Good morning. Here I am, on the last day of my last internship inPortland,OR. I’m organizing all the finishing touches of the paperwork, and lucky me, I notice on my schedule my last patient will be a new evaluation. Then, tonight will be spent packing a small U-haul trailer in preparation to head back toDenver. [...]
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April 2011
Posted in Clinicals, DPT, Physical Therapy, Regis University, tagged Clinicals, DPT, DPT 3rd year, Oregon, Physical Therapy, PT, Regis, Regis University on April 15, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
March 2011
Posted in Clinicals, DPT, Physical Therapy, Regis University, tagged classmates, Clinicals, DPT, DPT 3rd year, Manual PT, Neurological PT, Pediatrics, Physical Therapy, PT, Regis, Regis University on March 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Another month has come and gone. Yes, it is still raining here in Portland. No, I have not yet hit clinical depression. . . . yet . With my Clinical Instructor having her baby last week, I’m sort of bouncing between 2 therapists. It has been nice in the sense of I have been given [...]
February 2011
Posted in Clinicals, DPT, Physical Therapy, Regis University, tagged Clinicals, DPT, DPT 3rd year, Oregon, Physical Therapy, PT, Regis, Regis University on February 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The first month of this last clinical internship has come and gone. From day 1, I was put to use. It has been a little more difficult at my site because all documentation is done on the computer, so I’m trying to get used to all the ins and outs of the system; it’s getting [...]
January 2011
Posted in Clinicals, DPT, Physical Therapy, Regis University, tagged Christmas, Clinicals, Denver, DPT, Physical Therapy, PT, Regis, Regis University on January 12, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Happy 2011: The year I graduate!!!! The Christmas season has come and gone. It was really nice being down in our home town for my internship so that both sets of grandparents were in the area for Spencer. . . and yes, Santa was very good to him this year. The only bummer is that [...]
December 2010
Posted in Clinicals, DPT, Physical Therapy, Regis University, tagged Christmas, Clinicals, DPT, DPT 3rd year, Physical Therapy, PT, Regis, Regis University, Utah on December 21, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
This 3rd rotation is just about over. I’ve been here 9 weeks with just 3 more to go. It has felt more like a job than anything; I have my own patient case load; I do all the documentation and initial evaluations; for the most part, I stay pretty busy at the clinic. Now if [...]
November 2010
Posted in Clinicals, DPT, Physical Therapy, Regis University, tagged Clinicals, DPT, DPT 2nd year, Physical Therapy, PT, Regis, Regis University on November 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Life is good. Clinical is going great. I have my own patients. I do my own evaluations. A lot less observation of my CI. As a matter of fact, I hear more of “That sounds good to me” versus what I would hear a lot more during the 1st 2 clinical experiences of “Now let’s [...]
September 2010
Posted in Clinicals, Colorado, Denver, DPT, Labs, Physical Therapy, Regis University, tagged classmates, Colorado, Denver, DPT, DPT 2nd year, Physical Therapy, PT, Red Rocks, Regis University, research group on September 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Well, the semester is under way and the thoughts of the comprehensive exam are now far from my mind. However, for those curious, it went well. . . well, well enough to pass the test. As I mentioned before, this is an exam that covers everything we have learned in the program, from anatomy to [...]
August 2010
Posted in Clinicals, Colorado, Denver, DPT, Physical Therapy, Regis University, tagged classmates, DPT 2nd year, Physical Therapy, study, Utah on August 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Although our exams have been over and done for over a week and a half, the studying has not finished. You see, come August 31st (or whatever day we’re supposed to be back), we have a 4 hour comprehensive examination, 2 hours in the morning and 2 hours in the afternoon. The test essentially covers [...]
July 2010
Posted in Clinicals, Colorado, Denver, DPT, Labs, Physical Therapy, Regis University on August 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Finals start up next week. This 4 week school semester has been a blitz from the get-go, having classes from 8 am to 5 pm pretty much every day (we still get Wednesday mornings off). This semester was Differential Diagnosis, Exercise Applications, Professional Issues, and Health Care Policy. Some were more interesting than others, but [...]
July 2010
Posted in Clinicals, Colorado, Denver, DPT, Physical Therapy, Regis University, Service Learning, Uncategorized, tagged classmates, Denver, DPT, Mexico, Nueva Rosita, Physical Therapy, Regis University, Service Learning on July 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Just a few weeks left in this clinical. As part of the requirements, all of us are required to give an in-service to the faculty/staff at the facilities we are working at. My presentation is supposed to be about 45 minutes on the topic of fibromyalgia and the implications for Physical Therapy. . . . [...]
