Recent content by PTMattI

My school had clinicals all off last year and we all did fine on boards. Not a big deal

Failure on the exam is not a reflection of your skills as physical therapist or your potential, dont think otherwise. Use this as another learning opportunity to make you that much more prepared when you start your career. Good luck!

Unlikely you will find a job immediately making that much. From a practical standpoint, it probably makes more sense staying in school and becoming a PT. Not to mention its a great career with a ton of flexibility.

How far along in school are you? It may not make sense now to leave PT school if you are already a few semester in. What would you do instead? There are jobs you can work in PT where salary can approach or break 100k fairly early on

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Its probably normal to have some doubts before under going a major life decision. You have to think back to what made you apply to PT school in the first place in order to try to regain that motivation.

Hey Ballyson, I think the curriculum at Mercer is pretty much similar to any other accredited DPT school because they all have to go through accreditation by CAPTE and meet all the requirements. That leaves very little wiggle room for other stuff. I would make cost a primary determinant...

I dont understand why some people become CIs......hang in there!

I dont have PTA or ATC where I work. I typically have 30 minutes, sometimes more 1 on 1 time with all patients, I only bill the 1 on 1 time and that is when I either do manual therapy or teach / supervise the more complex exercises.

Most of the time, yes. However I think there could be exceptions. For example if I am coaching / instructing two clients at the same time in the squat. What do you think?

I think in a busy OP clinic, it is almost impossible to provide skilled treatment most of the time because a therapist will be juggling several patients at the same time therefore delegating the care of at least 1 patient to an aide / tech.

do nothing and enjoy yourself

Sorry, when I wrote my first reply I didnt see that you already got into school..... If I were you I would try to defer my acceptance to the following year and see how it goes with the job you already have. It sounds like you have a great gig and you can always go back to school.....would...

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perhaps if you get to doing sharp debridement haha but your program should find a way to let you work around it. it isnt something that should prevent you from becoming a PT