relationship‚ communication is the main point of working in the health care field. It is important to be sensitive not only to the physical limitations of patients but to their emotional limitations as well. I am motivated to become a physical therapist because I want to enhance physical health‚ fitness and quality of life to adults and children. A good physical therapist is just as important as a good doctor. I know how devastating injuries can be to a person physically and mentally. In accident
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my elementary school noticed my inability to do simple athletic tasks‚ such as jumping rope. At the same time‚ my parents noticed that it was beyond my physical capacity to tie my shoes or write well. So‚ I began attending physical therapy at Kidnetics‚ a place that specializes in physical therapy for young children. On the first day of therapy‚ I met Stephanie‚ my therapist. We started by playing a then popular game called Bop-It to test my hand-eye coordination. Needless to say‚ I was awful at
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Business and Ethical Issues After reading the requirement for this interview paper‚ I asked some friends to see if experience ethic issues have at their workplace. Unfortunately‚ most of them are working part-time as student assistants for San Jose State University‚ and therefore do not deal with ethics issue. While continuing to find the right person to interview‚ I received a call from my old community college classmate‚ Vivian Huynh. After speaking to her on the on phone‚ Vivian agreed to
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you would be more effective with your time management and you would have access to more stuff. My job has an increasing outlook which would be very high when I it would be time to make my career choices. A total of 12‚370 jobs open up in the Physical Therapy field which means that there would be lots of jobs open at the time of my adult life. These job openings are predicted for this occupation between the years 2012 and 2022. My salary for this career would be $80‚700 dollars for my yearly salary
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The field of physical therapy requires the ability to relate well to people‚ not only in a physician - patient scenario‚ but also in the constant interaction with other health care professionals. It aims to restore movement and function‚ relieve pain‚ and prevent illness and injury. APTA’s vision for physical therapy “transforming society by optimizing movement to improve the human experience” means differently for every motivated future physical therapist. For me‚ this vision means changing society
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got a job at an outpatient physical therapy clinic and there my true passion began. This inspired me to apply and eventually get accepted into the Physical Therapist Assistant program at Gateway Community College. The Physical Therapist Assistant program at Gateway will help me reach my goal of becoming a Physical Therapist Assistant by developing my character professionally‚ giving me the knowledge to help patients‚ and pass my board to receive my license as a Physical Therapist Assistant. The program
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I first had physical therapy at 27‚ after I slipped on an icy Montreal sidewalk and tore the ligaments in my left ankle. I had it again at 42 and 43‚ after surgery on my right and left knees‚ and most recently I’ve had it on both shoulders. My orthopedist likes to say surgery is half the battle. If so‚ it’s the easy half. The slow and repetitive work of physical therapy often starts the next day‚ and for an injury like a tear in an anterior cruciate ligament‚ it can take up to six months. Before
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patients. I assumed she was a physical therapist because she interacted with patients well and was knowledgeable on the instructions she gave the patients. She introduced herself to me as a student completing her clinical education. She impressed me with her attitude and how she conducted herself; to me‚ she represented a professional student. Because she shared qualities I had and she was a successful student‚ I knew if I implemented her qualities in physical therapy school I too could be a professional
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wanted to get to know her better‚ so it seemed like the interviews between all of us was a great idea. I had very few speculations of why Paulina is the person that she is today‚ until I heard the interview between Paulina and Sally. During Paulina’s interview‚ she was still that sweet‚ quiet girl‚ but I learned a lot about her. The experiences in her life have shaped her to be the way that she is‚ just like mine have shaped me. From her interview‚ I gathered that her frames of reference include her
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to become a physical therapist. Six years ago I had a traumatic knee injury that caused me to go to physical therapy‚ and since then I have known exactly where my life should go. Injuries may seem terrible for many people. They are expensive‚ painful‚ and can sometimes put an end to either a passion or a career. For me‚ my injury was all three of those‚ but it was also an eye opener for me. Week after week of going to the orthopedic surgeon and day after day of being at the physical therapist opened
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