2015 is a year of change for me. Firstly, i started my journey in MyPhysio in 2015. I took a leap in my career path, from being in a 'comfort zone' environment to a new environment. I am challenged to grow from my own level and everyone is different. It is an interesting journey as I have been challenged to explore that there are many ways in doing things, hence I have learnt that there can always be more than one option to achieve a goal. There isn't just one option in handling things as in there isn't only just one way to reach a destination. I have learnt to weigh out the options and choose the best option. It is important to think through things before an action is taken and as you spend more time in thinking through, the solutions seems to surface clearer.
2015 is also a year that I have achieved quite a few things. I am proud to say that I am now a Certified DNS Practitioner. It is an achievement for me as the journey in learning DNS started a few years back. i have completed the courses and exams abroad in USA, Canada & Prague. As I apply DNS more in my practice, I learnt to look beyond the condition of the patient and more on the biopsychosocial aspect of the patient by holistic approach which is necessary in current medical field. I learn to see the connection and treat patient in a more functional way.It has been a great learning curve for me. I am very glad that i am able to use this approach to enhance my treatment skills and to give better quality treatment for my clients. I helped organised the first DNS course by MyPhysio this year. It was a success and very encouraging to see many physiotherapist being exposed to DNS.
2015 has been a year of discovering and thinking through and I think it is time to put things in action and move forward. I look forward for new challenges that await me in 2016!
Love,
Jacinta Lee Lai Yoong
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2015 January, I became part of MyPhysio. It's a new learning curve for
me- from an established private hospital to a private specialist physiotherapy
centre; from a senior junior hierarchy corporate world to a mentor mentee
relationship environment; obviously I prefer the latter. For me, a mentor has
the ability to influence the new junior to this upcoming industry for the
benefit of our patients who put their trust in us. Of course I have a very good
working environment, that's the reason I see myself growing. Within one year, I
have been groomed in and out, my mind-set (be it personal and professional), my
attitude and even my writing skill!
I'm sure you will be asking what about my clinical
knowledge or skills? That comes later. We believe, when you have a level 5 mind-set
(from a scale of 1 to 5), automatically the level of clinical knowledge or
skills will be elevated to the level of mind set. Of course we go for courses
to keep ourselves updated. A skilled/in depth mind set prepared me to look at
my patients as a person who comes from different walks of life rather than just
see the patient with the condition alone. If I were to just focus on the condition
alone, flip some pages to refresh my memory and all will go well to treat a
condition. But what challenged me was to be able to understand my patients with
their frame of mind and meet their expectations with my patient care
strategies. Providing my physiotherapy services to patients who now pay from
their own pockets (as majority of our patients do not claim from insurance or
companies) was a totally different situation compared with my last workplace. I
never realized this important element when I was in hospital setting. I thought
being a good physiotherapist was to make my patient feel pain free so they
could be discharged. I didn’t engage with my patients and I had less empathy
for my patients previously. Now, their recovery and their wellness have become
a part of who I am. Here, in MyPhysio I'm empowered to deal with expectations
instead of just conditions, isn't it magical? Indeed it is to me.
My attitude…I could feel the changes in myself!
Most of the time I won't feel the change in me till somebody tells me so,
that's influence. But now
constantly I feel I take the initiative to change the way how I handle things,
which is an improvement for me. I can feel the changes in me, because it is my
desire to change and improve coming from within. My desire is to
PROGRESS personally from within me and not depending on external motivation.
The limitation of depending on external motivation from my surrounding for
personal Progress is that it tends to fade after a while and so I need to keep
looking for new external motivations.
You must be wondering why writing skill? I often
speak faster than my mind thinking and processing time. In writing my thoughts,
I have to think, plan, process, and correct my ideas and words. These four
steps really made me slow down when the time came for me to express myself
regardless in writing or verbally. The context is important, how to present it
is important. Whether the context is understood or acceptable is important. All
these come from the four steps I mentioned above. Patience and detail are the
keys, I'm improving through these invisibly.
2015, I can see myself this far after I have
become part of MyPhysio, how about you in your 2015?
Love,
Shane Shing Mun Yin
