Blog 16 - Independent Component 2 Approval

1. Describe in detail what you plan to do for your 30 hours.

• For my 30 hours, I plan to take an online class in Anatomy and Physiology. I will be taking this class on the Carnegie Mellon University website in which they offer free classes to take. Knowing anatomy and physiology is just one of the many education requirements needed  to get your degree in physical therapy. This class will teach me a lot about the anatomy of the body and this is extremely important in physical therapy!

2.  Discuss how or what you will do to meet the expectation of showing 30 hours of evidence.

• To show my hours, I will be keeping a log of everything I learn during every session. This way, I will show what I am actually learning throughout the whole process. I also will be able to take screenshots of any quizzes or tests I will take to show my progress throughout the whole class. 

3.  Explain how this component will help you explore your topic more in depth. 

• This component will really help me explore my topic more in depth because I don't know much about the body now, and taking this class will fix that problem. It's one thing to know how to act around children in pediatric physical therapy and how to make them do their exercises/stretches, but a whole other thing to know WHY you are doing those exercises and how that affects/helps a patient's body/disorder. This is possibly another answer I could use. 

4. Post a log in your Senior Project Hours link and label it "Independent Component 2" log.

• https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1XypT3oTppXYuirmBN9VZXjMhynEhiQra8tdKqh8Irm0/edit?usp=sharing

Blog 8 - Independent Component 1 Proposal

1. Describe in detail what you plan to do for your 30 hours.

• For my 30 hours, I plan to do an extra 30 hours at my mentorship. I am going to be doing my mentorship at Casa Colina, a very big rehabilitation center. Because of its size, the extra hours will allow me to explore and volunteer in many areas of the center. These areas can include pediatrics, sports, women's health, orthopedics, neurology, geriatrics, and cardiovascular. I am not quite sure yet as to what exactly I will be doing there, however, I know I will get a hands-on learning experience. 

2. Discuss how or what you will do to meet the expectation of showing 30 hours of evidence. 

• To meet the expectation of showing 30 hours of evidence, I will keep a log of each day I spend volunteering and what exactly I did during those hours. This will go in my mentorship log and will prove my volunteering there. 

3. Explain how what you will be doing will help you explore your topic in more depth.

• I think these extra hours of volunteering will definitely help me explore physical therapy in more depth. Because I get to volunteer in all these different areas, I will get to know what it's like to work in them and this will help me figure out what I want to specialize in if I do decide to pursue this career in the future. I hope to experience a little bit in each of these areas of my mentorship, so that I can get a better understanding of the field as a whole.

4. Update your Senior Project Hours Log. 

• Done.