New and Improved: RMT to Be

Hear ye, hear ye, for I am back again with another blogpost about my many ginormous steps toward my life as an RMT.

It’s been a fair bit of time since my last post, and I’ve got a sneaking suspicion that you’re in for a short one today folks. Not too much has changed since last time. Courses are going swiftly, and although some are providing little to no expansion on what I already know, others are doing quite the opposite (geeze, Clinical Techniques, am I right?)

In truth, I haven’t really “learnt” much in the way of new or exciting group skills, study strategies, note-taking techniques or tips and tricks to help me along. To be fair, this isn’t my first time wrestling with a post-secondary institution, and many of the techniques for better learning presented by my Professors aren’t quite groundbreaking. But they do offer them with resolve, and passion, and THAT is what I appreciate. I’ve come to learn that a large portion of my peers prefer the group education method, where working together to better the self is the name of the game. Myself, I prefer the solo act. Queue cards, silent study, practice exams and re-reading and combing the many pdfs and documents are all ways that I prefer to get my education.

Given that I clearly see myself as ahead of the curve (a slippery slope to being conceited, but I try my best to cool it), most would think that this is where the blogpost ends, and I sign off, looking into the night as a pat myself on the back.

False.

This is where I “wow” the crowd, and make an unexpected twist.

I fully intend to participate in all the activities, group assignments, study sessions, and the like, to cover my own conceited butt, and assure everyone in my life (especially myself) that I am dedicated to becoming an RMT, whose education and abilities are beyond stellar. I intend to look at group work and case studies as they are designed, to prepare me for dealing with patients and real world problems, that as an RMT, I will most definitely face. Forcing myself to adjust, and add some learning techniques will be challenging, and isn’t that the point? No amount of greatness occurred for zero resistance.

So, it’s time to look forward, apply the skills I’m being taught (whether I think I know them or not), and by god do my best to get to class on time. It’s going to be a good few years of education, and the best way to apply myself, is to get out of my own way. Short post finished.

TTFN