Professional Appearance

Body Language and Impressions

You never get a second chance ....

Scenario

You are walking across a park following a concert, and step in a hole, fracturing your tibia.

The friends that you are with can tell that the circulation to your foot is bad, and your foot is starting to get purple.

Fortunately, one of your friends has a cell phone and calls 911.

After 10 minutes of agony and becoming increasingly closer to fainting, you finally hear the sound of the ambulance.

You think to yourself how fortunate that you will get good emergency care immediately…

Meet Ronald, the EMT

Scenario

You and your family are taking your grandmother to the assisted living home across town.

Everyone is on edge about this move, and how grandma will feel about her new surroundings.

As you pull in the parking lot, everything looks so nice and well kept.

• You read that the center has a physical therapy specialist to help provide grandma with the exercise she needs to function in her golden years.

You think to yourself how fortunate that your grandma will have people to care for her…

Meet Rip, the PT

You were covering a football game at Hampden-Sydney and took a hit while you stood on the sideline.

OMG!!! You have a compound fracture of the femur!

While on the way to the hospital in the ambulance you learn that there is a new orthopedic surgeon in town.

From all reports this physician is an excellent surgeon.

When you arrive at the ER, Dr. Fixemup is there waiting for you.

Let’s meet the good Dr…….

Meet Dr. Fixemup

And his PA, Jerry

• You returned to school this fall to find that Longwood had hired a new athletic trainer

• Let’s meet your new clinical supervisor….

Meet Sybil…..your new supervisor

Is it Fair?

“Personally, I don’t care if you’ve got a ring in your nose or five on your toes, don’t expect me to understand. It’s your body, and if you want to tattoo a heart on your forehead, it shouldn’t prohibit you from being a good athletic trainer.

But here’s the reality…….

When you walk into an athletic training room or any medical facility, you’ve got about two seconds to establish credibility. In an emergency setting, people don’t care about rights of expression; they care about whether or not you can take good care of them…

“So if you want a nose ring or tattoo, be prepared to accept the fact that people may not trust you. Better yet, cover the tattoo and take out the nose ring [or tongue stud]. You may not like it, but [Athletic Training] ain’t the place to express your artistic self.”

JEMS (July 1997); pg 35

Communication courtesy

• Email• Cell phone – answering message• Using appropriate words to achieve

your mission

E-mail courtesy

Hey girl,

I need you to ……

I need to meet with you today. Call me

Cell phone message

• University policy on calls

• Your answer message

Appropriate words

- Email

- Phone

- In person

What’s next……

• Complete the MBTI survey and return– Due Friday, August 28 by 4:00 pm

• Next Monday….– Connecting with yourself!– Reflection paper due next Monday

• “What I learned my first week in college”

– Time grid due next Monday– Watch the Last Lecture video

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ji5_MqicxSo

Tip for this week….

Maggie says…..

Remember the words you learned in kindergarten……

please, and thank you.