Blog #1 - Pre-Project
For my project, I will be spending 3 weeks shadowing Dr. Allison Schroeder at University Hospitals. She works in the Department of Orthopedics, Division of Sports Medicine, which is the field I want to go into when I am older. This, along with the countless injuries I have experienced including an ACL tear, inspired me to create this project because it is a perfect opportunity to experience what it is like being the doctor I want to become. In terms of what I have been involved in, the closest thing is my internship with our athletic trainer Sarah Royan in the fall of 2021. I shadowed her and helped with injuries at Hawken. However, I have never been a part of anything at this level, and I am definitely broadening my horizons by doing this. With that, I am a little nervous, but excited to see what it takes to be a doctor and experience it firsthand! I am someone who is more introverted when it comes to new experiences like this, but I am hoping to overcome ...