Lectures

This week was our big physical therapy conference in which I was the guest speaker. Physical therapy workers all throughout the Baptist convention in Cameroon came to Mbingo to meet. There were 4 main days in which I gave a 1-2 hour lecture on a topic and then lab in the afternoon. I wanted to cover different areas of physical therapy- so I chose to introduce vestibular PT (for inner ear dizziness), cervical radiculopathy, traumatic brain injury cognitive strategies and differential diagnosis (how to look for signs that a patient's pain is not due to something not related to the musculoskeletal system). I was a bit nervous going into it, especially teaching something so new like vestibular, but everyone really picked it up! They were so excited to learn something new. I felt so honored by everyone there. They told me that my accent was really easy to understand and that I was the best guest lecturer that they've had! They all went in together and got me a weaved basket to say 'thank you' and for a remembrance of them. So, it was a very rewarding week- but now I'm very tired and glad that I have the weekend to relax! I'll post pictures once I get them uploaded.
Less than 2 weeks left here. I've been here long enough to where Africa is the 'norm' for me. I'm preparing to go home and I'm so excited to come back and see everyone, but I think I'm going to have a bigger culture shock when I get back as opposed to when I came to Cameroon.