sábado, 21 de noviembre de 2009
Technologies in my university
You can also use technologies to do an education practice more effective. Time ago, you had to teach with chalk and slate, today teachers doesn't use chalk and slate, they use power point presentations, videos, digital animations and many other things that allow a better learning.
Some universities and schools have better technologies than others, because more resources to acquire new things. In my case, I'm studying in the best university of the country, the best in general, but not the one with more resources, so the question is What technological resources I have in my university?
In a career related to health context, you must have some basics things like:
Microscopes: microscopes are very important in biomedicine because allows you to see deficiencies in a molecular level, so you can a better, secure and fast diagnostic. In my university, teachers have very modern microscopes, for investigating. For students are avaible many kinds of microscopes, for example, in a subject called histology I used to use outdated microscopes, but enough for purposes of the class, but in other subject called molecular bases, I used to use modern microscopes because in that subject, we had to see very detailed things.
Manometer and stethoscope: all students of a health career, must have these things, because with them you can patients fast, and give them a fast treatment in case of emergency. And you must learn how to use it. I can say, that we have, medium level manometers and stethoscopes, but that is not bad for us, because if you learn and practice, for example, with a stethoscope that does not listen very well, when you use a better stethoscope will be easier for your listen.
Well, other things that I wont describe here, are system to see radiographs and TCs. Speacially related to physical therapy, machines to evaluate muscle-skeletal system like runners, free weights and electronic goniometers we have here.
Concluding with this, I think is very important for education to have technological resources, but depends of the money that the state give to education in some cases, like mine because I'm student of a state university, despite that, we have all things, to be the best professional in the country, aren't of the best line, but allow us to learn and practice, thinking n the future we must be a professional with enough experience, to healt and educate people.
viernes, 13 de noviembre de 2009
Challenges for physical therapist!
Well, I will explain the problem, now we only can work with patients reffered from a doctor, because the doctor do the first diagnostic, so if the doctor thinks that a patient need physical therapy, he gives a order to the patient to go to a physical therapist, and then, we can do our work.
Many important physical therapists believes that we have the skills necessaries to be first consultation, I mean that patients can go first to a physical therapist to get a diagnostic and obtain the physical therapy based on these diagnostic.
To reach that objective, be first consultation, we have to demonstrate to people and health authorities that a physical therapist has the skills necessaries to it. How? Well, we can demonstrate it, doing our work efficiently and good and informing people that a physical therapist can treat and diagnose problems related to muscle-skeletal system in a first instance.
In second place, we have to educate people to belive in our treatments
Other challenge that we have as a health professional is improve the public health system. Chilean people know that we don’t have a good public health system, because it doesn’t has good technology, infrastructure, and other material resources as the private health system. We have to fight for more money to public health system, because all people must have the best attention available in the country, independently of the education and socio-economic class of the people.
Well, I think that the challenges that I mention, are the bigger challenges for us, the first for physical therapists only, and the second specially for health professionals but must has an objective for all people that want a better country.
All for today, see you the next week!
viernes, 6 de noviembre de 2009
My faculty
First an evaluation of the present conditions:
I think that our faculty has very good classrooms all with data show, board, a lot of space and comfortable seats, but there are some exceptions.
We have too, the most modern library in Chile. It has a lot of interesting material for our careers, it has computers, many tables and places to have excellent concentration when you are studying.
The faculty has a lot of toilets which are well distributed, and food machines in good locations to.
We have a lot of green areas too, so we can go to them and relax for a few minutes.
In relation to sports, we have some problems, like the field of the gym is to small, we don’t have a football field made of grass, the gym has few machines to do exercise etc.
Another problem, is that the parking lot for students is too small, so if you don’t arrive to the faculty at 8:00 am. you won`t find a parking space.
So, I think that we need to improve the gym, and the parking.
For the gym you only need money to buy more exercise machines, and if you want a bigger field you must rebuild the gym, that is too expensive.
For the parking we can use some empty areas near to the present parking, that anyone use for other things, you only need to made a road between the present parking and the new one.
I’m very secure that if the faculty does these improvements, all the students will be happier.
See you!
lunes, 2 de noviembre de 2009
My hobbies!
Hi friends
Today I will talk about my hobbies! First, I have to say that I leave many hobbies during this year, because with the university I don’t have much time to practice all. But I started new hobbies that I like a lot and I think that it will be the hobbies that I want practice all my life, I am talking about: MAGIC.
Like five or six years ago, I was a beginner card magician, I practiced for two or three months and then I left the magic because I couldn’t find ways to learn more about it. But In March of this year, I rediscovered the magic. In summer holydays I saw a very good magician in the casino of Puerto Varas, seeing him I remembered my times as magician and I decided to come back with this art. When I returned to Santiago, I looked for magic books, videos, magazines or any document to learn new techniques and “spells”.
