TRB Experience

I have recently been placed in the role of training room boss for the past two weeks and have one week to go after this. In our program, this is done to give us a chance to be in a leadership role and to supervise undergraduate students in the training room. We are in charge of making sure everything is kept up with, cleaning is done every night, and making sure the training room is shut down correctly each and every night. Alot of people in the past have used the term training room bitch for the trb letters instead because it seems that we are just supposed to clean and do busy work for 3 weeks and then we can move on and continue with our sport assignments. I think there is a level of professionalism that the staff trainers are looking for in us. They want to see if we will take whatever they give us and see how we take constructive criticism. Even though we are called training room boss, we still answer to every staff trainer and must do the little things that are asked of us each and every day. I believe that it truly is how we make it. Even though we dont get as much freedom as they say is afforded, if you show that you are willing to work hard listen to all the things that the staff trainers want to say, it can be a good experience. I believe that some of the staff trainers did not trust me before my trb started because they had not seen the way that i handle myself. I think after the last 2 weeks, they have begun to trust me and respect me more as a colleague than just another student and Ive learned alot from them as well.

Let Me Rant About my Experience

So here we go...... I like BMac, the baseball players, coaches, everyone but there are some pretty frustrating things that continue to happen to me. I went thru four years of undergrad to come in to grad school certified and ready to go only be constantly told that im doing little things wrong. I understand that things are done differently here, but there is also more than one right way to do something and definitely a wrong way but when you do it one of the right ways and somehow its still wrong, its incredibly frustrating. For instance, being told how to spray tables or wrap on ice is just horrible. I cant always have someone look over my shoulder and worrying about if im doing little things correctly. I cant grow in my practice that way. I understand that my eval skills, rehab skills, and med skills can always continue to grow and i want help on those things but small things that wont change outcomes should be done my way. I think things will continue to get better but i just hope that eventually i wont feel that im always being scrutinized