Voorbereidingen

Hallo allemaal!!


Op dit moment ben ik nog hard bezig met werken en het afronden van mijn scriptie!!
Maar in oktober is het dan toch allemaal zover! Het ticket is geboekt!!

Op vrijdagavond 1 oktober zal om 20:45uur mijn vliegtuig vertrekken vanaf Amsterdam richting Phnom Penh (Cambodja) om hier de eerste twee maanden aan de slag te gaan als vrijwilliger in de fysiotherapie in een revalidatiecentrum voor kinderen genaamd:
National Borei for Infants & Children Center (NBC).

Ik ben nog volop bezig met de voorbereidingen; zo heb ik een stuk moeten schrijven om mij te introduceren in Cambodja. Ik ga proberen dat ook hier neer te zetten zodat jullie die kunnen lezen als jullie willen.

Ik heb al van verschillenden de vraag gekregen of ik ook een dagboek bij ga houden en dan wil ik ook zeker doen!! Ik hoop dat jullie mijn avontuur gaan volgen, en ik heb dan uiteindelijk toch een mooi aandenken aan hopelijk een te gekke maar ook leerzame tijd!

Groetjes, Pauline


Resume Pauliene Jacobs

From the moment of graduating in 2008 I have two years of work experience as a physiotherapist. Besides that I have also studied a scientific study in human movement science. My choice to go on a career break is to make clear for myself in which direction I want to continue my career.
I have formulated a couple of personal objectives during the volunteer ship:
Is working with children an objective for my future?
Where is my interest for the future? Is physiotherapy my favorable direction for the future? Or a career in the human movement science?
Working in a land which and with people and children who need a helping hand; working as a physiotherapist in Cambodia.

The last two years were very busy years to work and studying at the same time. This is why I combined the volunteer ship with three months of backpacking in South East Asia to see this continent and learn and experience something about the culture and civilization. There are also some goals for me on personal front here.

My work as a physiotherapist takes place in a private practice in a middle large town called Weert in the Netherlands. In the Netherlands private practices are very popular, and people can go directly to the physiotherapist without first seeing a general practitioner. This has also to do with the good health insurance from the Dutch population.
In a private practice the patients’ diagnoses are very different. Many sport injuries like shoulder complaints and sprained ankles are seen by the physiotherapist, but also complaints like back aches and repetitive strain injuries (RSI) are many seen because of the tedious positions in the many office work places. Also people with chronic diseases like chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, diabetes mellitus and obesity are seen very familiar in the private practice in the Netherlands. These are the so-called nutritional diseases and are mainly caused through our unhealthy way of living (bad nutrition, smoking and less physical exercise).
In my study human movement science there is also a focus on these diseases because recently is studied that in all of these diseases physical exercise in combination with medical treatment is the key to success. So it has to be studied which corporal processes underlie these diseases and which way of treatment and exercise is the best for which population.

I have less work experience in the rehabilitation sector, but I think it is very interesting and fabulous to work with this people and children and because of my age it is still fresh in my memory from the study and internships. My colleagues and supervisors from work are very exciting for me to go on this challenge, especially to develop myself in personal aspects.