Soon after I joined the clinic as an intern, I met many of the patients and even went as far as taking them through their prescribed exercises and making sure they were using the proper form in order to get the most out of their workout. When I was demonstrating the movements it required a lot of my kinesiology background to kick in as well as my very basic understanding of anatomy. I also used both of these aspects when completing written reports for individual patients and filling out a form which is used in an app titled clinical. Many physical therapists use this app today in order to help take notes and gain a better understanding of their patients' specific needs and personal inquiries. I conducted many interviews with numerous patients using this app and asked them subjective, objective, and assessment based questions which all had to do with the specific route in which the PT would create a plan of care (POC) for the individual. A very humbling and odd reunion with my old high-school soccer coach also took form when I was given the task to interview him and worked with him putting him through exercise. It was extremely humbling and interesting to be the one teaching my old coach how to workout in the best possible manner and funny to me as the roles were seemingly reversed. This event really put into perspective how life-changing both PT and these internships will be for my future as an aspiring PT. This internship also helped me shape my goal for the next internship I will complete one that I hope will be on the physiological side of health and wellness. The type of understanding of the dimensions between mind over body and body over mind that were also exhibiting in the rigorous exercises I took each patient through at the clinic. I also had a lot of exposure to athletic training and the many different ways in which you can wrap a person which was one of my goals prior to beginning my internship. Along with the different wraps, I also learned how to properly ice a spine using a cervical hot pack and ice pack. All of these new tools will hopefully help me achieve my end goal of graduating and getting into graduate school.

After learning and working with both Paddy and Juan I would consider them to be two of my most important and influential role models in my life currently. Both of them share a positive viewpoint on their professional careers and interact with their clients as if they truly care about getting them back to full function which is very hard to find in today's industry. They are eager to help regain emotional and psychological strength as well as physical strength to every one of their patients as soon as possible. I deemed them the physical therapists and adult day care center because they truly do help people both emotionally and mentally during each visit. Every day I witnessed them change their patients' lives for the better and it inspired me. What amazed me the most about their work is that they would often have multiple patients at once and this did not interfere with their work nor did it interfere with their social interaction with each one of their patients. This also prompted their patients to interact with one another and made for a family like environment that I have never witnessed before in a professional setting. During my time at the clinic, I had the chance to meet many of the other employees who were graduate students at Sacred Heart.

One great learning memory I have is when I attempted to apply an ice pack to someone's knee after I took them through a workout. Right before I finished wrapping the ace wrap around the patient's knee my coworker notified me that I shouldn't wrap the ice around the kneecap in order to avoid ice burn. This event taught me about the importance of asking questions and using my resources because I could have possibly put the patient in danger if I had not been given the constructive and supportive criticism from my coworker. I also learned that every person inside the clinic I worked at utilized every minute they had helping a patient or scheduling a new one which was very helpful and motivating and gave me a great understanding of the work ethic expected at any physical therapy clinic.

What advice would you give to future students on picking their first internship?