Now I know a many things about magic, I know a lot of card tricks, because card magic is my specialty, but I am learning other kinds of magic like magic for child, or magic with handkerchiefs and other things.
If I have to say why I choose magic as a hobbie? I would say that few things are compared with the face expression that people do when you show them a trick specially the children. Related to that, I am a member of a group called “Magia por una sonrisa” (MXS). MXS is a student group of my faculty that go to hospitals for visit sick children and do magic for them, showing that nothing is imposible with a little of magic.
Well In this moment I think that magic is my favourite hobbie. But I do other things too, like, play guitar and other instruments, play videogames and practice some sports.
viernes, 23 de octubre de 2009
My last Holidays and my next holidays
Today we have to talk about holidays... I want to tell you how were my last holidays and a very interesting place that I visited.
Well last summer I did a lot of things, but in this post I’ll only talk about my trip as backpacker.
The idea started with two of my best friends, we decided to do a trip as backpackers, but where? After some days, we decided go to the south of Chile and Argentina. In one week we buy things like backpacks, sleeping bags and all things that we could need in a backpacker trip. Finally we got together in my home with all things less tickets to start the trip! So we decided go to the bus station and buy tickets for the next bus that would go to Villarrica. With a little of luck we bought tickets immediately, in that moment one of the biggest adventures in our lives was beginning.
Well, we arrived to Villarica the next day; we went to a camping and stayed there four days, enjoying the beach and the traditional things of the town. After that we went to Pucon (a city near Villarica), there we stayed in a camping again.
Our next destination was Bariloche in Argentina, in that city we went to a lot of partys and we stayed in a hostel named Backpackers Hostel, a great place to meet other backpackers from any place of the world, we met three Israeli girls and one Canadian man.
After Bariloche we returned to Chile, and we went to a very interesting place: Tantauco Park.
In Tantauco park we lived a great adventure like Indiana Jones! Tantauco park is a national reserve in the south of Chiloe, you can only arrive there by boat or walking.
You have to go through the park following signs in the trees, and walk miles and miles to arrive to a shelter. In each mini travel between shelters we saw amazing things like native animals, virgins rivers and lakes and many other things that I cant explain by words. We had objectives like arrive to some shelters in the park but we couldn’t for time.
Next summer we want to go again to the park and go through all the park! And arrive to the places that we couldn’t the last summer.
viernes, 16 de octubre de 2009
The tennis elbow
What treatments work?
Tennis elbow is a common disease in people. The article proposes that the disease get better by itself, but you can do some things to improve the rehabilitation.
Treatments that are likely to work:
NSAID (Non steroidal anti inflammatory) gels and sprays
NSAID are a type of painkiller, they can improve your symptoms if the don’t help, you may tray with a different NSAID or use a higher dose, but always you have to consult with your doctor.
NSAID Tablets:
NSAID tablets works good for pain, but is not known if help at long time.
Consult with your doctor anyway, because you may have other problems taking this method.
Steroid Injections:
An injection reduces your pain quickly, but not helps in a long time and may causes problems with your skin.
Treatments that need further study:
Acupunture:
Acupunture may help or not, you have to try.
Exercise:
Exercise help to improve your strengthen in the articulation and help to pain, but you have to consult with a physical therapist the exercise that is the best and how you have to do it.
Work better in a long term.
Arm Braces:
The tendon rests, but don’t help with the pain.
Surgery:
If the disease is severe you can consult to a doctor for a surgery.
Treatments that are unlikely to work
Shockwave therapy
A lot of studies shows that sound waves don’t help with the pain and the strengthen of the articulation.
viernes, 25 de septiembre de 2009
Interesting things of Santiago
As you know I’m Chilean, I have always lived in Santiago, for that reason I know a lot of places and activities that you can do here.
First, you must be in a good hotel, is very important be comfortable to have energy, because if you have energy toy can go out to every place that you want.
Well, if you want to know the cultural side of Santiago I think that you should go to “Cerro Santa Lucia” because “Cerro Santa Lucia” was the place where Pedro de Valdivia, many years ago, gave the name to the city. In “Cerro Santa Lucia” are a lot of “mini museums” with things related to the origins of the city like ancient robes that people used to wear, ancient weapons that Spanish used to conquer this place and many other things.
Another interesting place to go is Valparaiso. Valparaiso is a city near Santiago, if you travel in car takes two or one hour and a half to arrive to this wonderful place. Valparaiso is the most important dock of Chile and may be the most important of South America. Valparaiso has a lot of history, many things that you can do there, very good restaurants that can offer to you a delicious dish of seafood.
