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I'm in my second year as the College Recruitment Officer, and it's gratifying to see so many of the people I helped get started here in classes and moving toward brighter futures. I'm a true education advocate, having earned a bachelor's degree in English from the University of New Mexico and a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from the University of Utah. I've also worked in public relations and as a newspaper reporter and a librarian.

Thursday, August 27, 2009

A learning moment

PTA students practice vestibular rehab evaluation techniques Aug. 27 in the PTA lab on the Lake Havasu City campus. I went over to the Physical Therapist Assistant program lab today to take some photos of a lab in which students were learning techniques for evaluating patients with dizziness and balance disorders, and I suddenly found myself part of the lesson.
It turned out that due to a condition I experienced years ago, my right eye behaves in the very way these techniques are designed to provoke. Instead of the students practicing on each other and probably not seeing anything strange because they don't dizziness or balance disorders, they got to see that characteristic jittery eye action for real in me.
The students gathered around eargerly, oohing and aahing as guest lecturer Liz Briere, a vestibular rehab specialist at Kingman Regional Medical Center, went through a series of examinations that demonstrated the little hitch in my right eye. Other examinations indicated I probably don't have more serious issues with my central nervous system. Good to know.


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  1. AnonymousAugust 28, 2009 at 8:29 PM

    Liz Briere works as a Physical Therapist and specializes in Vestibular Rehabilitation.

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