PT Recommendation

[summer921]

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How long have you known the PTs that you all asked for recommendations? Obviously, longer is better. I have worked with many PTs as a Rehab Aide and shadowing (rotated w diff PT each day), but I feel like I haven't spent enough time with any one in particular to ask for an LOR...

Would it be unacceptable to shadow a PT for a few weeks now and get an LOR (the PT knowing you'll need an LOR at the end)???

ADVICE MUCH APPRECIATED

 

[Phyline]

I can't see how that's unacceptable. I accumulated around 40 hours with a single PT - she knew I needed this many hours and that I needed a recommendation letter at the end. I was at the practice every morning at 7am for several weeks. Minus random empty mornings and snow days it took me 2 months of regular shadowing. It helped that the PT was young (2 years out of school) and super chill.

 

[Sunshine~Runner]

Just be sure to tell them immediately that you are hoping to get a recommendation letter from them! That way they have time to really watch you and look for examples to use in their letter. If they just think you're there to shadow or work they probably won't pay too much attention when you have a really positive interaction with a patient or ask an awesome question so they won't remember specific examples later on. Earlier this summer I asked a PT after 2 weeks of shadowing if she would be willing to write a recommendation letter for me down the road and she was totally fine with it! She started spending more time with me and a month later they hired me as their new PT tech and I should have a strong letter from her soon!

 

[DesertPT]

Would it be unacceptable to shadow a PT for a few weeks now and get an LOR (the PT knowing you'll need an LOR at the end)???

No. Thousands of applicants do it every year.