Progress report.

[rivka]

Subjects scheduled to be run today: 4
Subjects run today: 3 (19 to go)
Flaky no-show subjects rescheduled today: 1
New subjects recruited today: 0 (9 to go)

Other accomplishments today: I met with the head of the Pediatrics department, and wow did he come through for me. A member of his department is going to go through the daily schedules and flag all the patients eligible for inclusion in my study. She'll approach each parent, find out if they're interested in hearing more about the study, and fax me their contact information at the end of each day. And she'll start tomorrow. ("Sorry we couldn't start this afternoon. I hope that's okay.")

I had been thinking that I would have to go over to Peds and recruit myself - I can't even begin to express how much this helps.

Also today: Reading articles. Copying 15 new measure packets. Questionnaire scoring. Lunch with one of my former professors and clinic supervisors, mostly discussing research. She said something that utterly croggled me: "When I'm supervising a cognitive-behavioral therapy case, I still ask myself 'what would Rebecca Wald say in this situation?'" Huh. Okay, I knew I was good at it, and two of the cases she supervised me on were unusual successes. But... jeez.

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[curiousangel.livejournal.com]

Lunch with one of my former professors and clinic supervisors, mostly discussing research. She said something that utterly croggled me: "When I'm supervising a cognitive-behavioral therapy case, I still ask myself 'what would Rebecca Wald say in this situation?'" Huh. Okay, I knew I was good at it, and two of the cases she supervised me on were unusual successes. But... jeez.

I'm really proud of you. Have I mentioned that lately?

[sashajwolf.livejournal.com]

That's a great compliment. I hope you can enjoy it as well as being croggled :-)

Dont' forget the thanks

[starstraf.livejournal.com]

Don't forget once you have all your subjects and interviews to send a thank you to the person faxing you the info. Maybe take her out for a nice lunch to say thank you.

[rivka.livejournal.com]

*grin* Yes, I'm enjoying the hell out of it. I don't get to do a whole lot of cognitive-behavioral therapy now, because it's not a good match for most of my clients, but it's nice to remember that I'm damned good at it.

I liked being able to tell her in response that I frequently use some of the techniques she taught me - things my other supervisors never used. It felt, in a really nice way, like we're colleagues instead of supervisor and student.

[rivka.livejournal.com]

You have, and I liked it a lot. But you can mention it again. :-)

Re: Dont' forget the thanks

[rivka.livejournal.com]

Absolutely a thank you note, and also an official letter to her supervisor mentioning how helpful she was. That's what I did with the last person who helped me.