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Journey of a DPT Student

Competency Exams
by Lauren Rosso
I have less than four days to finalize my preparation for what is hopefully my final exam in Pitt's DPT program. I'll admit that I've spent slightly less time than I should have preparing for these, but I think I'll be OK. I've tried to get through as Read More...
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I Need Better Interventions
by Lauren Rosso
I think I need to develop a sort of intervention "arsenal." I've found that coming up with appropriate, creative interventions is one of the most challenging aspects of my current clinical rotation. In a way, I feel so cheap with my current go-to balance Read More...
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Early Boards Get the Worm?
by Lauren Rosso
It was recently brought to my attention that in certain states, the option exists to take the National Physical Therapy Exam (NPTE) prior to graduation if certain requirements have been met. Eligibility varies from state to state -- some require completion Read More...
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Finding Your Voice
by Lauren Rosso
With experience comes responsibility. It's a simple concept, but I never fully appreciated it until recently when I was involved in the discharge decision-making process for patients I've been working with. As I'm sure any physical therapist working in Read More...
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Mod-Max Assist Gait Training
by Lauren Rosso
As I'm settling more and more into my current clinical rotation on a traumatic brain injury inpatient rehab unit, opportunities are more frequently coming around to develop hands-on clinical skills. Obviously, a lot of what we do revolves around functional Read More...
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A DPT Student with Patients
by Lauren Rosso
I completed the first full week of my six-month clinical affiliation, and things are off to a tremendous start. This past week, I was assigned two patients of my very own who I'll likely see throughout their course of care on the inpatient rehab unit. Read More...
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How to Get Your Clinical Instructor to Trust You
by Lauren Rosso
Please don't be fooled by the title of this post. I don't have a good method by which to accomplish this. However after starting my fifth clinical last Wednesday, I've realized that earning the trust of a clinical instructor is a very tricky game requiring Read More...
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When Life Happens During PT School
by Lauren Rosso
I've been fortunate over the past two years to have very few life-related interruptions in my attempts to excel at this whole "PT" thing. However last weekend, right before the start of finals week, I received news that my grandfather passed away. The Read More...
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PT Night: Our Successful Goodbye
by Lauren Rosso
I posted last month about PT Night , the tradition in my program where at the end of our second year, students put together a sort of "roast" of the faculty and poke fun at our most memorable moments in the program. Leading up to Friday night, I was unbelievably Read More...
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Should PT Students 'Prepare' for their Clinical Instructors?
by Lauren Rosso
This afternoon at a department-wide scholarship reception, I ran into a student who is a year ahead of me in the program and happens to have a similar clinical rotation as I will have in the coming year. I was picking her brain regarding the hospital, Read More...
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Senioritis -- Acceptable in a Clinical Doctorate Program?
by Lauren Rosso
With four short weeks remaining in the didactic portion of our education, the inevitable is happening -- the general attitude of my ever-engaged class is turning down a road toward apathy. I've been here before. At the end of college, my friends and I Read More...
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Asking for PTO as a Student
by Lauren Rosso
With the start of our yearlong clinical only one month away, the logistics of having a full-time "job" are becoming a reality. We recently met with the clinical education instructors in our department to cover the do's and don'ts regarding PTO, stipends Read More...
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PT School -- Everyone Will Get Married
by Lauren Rosso
In case you're wondering what your years in PT school will bring, here's what you can expect -- everyone will get engaged or married. Exaggeration? Barely. Of my 52 classmates, seven are now engaged, three are married and two have had babies. All of this Read More...
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PT Night: Our ‘Goodbye' Celebration
by Lauren Rosso
There's a tradition in my program -- at the end of the second year prior to departing for our yearlong clinical affiliations, the students get together with the faculty for a night of celebration that mostly revolves around the students making fun of Read More...
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Teaching is the Best Way to Learn
by Lauren Rosso
Throughout the course of this semester, I've been a teaching assistant in the neuroanatomy course required for the first-year students in the program. I was very hesitant at the start to take this on, but I've been happy to see how quickly a lot of the Read More...
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