Dangerous Opinions!!!!!!

Hi Guys,

My apologies for the late entry - the public holiday kind of threw me!!! As we approach the mid-way mark of our third and final placement of the semester, an interesting issue has been playing on my mind. This thought is based on my amusement that us as stressing physio students, often let the talk of other students influence how we interepret different academic situations. More specifically, I refer to how prior to me attending my musculoskeletal outpatients clinic and for the good part of the initial two weeks of the prac, I was completely terrified about how I was going to cope with the demands of the placement. Other students had told me the case-loads are massive, the notes take forever and the overtime hours sepnt organising my day would be unbearable. My fear based on these assumptions however was uncalled for.

After getting used the placement, I have found that I rarely spend additional hours at the hospital, my case-load is comfortable and I have learnt the best ways to efficiently organise my days. The supervisor is very supportive and I rarely feel out of my depth with the vast erray of patients that I see.

The thing I find quite annoying about this issue is that I managed to allow myself to get upset about an experience without actually experiencing it. I'm not sure what the rest of you guys think, but I often feel that the undue hysteria within our little physio community can sometimes cause those stressors among us, to become extremely overwhelmed. For the rest of my up-coming placments, I'm going to try desperately hard to block out these dangerous opinions and focus on my own preparation and abilities independently. If anyone else has some strategies to deal with this kind of issues, please share!!!

Thanks guys,
Kate.