"Don't be a PT!"

[dzwn88]

I am very pissed at responses here. These posts are very discouraging.

We all can't be doctors and slave away to 4 years of med school to slave away during residency; not a lot of people want to put up with that ****-- and frankly, preparing viagra pills at Walgreens isn't my idea of a career.

If all you're going to do is CONSTANTLY say this stuff, stick to your own board and stop lurking around here.

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[PTapp]

I agree. Yes, the pay is not that great, but why do some people bring the salary up first when it comes to selecting a career? And I would do just fine with 50k-75k/year. I am starting PT school this fall and I can't wait.

 

[Buckeye4life]

I am very pissed at responses here. These posts are very discouraging.

We all can't be doctors and slave away to 4 years of med school to slave away during residency; not a lot of people want to put up with that ****-- and frankly, preparing viagra pills at Walgreens isn't my idea of a career.

If all you're going to do is CONSTANTLY say this stuff, stick to your own board and stop lurking around here.

I'm sorry you feel so strongly about the negative comments towards PT, but that's what happens when you come on an anonymous internet forum with many health care professionals and many physicians or physicians in training. I think that you said it yourself when you state that you can't see yourself slaving awaying at something. I don't see it as slaving if you're doing what you love, and I would rather put up with 7-10+ more years of training than what I feel would be slaving away for 40 years in a career that didn't satisfy me. I can't speak for everyone, but I would gather that most PTs gone medschool have respect for PT, but it's just not quite what they felt passionate about. At least not for me. Finally, I don't quite understand why you are so defensive about PT since you state you're an MD/PhD.

 

[truthseeker]

Maybe the original poster is embarrassed at what he/she feels is unneccessry bashing of another profession. Fact is, I agree with you buckeye about passion. I could have gone either way, in fact started school with the intent of med school.

Spent one day as a student athletic trainer observing orthopod doing scopes early in the morning (7am). Had two, I could only stay for one, had a test across campus. went to another class, ate lunch, took a shower read a bit then went in to the training room for men's gymnastics practice. They had early practice because of a women's exhibition meet with the Japanese National team. Stayed and covered the gymnastics meet with the same orthopod that I watched do surgery that morning. Afterward there was a hospitality room with cocktails, wine, beer and hor'doevres.(spelling?) Invited the surgeon to join us and he said that he couldn't, had surgery that night at 10:30 pm.

In my mind, there is no amount of money worth that life. I am very happy at what I do (PT ATC). That doesn't mean, however, that I am less intelligent. Many PTs get defensive because of the heirarchy in healthcare. I really don't, except when a physician thinks that they know more about PT than I do. The good ones realize that they don't.