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My Clinical Uniform. (looking stupiid in it :P)


A shot taken when I was studying Generic Anatomy - a subject taken by all nursing and rehabilitation science students. Previously, this subject was not taken by Physiotherpy students, our department decided to try it out on our batch to find out its usefullness. It basically is a simplified version of Human Anatomy which requires us to finish the whole Anatomy including all the systems in our body in One Semester.Well,it is basically ignored by us PTs because we are going to study all the things in great details in Functional Anatomy.

As I have mentioned before, a full set of bones are assigned to us and the picture above shows the skull bone.It really does facilitate my learning!

Saturday,November 12, 2007
Korean Class.
Went to Tai Koo to meet up Daddy's Third Aunt.

Aquarium below her house! Here is some Nemo Fishes.

Sunday, November 11, 2007
Physiotherpay Class Action Project

This is a community-based project that allows me to observe older adults. I'll need to obersve how these individuals function in a given environment. The functional status of an individual can be affected by different physical or psychosocial factors. The 4 general components to an individual's funcational status includes
1) Physical Factors - activities if daily living, walking, climbing stairs
2) Mental Function - intelligence, conginitive abilities, memory
3) Emotional Function - motivation, ability to adapt, coping with life such as stress, anxiety, satisfaction
4) Social Function - interactions with family and community and any economic consideration

I personally find this very meaningful, it allows me to see things that I never could have take notice of. For instance, we can know the cognitive status of a person by looking at the calenders on the wall, the clock etc. This is also my first time trying to understand so deeply about human facial expression and the way they act and talk.


0900- Gathering area @ Aberdeen.


Gals I see almost everyday without fail.:)


The Goodies Bags given by the Association for the elderly we are going to visit. It contains the ancient kind of calender with the big numbers on it.


Before that, we were briefed on the procedures for the home visit, the things we should record and convert and the exercies that we should teach them. Here is a video of KEN KEN and HAY HAY demonstrating on the things we should say when we approach the elderly.

1100am - Travel to Lee Tung Estate


The POPO in the front is the first elderly that I met! (Details held confidential, to be revealed later)
Notice the walls between us, that's the width of the house.

I went to two other homes after lunch.
I really felt pity for one paticular POPO. It seems that she has been cursed by all tragedies in the world. At the time when I was talking to her, she cried for several time. It saddened me for quite some time but at the time, it made me realised how blessed I am and recognised the need of being filial.

Her tragic life started when she lost her husband after 6 years of marriage.When she was around 30 years old, her vision started to get blur and she couldn't see at night. It was until around 50 years old that she began totally blind. Due to the lack of education and training, she was not able to work and go outdoor from then onwards. She was not taught to ambulate as a blind individual and hence has been locked in the house for this 30 over years (currrently 82). The only place that she visits very often is the hospital as she has problems all over her body.The following is her medical conditions:

1) Surgical removal of the uterus and the ovary done
2) Ulcers in stomach causing her great discomfort in taking antibiotics
3) Stroke on the right side of the body
4) Arthritis of joints throughout the body. Joints swollen, causing chronic pain.
5) In the recent month, skin infection on the skin. Conditions worsen as wound deepens and increase in surface area.

Just this month, there is a nurse that visits her everyday to bring her to the clinic to change her wound. This is the time where she can buy a packet of food that could last for her 2 meals ahead. Ironically, she is staying with her son and family; however, they are not providing them with the daily needs or even a meal. In addition, the government is also threatening to cut her monthly sum given to her due to the fact that she is staying with her family. One really cannot imagine the consequences.

We had a sharing session after that.

Thursday,November 13, 2007
Commerce of my Jazz Dance! Feeling sexy? Feel my power? Two words - simply cool.

Wednesday,November 14, 2007

One of our Biomechanics Tutorial. Freddei on a ECG - Testing on muscle activity on both side of the limbs with different movement initiated.

Commence of Yogalates @ 0700pm. A form of relaxation. Over--stretched my muscles though.

Thursday,November 15, 2007
Kowloon Hospital - Buddy attachment.

Hydrotherapy pool of KH.

CPR on Adults.

CPR on Babies.
My 2.5 months of First Aid lessons had finally ended this week! :) Can't wait to finish the exam coming next next week.
It was also the finale for my social dance. Ended up dancing Waltz will 0945pm.

Friday - today.
Anatomy Lab- completed the whole body at last, leaving with the cervical region.
PPTP- Finished ROM n MMT of upper limb.
STARS till 1030pm.


Some weeks back, my room mate and I actually cooked! :) A picture to remember the fun and joy.