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Background in Physical Therapy
by Lisa West

A friend of mine is an MD, and he often does other work using his MD education as a basis for other jobs. He serves as an "expert opinion" in some court trials, does consultation work for medicine companies, and teaches lectures occasionally. Although Read More...

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Mandatory Lunch Meetings
by Lisa West

At our hospital, the baseline for productivity is 75 percent. In acute care this is attainable on most days, but on some days can be difficult. Other tests/procedures, medical hold due to unstable lab values, dialysis, and simple patient refusals often Read More...

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Last Clinical EVER
by Lisa West

Well, it's basically over. Two more days of my last clinical as a PT student, and then I'm off for a 4-day solo drive home. My mother was kind enough to drive out here with me (we bopped along the whole way, singing at the top of our lungs and gasping Read More...

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I Lost My Heart in Arizona
by Lisa Catenacci

Week One: I am LOVING my last clinical here in Mesa, Arizona. My coworkers are fabulous- except the lack of GB Packer supports here (this is a joke). I'm in an OP-Neuro setting, and so far I've seen two SCI patients, many CVAs, and a muscular dystrophy, Read More...

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Can Clinicians Change?
by Lisa Catenacci

We had a journal club in class today-discussing an article about the development and implementation of Clinical Prediction Rules (CPR). While we were discussing the article, the conversation led to comments regarding how to change clinicians' decision-making Read More...

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