Old school notes. Keep? Throw away?

[BlueBlue8]

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PT of 3 years about to move and start travel therapy. What do you guys do with your old school notes? My school had us print everything and bind it. I can't say that I have referred to any of my notes except the manual therapy notebooks. I would probably keep anatomy and biomechanics...but everything else? Gonna bring a few textbooks with me but everything else is going into storage.

But still... When do you let go?

 

[NewTestament]

Did you have to print everything or did you print them by choice?

I have all my notes, except some neuroscience diagrams, on my laptop, so of course I have all my notes. If all my notes were printed, I would bring:

-Manual therapy notebooks in case you're in an outpatient orthopedic clinic
-Basic skills (assisted devices, transfers, etc.) if you're in acute, SNF, or home health
-Anatomy and biomechanics notes
-NPTE study guide- a great resource
-Differential dx notes- good for any setting
-Pharmacology notes- good for any setting

 

[truthseeker]

Google knows everything.

 

[BlueBlue8]

Did you have to print everything or did you print them by choice?

I have all my notes, except some neuroscience diagrams, on my laptop, so of course I have all my notes. If all my notes were printed, I would bring:

-Manual therapy notebooks in case you're in an outpatient orthopedic clinic
-Basic skills (assisted devices, transfers, etc.) if you're in acute, SNF, or home health
-Anatomy and biomechanics notes
-NPTE study guide- a great resource
-Differential dx notes- good for any setting
-Pharmacology notes- good for any setting

I went to St. Aug where it was the norm to print everything out and get it bound. I don't plan to bring much with me. Honestly I refer mostly to my kindle book Clinical Orthopaedic Rehab book by Brotzman and Manske.

Getting ready to move and I kinda want to throw away all of my old notes!

 

[BlueBlue8]

Google knows everything.

That's funny because my friend and I have said "if it weren't for Google and YouTube, I wouldn't be a therapist." But seriously... Google really helped me out my first year. My old notes are just collecting dust.