In the first week of the research blog, I have actually learned a lot and am happy that most of my initial questions for this week have been answered. I've learned pretty much the overall basics of physical therapy like salary, patients, schooling, personality traits, etc. that are essential when you want to go into the physical therapy field. I was looking through youtube to try and find some videos of a day in a life of a physical therapist, and I stumbled across the video above. To me, this video was extremely helpful and it was definitely nice to learn what a day in a physical therapists shoes looks like. It reiterated in the video that you do really need to have high energy level and patience. But from this video the one thing I really learned is that you also need to have passion. You need to have a passion to want to do this, a passion to want to help people that are in need of your help, and that it's so important to love what you are doing. I learned this from just watching the physical therapist in the video. I mean look at her, it's exhausting work, but she still loves it and when she's working with the kids she has a smile on her face the entire time. It was so obvious to me that she has a passion for what she does. My main conclusion after week 1 is that I'm on the right track, and I feel like I could really be a fit in this field. The high energy, patience, passion, encouragement, and everything really. I truly do believe that I have what it takes to be a physical therapist.
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Countysandiego. (2010, November 12). Physical Therapist- A Day in the Life. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ykElSXlReU
Hey Hannah, I was considering Physical Therapy as a possible field of study before I chose Special Education but I still find the field of Physical Therapy to be very interesting. I know that for Special Education, or any profession relating to kids you must have a real passion for your job. I am not sure if you answered this in your first blog post, but what helped you to choose Physical Therapy? I am still very curious about the field and would love to know more about it.
ReplyDeleteI am majoring in nursing and I feel like that and physical therapy are very similar in the way that we have to work with the patients. Having a high energy level and patience in physical therapy, is very similar to how it should be used in nursing. We constantly will have to face patients either we don't like for some reason or just don't want to comply with what we are asking of them. A high energy level will keep the patient motivated and patience will make the patient feel more welcome and willing to comply with us.
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