Hahill
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Hi all - I am a 2nd year DPT student. I completed the didactic portion of my program and passed comps back in May. In order to graduate, we must complete 3 10 week clinical rotations to finish out the program. Needless to say, with COVID rotations have been a mess. My class' May rotations were all cancelled, so we are scheduled to start our new first rotations this Monday. I was originally supposed to be going to a SNF for these 10 weeks, but due to pandemic-related changes and student restrictions, the parent company cancelled my rotation there last week. My clin ed coordinator scrambled to get me placed somewhere else, and I am now scheduled to start at an OP clinic on Monday. That being said, I am now scheduled to complete 3 outpatient ortho rotations, and no inpatient experience (this was required by my program before COVID, but they are not considering waiving the IP requirement). I love the clinic I will be at for my 2nd rotation, and at the 3rd OP clinic I will be getting the opportunity to get in the pool for aquatic therapy 2 days a week, which I am very excited and passionate about. On the other hand, I am really ambivalent about the clinic I was just placed at to start on Monday. Since it was a last minute placement, it is not an ideal situation (hour commute both ways, on top of 11 hour work days), and I am honestly just not psyched about doing all outpatient ortho. I am passionate about aquatic therapy, the spinal cord injury population, patients with MS and Parkinsons, and adaptive recreation. I am concerned that I will not get enough/any exposure to a neuro or inpatient population now, and I also don't feel confident in an inpatient setting so would really like to get some experience there.
Long story short, I'm debating backing out of this rotation. It would mean graduating even later (our December 2020 grad date is now pushed to March 2021), and with so much uncertainty in the future I can't say for sure I would get the opportunities I would be seeking if I defer doing this rotation to next Spring. But I am really concerned about the hit my experience and education might take from just sticking out the situation I'm in now. I would also really like to know how much weight the settings of your clinical rotations have on your future job prospects. I am concerned I may not have the opportunity to pursue working inpatient, or with any type of neuro population, if all I do is OP ortho. I am looking for some other student and PT perspectives on my situation. Thank you!
Long story short, I'm debating backing out of this rotation. It would mean graduating even later (our December 2020 grad date is now pushed to March 2021), and with so much uncertainty in the future I can't say for sure I would get the opportunities I would be seeking if I defer doing this rotation to next Spring. But I am really concerned about the hit my experience and education might take from just sticking out the situation I'm in now. I would also really like to know how much weight the settings of your clinical rotations have on your future job prospects. I am concerned I may not have the opportunity to pursue working inpatient, or with any type of neuro population, if all I do is OP ortho. I am looking for some other student and PT perspectives on my situation. Thank you!