before I got a chance to answer she'd jump in and reel off all these things. When we were with the patient she told me to take the lead but then she jumped in and took over. so this left me feeling pretty insecure because I didnt know if she was taking over because shes just like that or if I was doing something completely wrong and she took over cos she thought I didnt know what I was doing. So for the rest of the treatment session I was really unsure of who was supposed to be in control because there were certain things I wanted to do but it was very clear that she wanted to do different things.
I guess im not really sure if she expects me know everything she was talking about or whether she was just bringing it to my attention and trying to teach me because she has so much experience. To top it all off I had my assessment on wednesday and she told me she would come back in friday when she was seeing another student to give me my feedback. So I spent 2 days stressing over it! When we finally went through my feedback I asked her what her expectations of me were, and she said that by the end of the placement I should be working at the same level as a new grad because essentially thats what I would be. She also said that she understood that she will talk and talk for ages if she gets the chance and that she cant help but jump in because shes a clinician and a lot of neuro supervisers are like that. She admitted that sometimes she does get a little caught up because she forgets that shes not the one taking in all the information so she does tend to overload people at times.
This made me feel a lot more comfortable and hopefully next time she comes in I will feel a little more confident in what I am doing knowing that if she cuts in its not necessarily because im doing something wrong, its more that when she sees a learning experience she will take advantage of it. Fingers crossed I dont fail my very last prac!!!
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Hey Brooke, I had Neuro first, and exactly the same situation. My advice is try not let her take over as much (if possible - wasnt in my case) because i got to my final assessment and it was disjointed and i got caught off track a few times because i wasnt sure when she was going to intervene, and even when she didnt found me doubting myself because i hadnt consolidated confidence in my ability to treat neuro patients.. hoe that helps - good you had a chat with her but, and im sure you'll be fine
I think that sometimes towards the end of the year the supervisors expect more of us on our pracs in their areas as we are nearly completion of the course. And in some aspects of our skills we should be better but they forget that we have never done neuro before and seem to expect us to know a greater amount later in the year compared to earlier in the year. if that makes sense
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