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Solitude
by Veronica Haywood

This week I learned that solitude and silence can be very relaxing. Two tests, three papers due within the next one to two weeks, taking my NATABOC, meetings, work, massage-a-thon, family issues, my purse being lost/stolen along with keys, vital medications, Read More...

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Laugh, Play, Smile
by Veronica Haywood

Senior Farewell and Massage-A-Thon are well on their way, and I can't wait! I am especially excited for Senior Farewell. It is the one opportunity that we get to make fun of all of our previous professors. This year however, our professors are apparently Read More...

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Saying Goodbye
by Veronica Haywood

As the start of the school year approaches, I have become more excited and worried all at once. This will be my last semester of classes and while part of me is excited, a large part of me will miss being at Marquette. My mom thought it was actually quite 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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No Setting is the Same
by Veronica Haywood

I was talking with a friend the other day that is also doing a clinical at an outpatient facility and realized how common our sites were. One big thing that we both realized is that just because you change sites, doesn't mean you change the type of people Read More...

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More Than Massage
by Veronica Haywood

OK. This is another side track from the disparities blog. But, why is it that the first thing people say when I tell them that I am a PT student or PT aide is "Oh, so you give massages?" The first few times it happened, I just thought it was sort of funny, Read More...

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Choosing a Specialty
by Veronica Haywood

Sorry to side note from the discussion on disparities, but I was curious as to how people chose their specialties and why they chose them. I'm currently trying to decide on what I want to take as an elective. I have been racking my brain every day because Read More...

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I’m Human
by Veronica Haywood

Last week Karen brought up a very good point when commenting on my blog (hope you don't mind my reposting). She said, "I believe it is the cost of the health care workers that have driven up costs. Let's say we pay you less than what you think you are Read More...

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With School Comes Stress
by Veronica Haywood

School has officially started and I am already stressed. I am, however, very excited about the classes that I will be taking. Some of the classes I am taking include biomechanics, LE orthopedics, neuro-anatomy, medical neuroscience and life span development. Read More...

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‘Duh’ Moments
by Veronica Haywood

In class we have come to a point where we are starting to make the connections between the basic courses that we took last year. A lot of the things that we are going over in class are expanding on our prior knowledge and becoming more applicable to the Read More...

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