Presenter: Olivia Gahwyler, Kinesiology, Global Public Health Scholars
For my Practicum for Global Public Health Scholars, I worked as an aid at my physical therapist’s office, Professional Physical Therapy. While working as an aid, I was required to work alongside my therapists and watch as he treats new patients. Also, I was responsible for assisting my therapist in monitoring the patient while they completed their exercises to ensure they were doing the exercise correctly and keeping form. While working with a patient, I also provided heat and ice for them before and after their treatment. The last task I had while I was working as an aid was to clean and keep maintenance of the therapeutic equipment, especially during Coronavirus where multiple are on and off of the machines each hour. I learned a lot of physical therapy and will be continuing my work as an aid over the summer of 2021.