I majored in psych, now finishing up requirements and hoping to apply to PT school in the fall 🙂
As I’ve written before, I am spending this year after college in Israel. In addition to working, I’ve also used the time to prepare to finish my DPT pre-req’s next year and apply to a DPT program. I had the chance to visit a children’s physical therapy ward in a hospital in Jerusalem, about an
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Here’s my latest post for The PT Project about the classes I’ll be taking before I can apply to a DPT Program: When I decided to pursue physical therapy, I knew I’d have to take some additional classes before I could even apply to a Doctorate of Physical Therapy program. I was surprised to realize,
I was excited to read an article from AOL and CareerBuilder about the top 10 fastest-growing fields. The #1 field is Rehabilitation, which includes physical therapy, occupational therapy and speech therapy. Good news for me and a bunch of my OT, ST friends! I’m glad to be entering a field that seems so promising.
I recently wrote a post for The PT Project about Texas’s push for direct access, which means allowing patients to see a PT without a doctor’s referral. Currently 17 states have direct access including New York and my home state of New Jersey. As a patient, I remember my parents taking me to see my
Today I wrote a post for The PT Project based on a cool interactive graphic in The New York Times, which asked a group of high school seniors about their 10 year plans. One of the seniors, a girl named Carli, said she hopes to become a PT. Her main inspiration are the PT’s who
Since my last post, the PT Project has taken me on as a blogger. Here’s my introductory post for them: Hi All, I’m taking over the PT Project’s Twitter account — check it out @thePTproject — and will also be blogging about being a PT student, so I want to introduce myself. I first considered
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I just saw a tweet soliciting writers and editors for The PT Project. It sounded like a great opportunity, so I responded right away. I really like the idea of continuing to write and/or edit for a PT website besides my own if possible, so I hope it works out. ~~~ I’ve been thinking recently
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The first time becoming a physical therapist dawned on me was early in high school when I saw one for the first time after injuring myself during cross country practice. To put it simply, I was awed by my PT’s knowledge of the human body. Just by hearing a few symptoms of mine, she was