Last week I was contacted by NAIOMT – the North American Institute of Orthopaedic Manual Therapy to be interviewed for their PT Profile series. It was great timing since it coincided with my last week of classes in my DPT program. I was glad to have the opportunity to publicly thank my mentors who have […]
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This list highlights roles for which a college degree is required and where the jobs posted by companies each month outnumbers the workers employers are able to hire. It’s been a while since I’ve seen a job rankings list, but now that the end of the year is approaching, more should be coming along. Forbes
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I’ve been thinking for the past few months about how this blog should evolve now that I am almost done with Physical Therapy school. Once I am working with patients, I don’t want to breach their confidentiality (and the law) by writing about them, and I don’t have nearly enough experience to write about my
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As long as you fulfill the pre-requisites that the school wants you to take, you should be prepared for PT school. If you take the physics classes as your pre-req’s it will be enough. Studying anatomy is great because it’s one of the most important aspects of PT, but that is probably also a pre-req,
I started writing the essay a few separate times without looking at what I had written previously so that each time I wrote it, I wrote from a different angle. Eventually I read everything I had written, and pulled the parts I thought were best. If you think it would be helpful to look at
After being inspired by my fiance doing the ice bucket challenge and donating, and my classmate Hannah, I decided to donate to the ALS Association, which you can do here. Although some people have called the challenge annoying and useless, it has actually raised MILLIONS of dollars in the past few weeks. The challenge was
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Although it seems a long time from now, in less than a year I’ll be looking for my first job as a licensed physical therapist! Here’s some advice from a Tumblr friend who just got her first job: But my job search process began with writing a resume for a my college’s healthcare job fair.
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Hi z0rba, the vast majority of application essays discuss the reason the applicant became interested in PT and/or the experience they’ve had in the field. It seems like your essay will fall into this category, but that doesn’t necessarily mean your essay has to sound like all the others. You should pick a topic about
I love the NYT’s Modern Love column and I also just did my inservice today about the role of exercise in helping people with dementia. I’m finishing my last week of my affiliation at the SNF and I’ve come across numerous patients with different forms of dementia. This piece beautifully describes one of the many
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Pre-requisite courses that can be outstanding at the time of applying are different for each school. This link lists them, but I think it’s best to check (or double check) with each school individually. I also know people in my program have told me that they applied to schools without having finished all the pre-reqs