Finally I think that you must visit the center of the city, there you have the most important buildings of the city like “La moneda” that is the government palace, or the Cathedral of Santiago.
I hope that this ideas help you if you lived in Santiago or if you are thinking to visit Santiago, if you want more information you can visit the Tourist Direction of Santiago that is in Providencia.
See you!
viernes, 11 de septiembre de 2009
Music in my life
Well, I think that music is very important for the people that do music like singers or composers, and the people that listen to music. For the people that do it, it is important because music gives the opportunity to say, demonstrate and express things that they feel and think. And the other people that listen to music can receive many ideas, feelings, and many other things.
I am the kind of people that consumes music. I listen to it to get out of the world, to forget for a moment all things that I am living, it is very important for this result to listen to music that you like much and really feel the music. But where can you get the music that you like? Today it is very easy to get the music that you like, on internet you have a lot of songs you can download for free. But that isn’t good for the artists or people who make music, anyway I download my music from internet. And what is the music that I like? I listen to all kinds of music, from romantic style to heavy metal music, going trough “cumbia villera”, reggaeton, latin rock, pop, etc. But obviously I have my favorites, it is very difficult for me to choose for example five artist or groups as my top five, in this case I will say that in the place number one is: Sonata Artica (Speed metal style), number two Iron Maiden (Heavy metal style) three Mana (Latin rock), four many artists of reggaeton, and all other in number five.
Another thing that I have in my mind when I want to listen to a song, is what I want to feel in that moment, or what I am feeling in that moment, for example if I am happy frequently I listen to rock, if I want to forget all I listen to is heavy metal etc.
Ok, all for today see you!
Here some links of my top five:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Ns-Bzgv21A -> Sonata Artica - Last drop falls
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihpxdZFV3Ck -> Iron Maiden - No more liest
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qca4cWRhDkU -> Mana - Oye mi amor
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDEaO-PhK-M -> Tocarte toda - Calle 13
Ok, all for today see you!
viernes, 4 de septiembre de 2009
My life and Transantiago!
Some of history, in 10th February of 2007, our “dear” president Michelle Bachelett implements a new system of transport in Santiago, which was design from 2004 until 2007, the name of the system: Transantiago. I remember that day all people was very angry, nobody could take a bus, arrive at home, and many other things. The new system: big mistake. After that, our president said that the ministery of transport will spend more money to improve the system, in fact they spent a lot of money, but the system didnt get better.
Well, of Transantiago I only use the subway, so I cant give an opinion of the system in general, but I hear all days a lot of people says bad things about transantiago, like they have to take three or four buses to arrive at some place, or have to wait hours in a bus stop etc. So I think that general Transantiago isn't a good way of transport.
Fortunately, I have a car, so I don’t use Transantiago like other people that spend hours on a bus. I think that this year when Sebastian Piñera reach to the government, he will change the system for a new one more: efficiently, cheap, and better!
viernes, 28 de agosto de 2009
I would like travel to Spain
How are you?
Today I have to write about a country that I would like to visit.
Well I thought of many countries: USA, Switzerland, Sweeden, Mexico, Russia, but I finally chose Spain, and Why Spain? As you know Im Chilean. Many years ago around 1500, the Spanish arrived to "The new world" now Latin America, and Spain was the country that colonized Chile, for that reason I think that in Spain I can know and learn more about our origins.
Of Spain I only know that it has the most important league of soccer in the world, the best players are playing in many spanish soccer clubs, like Cristiano Ronaldo in the Real Madrid, or Leonel Messi in the Barcelona, if I go to Spain I would like to see a match between Barcelona and other team because of the spanish league Barcelona is my favourite team.
Another interesting thing that Spain has, is one of the best magicians in the world: Juan Tamariz.
Juan Tamariz is a great card magician. He have a lot of influence in many magicians in the world that want to learn his technique, Im a card magician to, so I would like to see a Juan Tamariz perfomance and talk with him about magic and his road to become a good "Cartomago".
Here a link if you want to see performing Juan Tamariz:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMrBcqjP7fg&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fjuegosdemagia%2Eblogcindario%2Ecom%2F2006%2F10%2F00051%2Djuan%2Dtamariz%2Dbiografia%2Ehtml&feature=player_embedded
I think that Spain has many interesting things, but I want to live here, in Chile, and I only want to stay one or two months in Spain if I travel to that country.
All for today, see you the next friday.
viernes, 14 de agosto de 2009
My first term studying physical therapy.
