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  1. Apr 2021
    1. he first assignment given to us was to perform research on a case study to find and present on the effects of lateral epicondylitis and the use of therapeutic activities and thermal modalities vs. only using thermal modalities while treating this client.

      Please rewrite this sentence for clarity

    1. of this is while on fieldwork at an inpatient rehab facility,

      One example was during my first week at an inpatient rehab facility when I worked with a client who had recently experienced a stroke.

    2. of self.

      I'm sorry you had these experiences, but I'm thankful too. I've experienced rejection and humiliation by my clients and their family members too. Trust that you have the best of intentions and their best interests at heart. You're right--these things do pass, and you do grow from them. I really appreciate your frankness in this reflection.

    3. nowing my weakness in documentation wasn't enough, so I made a point to target this skill and tackle it with practice, and I am getting better each and every day

      I'm not sure what you meant by the phrase, "knowing my weakness in documentation wasn't enough"

    4. I made goals throughout each fieldwork experience for me to aim towards achieving

      rewrite--perhaps, I made myself goals for each FW experience and held myself accountable to achieving them

    1. do the rickshaw

      "do the rickshaw" is a very specific phrase which outsiders would not understand...can you elaborate for the reader who may not be an OT or PT familiar with an inpatient environment?

    2. wheel-chair bound fo

      Personally I am not a fan of the phrase "wheelchair bound" after hearing the perspective of a physician in a wheelchair. He'd ask --"am I bound? tied up?" I could hear from his point of view that the phrase conjures up helplessness. Perhaps there's a better phrase?

    3. utilizing his motivation during occupation-based and client-centered interventions

      Can you simplify this long sentence? I am finding it difficult to understand what you really are trying to say. It sounds like a lot of jargon.

    4. While on my level II fieldwork at Arkansas Children's Hospital, I had a 4-year old cardiac patient who loved to communicate through silly words and songs so that's how I learned to communicate with her, however, when communicating with her mom, I was more professional, but also demonstrated more understanding and patience, spoke in laymen's terms, and demonstrated non-verbal listening techniques due to how emotional she was seeing her child in the hospital.

      This is well written and a wonderful example, however, it is a very very very long sentence. Can you break it up for improved readibility?

    1. and as I was beginning to transfer her from the wheelchair to the toilet I realized she had a fear of falling and was holding onto the armrests/me and she had no motor control of her lower extremities combined with her poor seated balance it was not safe for me to transfer her independently onto the toilet.

      Break this down into shorter sentences.

    2. g the food

      I love this picture. Please make sure to provide a statement that it was taken with permission of Kids Unlimited and the legal guardians of the children shown in the picture.

    3. who was difficult

      this is very judgmental. Was he difficult? Or could he have been angry, depressed, and hating life because he was in hospital? Could he have been confused? Please rephrase