Being active on SDN as a current student or physical therapist

[2017DPT]

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For students or currently licensed PTs that have been active on forums such as these and kept up with them, did you find it useful, or helpful?

 

[DesertPT]

This site is much more geared towards pre-PTs than SPTs or practicing therapists. There are a couple of excellent groups on Facebook if you want to participate in a lot of good discussions once you are in PT school.

 

[2017DPT]

This site is much more geared towards pre-PTs than SPTs or practicing therapists. There are a couple of excellent groups on Facebook if you want to participate in a lot of good discussions once you are in PT school.

Thanks for the response, I'll search for those in the future!

 

[truthseeker]

I am a practicing PT and I enjoy correcting some misconceptions of SPTs and Pre-PT students. I don't like talking duckies and bunnies and unicorns and rainbows to those who made a lot of bad decisions or don't have the grades and/or talent to get in or finish PT school.

 

[DesertPT]

I am a practicing PT and I enjoy correcting some misconceptions of SPTs and Pre-PT students

Indeed, much if not most of what I read on here as a pre-PT turned out to be fairly exaggerated.

 

[astarblaze]

I am a practicing PT and I enjoy correcting some misconceptions of SPTs and Pre-PT students.

Indeed, much if not most of what I read on here as a pre-PT turned out to be fairly exaggerated.

On this note, I'm very curious- what do you guys see as the biggest exaggerations/misconceptions perpetuated on this forum? What am I reading on here that I should take with a grain (or multiple handfuls) of salt?

 

[truthseeker]

sorry but I can't really come up with a concrete example. What I meant was to say that I enjoy explaining some of the more difficult to search things for prospective PT students like the quality of a school, discussing cost of education etc . . . I wouldn't say that things are perpetuated but there are some people who exaggerate (IMO) the rigor of PT school, the cost to earnings ratio, what schools are better than others etc . . .

 

[NewTestament]

I wouldn't say that things are perpetuated but there are some people who exaggerate (IMO) the rigor of PT school, the cost to earnings ratio, what schools are better than others etc . . .

Rigor of PT school: a full-time job (50-60 hrs/week classes+preparation) but you're not going to have a nervous breakdown. If you study smart and effectively, you will do just fine.
Cost-to-earnings ratio: depends on the school and the job you take. If you go to an expensive private school and get a job in a private practice, you're going to be in debt for a long time.
Which schools are better: depends on what you want. NPTE pass rate is the most important criterion.

 

[steveyk]

I was on this website religiously as a pre PT student but now that I'm an SPT, I only come back to post if people msg me or I get some sort of notification.

 

[DesertPT]

On this note, I'm very curious- what do you guys see as the biggest exaggerations/misconceptions perpetuated on this forum? What am I reading on here that I should take with a grain (or multiple handfuls) of salt?

Things are necessarily misconceptions, the info on here is generally pretty accurate. "Overdramatized" may have been a better word than "exaggerated". Just a lot of pre-PT neuroses I think, which is to be expected and I don't blame people. We've all been there at some point!