Category: PT School
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My Experience as a Graduate Research Assistant
Research is a vital component of any healthcare field. It is how new diagnostic tools and interventions are developed and helps us provide the best evidence-based practice for our patients. Going into PT school, I knew research was important, but I didn’t have any experience with it and, honestly, was not super interested in it.…
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Final Semester of Physical Therapy School and Graduation
Wow—so much has happened over the last few months! I finished my last clinical rotation ever, headed back to school to study for and take our comprehensive exam, presented my capstone research (which I will dive into on the next post), and then, after a long three years, finally graduated! My Final Clinical Rotation My…
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All Things Pediatrics!
I just finished up my last didactic semester of PT school, and although the days were long, the semester flew by! I have been so busy with classes and research that I haven’t had much time to post, so let’s do a quick recap of the past year! Since my last post about my acute…
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Acute Care Clinical Experience
It feels like just yesterday I was writing about my first clinical and now, I am finished with the second! For this experience, I traded my polos for scrubs and learned all about the world of acute care. Now that I had more coursework and one clinical under my belt, I felt more confident in…
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My First Clinical Experience (Part 2)
A few weeks ago, I posted all about my first clinical experience. Then, finals for our summer semester started, and things got a little crazy! Now that finals are over, I finally have some time to sit down and write. If you haven’t read part one of my first clinical experience, I would recommend starting…
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My First Clinical Experience (Part 1)
My program has four full-time clinicals worked into our curriculum and the first one is for six weeks at the end of the first year. As my classmates and I worked our way through our first year, the cohort above us consistently reminded us that it gets better once you get to your first clinical.…
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The PT School Application Process: The GRE
Oh the GRE. For me, this was by far one of the most stressful parts of applying to PT school. It is so easy to get worked up about a standardized test, especially when your future seems to be depending on it. I wish I could tell you that it is easier than expected, but…
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The PT School Application Process: PTCAS
The PTCAS application opens next week, (June 15th) so I thought it would be a great time to talk a little bit about the application process. Applying to physical therapy school can be overwhelming, but luckily most programs now use a centralized application service called PTCAS. This helps keep all of your application information in…
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Managing Stress in Physical Therapy School
If you’ve read my previous two posts about physical therapy school, you probably know by now that it can be pretty stressful at times. I always say some level of stress/anxiety is good because that means you care about what you’re doing, however, if you get too stressed it can really take a toll on…
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All About Gross Anatomy
Oh, gross anatomy. Some people love it, some people hate it, and some people (like myself) are somewhere in between. Gross anatomy is an invaluable learning experience, and I am so thankful to have had the opportunity to be in the lab. You will have a new appreciation for how truly amazing the human body…
Katie Woosley 