This is your final week, and it is time to reflect
Clinical Experience-Situations Acquired Knowledge and Experiences with preceptor
Expectations
Initial Post:
Length: A minimum of 250 words, not including references
Citations: At least one high-level scholarly reference in APA from within the last 5 years
EXAMPLE
Clinical experience this term has been probably the best one thus far. I took away a lot of information from my preceptor. I felt like my knowledge was exceptionally more advanced and I was able to practice independently much more. An example of a situation was that because I have seen so many cases by my third clinical course, I noticed many repeat cases and was able to successfully decipher situations and make appropriate diagnoses. I felt like I acquired almost an intuition based on my previous experiences which helped me form a good understanding of patients. “The experienced clinician is reminded of a situation that occurred in the past when presented with a certain new situation. Research on intuition shows that it develops after a long experience in a particular setting and that it is based on unconscious thought that is probably an exquisite pattern matching” (Dunphy et al., 2019, p. 46). An example of this situation is when a person came in with similar symptoms of a cough but had GERD and I was able to differentiate the symptoms. Another example is with a patient who came in with chronic conditions like type 2 diabetes or hypertension and hyperlipidemia I knew in advance what the doctor will be prescribing. Using clinical practice guidelines also made studying much simpler and more understandable. “In the era of evidence-based medicine, clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) have become an integral part of many aspects of medical practice” (Vachhrajani et al., 2019). Using evidence-based guidelines helped mentor the patients and gain their trust as my education sources came from a valid perspective as well. Overall, this was probably the best term I have had so far.