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Hey! I had a question regarding clinical experience to apply for PT school. I’ve heard in the past that exposure should include an outpatient setting, an acute setting, and cardiac rehab. I have a difficult time understanding what an acute setting should entail. I was looking into a Brain Injury Rehab center and was uncertain if that qualified as an acute setting. I would love some insight on clinical settings! Thank you!

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Great question! I’ll start by saying that each school has different requirements, and the best thing you can do is check with the schools to which you’re applying (or interested) to make sure you meet their requirements. That said, the reason schools require observation hours in the first place is to ensure that you want […]

Hey! I had a question regarding clinical experience to apply for PT school. I’ve heard in the past that exposure should include an outpatient setting, an acute setting, and cardiac rehab. I have a difficult time understanding what an acute setting should entail. I was looking into a Brain Injury Rehab center and was uncertain if that qualified as an acute setting. I would love some insight on clinical settings! Thank you! Read More »

I was wondering about how one can become a better writer? Especially when it comes to writing in the GRE and personal statement.

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If you’re still in college, I’d recommend taking more writing classes. Practicing writing and getting feedback will help you improve. It’s also important to read a lot. Read books, read the newspaper, and read other people’s personal statements to get an idea of how they’re written. But in my opinion one of the best ways

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So am I really ridiculously screwed if I can’t remember anything I learned in physics?

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No! I’m sure you remember more than you think you do. You don’t need to remember every single detail and you’re professors will probably do a little refresher of the essentials. And it’s always easier to relearn something than to learn it for the first time.

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Lack of Evidence

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As a group, doctors dislike ambiguity. We pride ourselves in the scientific girders of modern medicine and are most comfortable when we are dispensing medical care to our patients that comes from a double-blind clinical trial, that fits into a validated clinical-prediction rule. But very little of medicine falls into that absolute category. As we

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Today in modalities class we had a guest lecture on Dry Needling. It is similar to acupuncture, but based on physical therapy knowledge and can be used by PT’s in certain states alongside more traditional PT techniques. At the end of class we were given a brief lesson in how to Dry Needle and allowed

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