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A Day in the Life of a PT Student

Why Such Little Recognition?
by Veronica Haywood
I've been thinking a lot lately about physical therapy in general. I feel as though there is not enough credit given to the profession. There is so much we do that other professionals only receive baseline or no knowledge about, yet it seems as though Read More...
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Interacting with PTAs
by Veronica Haywood
This week I was discussing the roles between PT's, PT students, and PTA's with my professor. I mentioned that, though I have had interactions with PTA's during my last two clinicals, it has been relatively limited in me directly supervising them. While Read More...
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Wrapping Up My Internship
by Veronica Haywood
My internship is coming to an end and I am really going to miss it. I am finding it harder and harder to have to tell my patients that I will not be seeing anymore. Some of my patients I have seen since the very first week of my clinical! As with all Read More...
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The Importance of Research
by Veronica Haywood
As I progress in my program I realize just how important research is in our profession. Research helps to guide what is taught in our classes, how we practice in clinics, and how we receive reimbursement. Research is used in so many avenues of the PT Read More...
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Massage-a-thon!
by Veronica Haywood
So this past week I got to participate in the massage-a-thon and it was so much fun. Our class only covered the event for an hour, and in that hour we had around 10 clients split between 4 of us. In the short amount of time I only had 2 patients back Read More...
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Passing the Torch
by Veronica Haywood
As the semester has begun to progress I have started to feel as though a torch has been passed down by our peers in the 6 th year of the curriculum. As a class we have already assigned committees and begun to plan events for the PT dance, massage-a-thon, Read More...
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