Health Care
Mentor: Ms. Anson So, Ms. Yung Wing Tung (Healing Hands Physiotherapy Centre (Jordon))
Kristie Chou & Amina Ismail
On the 30th of July, we went to Healing Hands Physiotherapy Centre in Jordan for our job shadowing programme. We shadowed physiotherapists Ms So and Ms Yung during our time there, and the experience was certainly memorable and an eye-opener for the both of us.
Through observing our mentors’ work routine, we are able to gain a deeper understanding of what a typical day as a physiotherapist looks like, and how they interact with patients in their daily work. For example, they would communicate frequently with patients in order to know more about their hobbies and job backgrounds, which is crucial to shaping a suitable and effective treatment programme for their clients. Moreover, we have learnt more about the function of various rehabilitation equipment, as well as how physiotherapists organise and manage their busy, shapeless schedules. As such practical knowledge cannot merely be learnt from books alone, our job shadowing experience has certainly broadened our horizons.
Last but not least, we are very grateful for this wonderful opportunity which allow us to determine if physiotherapy matches our career field of interest or not. It is a unique chance to ask physiotherapists detailed and in-depth questions about the field. The skills and knowledge we have learnt are definitely invaluable to our future studies and career!
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Mentor: Ms Arlene Frances Wu (Health Concept HK Ltd)
Kaylie Ip & Iris Yip
Our job shadowing program from 23-25 Jul with nutritionist Ms. Wu at Health Concept HK Limited has enriched our understanding in her field of career. We had the chance to talk to Ms. Wu, who provided us with valuable and informative advice regarding the related career prospects. She also shared with us her daily tasks at work, as well as some challenges she had faced on her journey as a nutritionist.
Throughout these 3 days, we helped out in the organization of Ms. Wu’s health advice for each patient by inputting handwritten notes into the computer. Apart from learning some new technical terms a nutritionist would commonly use, we also learnt from this task that a nutritionist’s advice for each client is unique and tailor-made.
Overall, we are immensely grateful for this precious working experience, which allowed us to have a taste of a nutritionist’s job.
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Mentor: Dr Benson Cheng (Kagina Physiotherapy and Sports Injury Centre / SparkPlus Co. Ltd)
Ellen Kong & Tiffannie Chan
On the 13th and 14th of August, we are honoured to be able to work with our mentor Dr Benson Cheng. On the first day at Kagina Physiotherapy and Sports Injury Centre, Dr Cheng introduced us to the different roles and services provided by physiotherapists and gave us insight into different career pathways after graduation. We got to experience the various therapeutic procedures first-hand such as ultrasound, Piezowave™ and acupuncture.
On the second day, we had the opportunity to visit Dr Cheng’s other clinic SparkPlus Co. Ltd in Wanchai. We observed how Dr Cheng handles different cases and how he patiently explained different exercises to the patients. We learned that other than having professional skills, having a caring heart and compassion for his patients allowed Dr Cheng to be a respectable physiotherapist.
After this experience, we are now more determined to choose physiotherapy as our future careers to help more people in need, just like how our mentor Dr Cheng demonstrated to us.
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Mentors: Ms Cindy, Ms Gian, Ms Nicole & Ms Nicky (Watchdog Early Education Centre)
Emma Tsang, Andrea Chan & Popo Fung
We were fortunate to have the opportunity to shadow at Watchdog Early Education Centre, where we had a taste of the job of occupational, music and speech therapists, from 29th July to 2nd August, 2019. Watchdog Early Education Centre is a place that aims to help children diagnosed with autism, learning difficulties or/and hyperactivity fulfill their full potentials at the earliest age possible.
While working with children, our patience greatly improved. Since children’s communication skills are not as developed, we need to take different approaches to interact with them and teach them different knowledge, such as encouraging physical movements through singing songs and playing ‘Musical Chair’, or instructing them to ask questions to one another to enhance their speaking skills. Seeing the children train their communication and awareness through various types of therapies reminded us of how meaningful and fulfilling a job in this field can be, and how much more determined we are to pursue such careers.
