Here’s a great New York Times blog post from a nurse about what it’s like to work in a field where you learn skills that must be practiced on real patients. She says, “We don’t usually tell patients when we are practicing on them because it makes them hesitant and nervous, but they often figure it out anyway.” I find it especially interesting since most people think I look younger than my age, and I know that many of my first patients will be wondering how they managed to get a high school student for a physical therapist. I guess that’s why being confident is so important!