I waited a few hours after my white coat ceremony to actually take off the white coat, and wore it proudly home and around my apartment. Wearing the coat made me feel especially respectable, and like people on the street were looking at me differently. Turns out, I was on to something. Scientists studying enclothed […]
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Today was our class’s white coat ceremony, and I’m surprised by how emotional it was. After seven months of hard work, it was moving to receive special recognition from our professors and families. The coat made me even more eager for our upcoming field trips at Cornell and Columbia NYPress, and also to begin our
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One of my all time best studying memories (if that’s even a thing) was junior year in college when I took History of Rock ‘N Roll. To prep for my second pre-lim (Cornell-speak for “midterm”) on 60’s and 70’s music, I called my dad. I discussed my notes on Creedence Clearwater Revival and Bob Dylan
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I wrote another guest blog post for theptstudent.com about time management – my theory is that you’re most productive when you make yourself busy and give yourself time off to have fun! http://theptstudent.com/2013/02/28/i-dont-have-time-for-that-im-in-physical-therapy-school-are-you-sure-guest-blogger-jasmine-marcus-begs-to-differ/ *** PS Although I did not win the Therapydia Student Blog contest, I still want to thank you all for voting for
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Thanks to those of you who voted for me a few weeks ago in the Therapydia Blog Awards. I’ve made it to the Final Round of 5, so I need you to vote for me one more time at this link: http://www.therapydia.com/blog-awards ! Click “Vote Now” at the bottom and then, in the window that
Since I used some of my free time this summer to reread the Little House books, I was excited to read about recent research published in Pediatrics regarding Laura Ingalls Wilder’s sister Mary. One of the saddest events in the book is when Mary goes blind after contracting Scarlet Fever. A doctor named Beth A.
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For the fast few Fridays, I’ve joined a few of my classmates volunteering at interviews for the Columbia DPT Class of 2016. Meeting the students at my own interview helped me fall in love with the program, so it’s fun to think that I can possibly do that for someone else. One of the most
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Therapydia is holding Blog Award nominations, so if you enjoy this blog, please nominate it by following the link and entering my blog under #4 “Best Student Blog.” You can copy and paste this into the field: http://pt2b15.tumblr.com/ (you don’t have to vote for other categories if you don’t have nominations for them). Thanks! Please
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