Anyone else have to........??

[TheOx777]

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"Dress up" for their DPT program? Our program has a business/business casual mandate at ALL times. The only exceptions may be in lab/cadaver settings. I think it definitely creates a professional culture, but for many of us use to wearing jeans, t-shirts, hoodies, sneakers, etc to class it is likely to be an adjustment period. Those days will soon be over for yours truly! Thoughts?

 

[Yohan]

Hahaha... my program has the same policy. I guess educating us on how to be PT's also includes how to dress . It will take some getting used to for sure. Like you, I usually dress very causal and if I hadn't had to "dress up" for the last year working as an aide it would definitely be more of an adjustment... Now I just look at it as more of the same.

 

[TheOx777]

Yohan,

I actually am not opposed to the idea. If I were not starring in the trilogy of Broke Student: The Life and Times of the Ramen Noodle Brigade I would buy nicer clothes(whatever that means) more often. In due time.......in due time😎!

Glad you have seemed to adjust to it!

 

[dizzy88]

I remember hearing this from lots of applicants when I helped out with interviews this year. Foreign concept to me! Most of our professors get mad at us if we aren't in shorts and t-shirts lol. We have so many hands-on labs, so our dress code is usually something that you can expose multiple areas with. We eventually got sick of changing, so all of us wear gym clothes to school for the most part!

We are expected to dress up for patient sessions, any shadowing we may do in the clinics associated with the University, and internships of course.

 

[NoleGirl4DPT]

Speaking from the wardrobe of gym shorts and t-shirts, I hope this isn't the case at my school (I don't think it is). I DO think it's important to dress professionally, just not all the time. I need time to slowly build a professional wardrobe, not break the bank in one fell swoop.

Good luck Ox! I'm sure you'll look savvy!

 

[BlueBlue8]

We are required to wear business casual for lectures and white t-shirts and solid colored gym shorts for lab. I thought more people would wear slacks, but since we can wear "nice jeans" to lecture most people wear jeans and a nice shirt. It is annoying when you sometimes have to change three times in one day: lecture, lab, and then scrubs for cadaver lab.

 

[DancerFutureDPT]

"Dress up" for their DPT program? Our program has a business/business casual mandate at ALL times. The only exceptions may be in lab/cadaver settings. I think it definitely creates a professional culture, but for many of us use to wearing jeans, t-shirts, hoodies, sneakers, etc to class it is likely to be an adjustment period. Those days will soon be over for yours truly! Thoughts?

And that's why I didn't go to Mayo That, and I heard that for cadaver labs they require khakis and a white polo (you'll have to let me know if that's true or not.) haha.

But in all seriousness, we do have our "clinic attire" days (anytime we're going to a clinical setting for a field trip, for any patient encounters, or for practical exams in classes where we're practicing treating "patients"). Those days are far and few between, maybe currently averaging one "clinic attire" day every two to three weeks.

I'm not going to lie...I really enjoy being able to wear whatever I want to class. I don't feel like dressing up nicely for lecture is necessary, or contributes to learning in any way. Yeah, you might feel more professional, but you're in a student setting. Most days I will wear nice jeans and still look somewhat nice, I'm just not doing the collared shirt and slacks thing. But somedays, it's really nice to be able to throw on sweats or yoga pants and a hoodie and go to class (especially on days when I'm not feeling well or whatever).

 

[TheOx777]

And that's why I didn't go to Mayo That, and I heard that for cadaver labs they require khakis and a white polo (you'll have to let me know if that's true or not.) haha.

But in all seriousness, we do have our "clinic attire" days (anytime we're going to a clinical setting for a field trip, for any patient encounters, or for practical exams in classes where we're practicing treating "patients"). Those days are far and few between, maybe currently averaging one "clinic attire" day every two to three weeks.

I'm not going to lie...I really enjoy being able to wear whatever I want to class. I don't feel like dressing up nicely for lecture is necessary, or contributes to learning in any way. Yeah, you might feel more professional, but you're in a student setting. Most days I will wear nice jeans and still look somewhat nice, I'm just not doing the collared shirt and slacks thing. But somedays, it's really nice to be able to throw on sweats or yoga pants and a hoodie and go to class (especially on days when I'm not feeling well or whatever).

Dancer,
I will let you know. I was under the impression that scrubs/gym attire would be used for cadaver/lab sections, but who knows. I knew Mayo wasn't the only program that required business casual attire(i.e. Emory University), yet I also got the sense that it was not a common practice either. Were you seriously considering Mayo?