Category Archives: Melissa Wills

Data Analysis – Week 8

This week I really became one with Microsoft Excel to analyse the final data as I added, formalized, multiplied and filtered the data. In the end there was a total of 472 entries although there were less cases in 2012 … Continue reading

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Visiting HTS Teams – Week 7

This week I was quite content as I managed to stretch my legs and get out of the office on a wild goose chase to get the missing data needed to finish my report. Ironically this actually involved having to … Continue reading

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Finishing Touches – Week 6

This week, once I finally entered all the data from the evaluation forms, I went through all the entries and noted what parts of the data were missing whilst, paying particular attention to entries about mental health bed admissions and … Continue reading

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Supervision – Week 5

During my fifth week spent working for the HTS I got to sit in on a supervision meeting with the assistant psychologists who meet up monthly to talk about their past week and generally discuss what is going on in … Continue reading

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Social Model Vs. Biological Model – Week 4

The fourth week at HTS was a nostalgic one to say the least. I would just like to take moment to appreciate I have actually been working at the hospital for a whole month. Time has gone by so quickly! … Continue reading

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Defining Dementia – Week 3

My third week working at HTS was busy, busy, busy! I have done over 200 entries of feedback forms and I’ve learnt even more about dementia. Firstly, I have learnt there are many types and levels of dementia, there is … Continue reading

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Knee Deep in Quantitative Data! – week 2

My second week with HTS was revolved around inputting quantitative and qualitative data into Microsoft Excel. It took me a whole week and a bit to finally finish inputting all the Canterbury teams’ data ready to be analysed. From the … Continue reading

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Meeting the HTS team! – week 1

So the first week of my 8-week placement as an official honorary student at the Home Treatment Service could be described as jam-packed, eye-opening and overwhelming to say the least. This will be my first time writing a blog, so … Continue reading

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