How can you see, I didn’t have much time to do other things, but I tried to continue doing some things and I had to stop doing others, like play guitar. In my free time, I like to do and practice card magic and others styles of magic, related to that, I was going to hospitals, with a group called “Magia por una sonrisa”, the objetive is visit hospitalized children and make “magic” for they, to demostrate that if a magician can take a card and make it disappear, they can recover of their illnesses, and that nothing is imposible.
In other aspects like my family, friends my life didn´t change so much, so I won´t talk about that.
Well, I hope that you continue visiting my blog. See you!
sábado, 27 de junio de 2009
Creativity
Ken Robinson is an internationally-renowned expert in the field of creativity and innovation in business and education, his visionary consultancy skills employed by governments, major corporations and cultural organizations worldwide.
In this video, Ken Robinson talks about education and creativity, basically he says that the actual system of education kills creativity, because in schools teachers always give more importance to mathematics and these kind of subject. Citing Picasso, he says “all children are born artist, the problem is to remain an artist as we grow up”, because the children aren’t educated in creativity, and the importance for arts, dance or music always is in last place.
He explains, that always the parents say to their son’s, that they can’t be artists or musicians, because they need a grade, to get a job and survive.
Finally Ken Robinson spoke about the features of intelligence.
I think that Ken Robinson is totally right, because school’s in Chile have the same problem, arts and music are in the last place, and the system of life surrounds you, and you have to get a career, and be a great professional, but in many times unhappy.
viernes, 26 de junio de 2009
Blog! Blog! Blog!...
We have to talk about our blog experience in this subject.
Some years ago I used to have a Blog, and I liked upload things but things of my interest, lamentably I forgot the pass of that Blog. This year, for this subject we had to do a Blog, but in this blog we can’t upload any thing that we like, we has to upload activities programmed by the professor.
Well each class we has to do that, I think that is better that you can choose the topic of your entry so you can write more with more desire.
I think that this blog helped me to improve my English, I learned new words, and new structures to write better in English.
Other advantage of the blog is that you can know more of your classmates reading the entries of them, and know about their lives, tastes and hobbies.
What about the disadvantages of the blog? as I said before, the only disadvantage of the blog was that you couldn’t write about anything that you like.
Now I will to tell you something, I HATE THIS BLOG!!!!
No, that was a joke, doing a final evaluation, I enjoyed the blog, sometimes it's good to talk about anything you don´t usually think.
Well friends, thanks for visiting my blog and read all these things, in two or three weeks more I will tell you about my final mark on this subject.
See you on the next semester if I have to continue with this blog, I hope not, no another joke.
Thanks to the university for give me this opportunity, I learned a lot.
PD: If you liked my blog, search me on facebook!
viernes, 19 de junio de 2009
My Ideal Job!
Ok, today I have to talk about my ideal job, is very difficult for me think in this, becouse I have many things to learn about physical therapy and it specializations. But if I have to decide, I would really like be the physical therapist of an important team of the NBA like Los Angeles Lakers.
Be the physical therapist of a basketball team like Los Angeles Lakers is very very difficult, becouse is a huge responsability and you have to be really good in the area of sports therapy. I think that the first thing that you have to do is start a master in the area, to know more that the other physical therapist Then you have to get a job and learn with practice, with five or ten years of experience you have to postulate to the job.
Well, if I cant be the physical therapist of a basketball team, I would like be anatomy teacher in a university of France, becouse in France are very important Anatomists, like Rouviere or Latarjet. In the last case I would like to be a Magician!. I really like the magic and I know how to do some tricks with cards and other things.
Ok, see you!
viernes, 12 de junio de 2009
My favorite Subject!
This is my second publication today, in this publication I will talk about my favorite subject, as you know I am studying physical therapy.
I have seven subjects, my favorite is "Structure, function, and basic review of the systems" that is anatomy, neuroanatomy, physiology, fisic and functional anatomy, all integrated.
Now, I only have anatomy, neuroanatomy and physiology, in the second semester I will have the five sub-subjects.
I like this subject because is the most related to the career, in anatomy, we are learning about bones, muscles, ligaments, arteries and veins from the upper limb very important for us because there are many diseases that we can try, associated to it. In neuroanatomy we are studying the features of the brain, very important in any career related to health.
Well, all for today, see you the next friday.!
Today I will do a prediction of my future.
In five years more, I think that I will be living on EEUU, workin as physical therapist in a team of the NBA, the Angeles Lakers, with my favorite stars of the basketball like Kobe Bryiant, or Shaquille O'neal. I hope that those players keep playing one the NBA until five years more.
