Mentorship

Week 3.30
Malia Bryan
BENCHMARK PHYSICAL THERAPY

Mentored: BenchMark Physical Therapy in Oakwood

Mentors: Barrett, Cody, and Ashlynn

EXPECTATIONS

★ My expectations were met!!

★ Coming into my mentorship I wanted to mainly get an
idea about how physical therapy works and if it was
something I would potentially be interested in
pursuing.
★ Not only did I realize that they have better hours but it
is not as boring as I always thought it would be.
ACTIVITIES

★ I completed my first day!

★ I learned to clean the beds!
★ I learned to do their laundry.
★ I met tons of new people.
★ I learned more about acupuncture.
★ I observed some fun therapy treatments.
★ I helped complete some first introduction tests.
★ I was able to watch people graduate from therapy.
★ I was able to observe some of their weekly meetings and how those work.
★ I also learned a few of the patients workouts and was able to help them all
on my own.
LESSONS LEARNED
★ I think one of the most important lessons I learned is
the need for confidence. It takes a lot to meet people
you have never met. Which was an ongoing theme in
BenchMark there were new patients everyday. It was
important to be outgoing and be able to shake a and
and introduce yourself.
★ I think the second most important lesson I learned was
that not everyone is going to be nice. There was
instance where a deaf women had come in and she
was very displeased with everything. I tried to help her
but she just got more upset. I felt terrible and like I had
messed up. My mentors assured me that I was not in
MOVING FORWARD

★ After everything I have learned and the experience I

have gained I hope to be able to find use for it all in my
future. Not only did I learn from the therapists but from
working with people in general. I think a lot of my
personal skills I have learned through my time as a
mentor are valuable to anything I decide to do in the
future. Through all of the good and the bad every
lesson I learned, I plan to carry that new gained
knowledge with me wherever I go!