Out of the work, I will be married, with one or two sons, becouse I want to have at least five or six sons, living in a big house with many trees and flowers on Los Angeles.
If I cant be the physical therapist of the Angeles Lakers, I would like be in the south of Chile, living on Puerto Varas in a house close to Llanquihue lake and Osorno volcano, married with many sons, workin with children with physical problems.
Also I want be a famous Magician = ).
See you!
viernes, 5 de junio de 2009
The best Physical Therapist in Chile
Well, today I will talk about the best physical therapist from my point of view.
Actually I dont know many physical therapists, but some weeks ago I had a class in physical therapy introduction, with a man that showed me the IMPORTANCE of the physical therapist! His name: Marcelo Cano, the physical therapist of the Union Española soccer team.
He talked about the rehabilitation of children and athletes, and how you can do it more efficiently and good for patients. He said that you must have a lots of skills but especially you have to be sociable, respectful and patience with patients, elemental skills in the profession.
Also he said that the patients trust a lot in you, and for that reason you have to put love and vocation while you are doing the rehabilitation, is the best way to get a good result with the patient.
Ok, that is for today, see you!
viernes, 15 de mayo de 2009
My Career
Well, today I will talk about the best career in the world: Physical Therapy!!
I think that physical theraphy is a great career because you can do a lot of things as a physical therapy like work on sports therapy, or administrate a clinic, or help people with their physical problems, or teach in a university or school, and also be the physical therapist of a famous soccer team like Barcelona or Juventus, and is not too long like medicine.
I am studing Physical theraphy because I like the contact with the people, and I want to help them with the tools that the university is giving to me, I like a lot the sports too, so I thought that this will be perfect for me.
I am in first year, and I only have basic cientific subjects, but I like a lot Anatomy, is my favourite subject, I am learning a lot of all the bones, muscles, nerves that compose the human body.
Ok, see you on two fridays more!
Byee
viernes, 8 de mayo de 2009
Someone took this photo on 2006, I dont remember who took it, but probably was my teacher.
We was in my school, in celebrations of September 18th, all years each level have to do a performance of any tipical chilean dance. That year we had to dance "Pascuence", thats the reason of the colorfull clothes and accessories.
I am the guy with the red shirt on the right of the picture. The other persons that appear were my classmates.
I like this photo because, when I see it I can remember all beautiful moments that I lived whit my friends of school, a lot of things that i will never never forget!
Sometimes when I see this kinds of photos, I feel sad because I know that thosemoments won' return ever. But at the same time I feel happy for have lived those moments.
viernes, 24 de abril de 2009
pubmed.com
Today I must write about a web site related with my career, I use internet a lot to search articles, cientific journals or other things about physical therapy. But the website that i use more than others is www.pubmed.com.
Pubmed, is a search engine of cientific articles and journals, there you can find papers of the most important universities over the world, whit the lastests results about medicine and healthy.
I didnt found the site by myself, in the university I have a subject about tools to search information on librarys, internet, books, etc and how to organize them.
I visit pubmed all days, because all weeks I have to do some tasks, it made your search more efficient and easy, and you can download the articles, or save them with especial programs for make an online library only with the information that you need.
I like the site because it made my life more easy!
Bye!
viernes, 17 de abril de 2009
My Favourite Piece of Technology
Today I will talk about technology, and my favourite piece of technology that I use.
Actually I frequently use my cell phone (Nokia N79), notebook,
playstation, ipod, and other things without importance.
But my favourite pice of thecnology is my desktop computer, i got it one year ago in July,
i bought all pieces to assemble it.
It has two GB of ram, a pentium dual core 2.1 processor, an ATI Radeon x1950 PCI express, an Asus mainboard, and thing like lights, a water cooling system, and the monitor is a LG of 19 inches.
I like it a lot, because with it i can do a lot of things like work, play, comunicate with my friends, listen music, see videos, and download movies and games for my playstation.
I use it every days but not for playing ¬¬, just to work, because in the university you have to search a lot of information to do homeworks, like cientific papers, journals, and articles of the cientific world.
Well that is, see you!!!
viernes, 27 de marzo de 2009
My life
Well, let's talk about my life, i'm 19 years old, i'm chilean, i study physical therapy in the best university of Chile: Universidad de Chile. I live in Santiago with my parents, i have three sisters older than me, and eight nephews, I cant remember all their birthdays!!!
I like play bass, do magic with cards, do sports, and listen any kind of music specially speed metal, and latin rock.
I'm writing this becouse i'm studiying english in the university. Know english is very important to find a job, to leave in other country, to search cientific information on internet, becouse is the universal lenguage.
Well, I'm finishing now, see you other day
Bye.