What area do you want to go into when you graduate?

[Shelby029]

Just for fun, saw it on the OT thread (I'm currently going back in forth between PT/OT)

I want to work in pediatrics when I graduate - a million years from now!

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[markelmarcel]

I haven't fully decided, my bachelor degree is in early childhood & elementary education, so I think peds would be a smart move for me (and whoever wanted to hire me given my background) but everyone always thinks they want to work with kids because they are cute

I also have an interest in working within sports medicine or ortho; and I also read an amazing book on burn victims which has sparked my interest in that demanding (emotionally) field as well... We'll see what happens when I start getting in my clinicals!

 

[CmichStudent]

Any field..I haven't experienced enough yet though to make an educated decision. I'll just take the one closest to where I want to be and with the best salary and benefits. Probably in-patient hospital setting, if I had to hazard a guess. Maybe pick up a per-diem on the weekend, depending on how ambitious and/or how large my loans are.

 

[kcrat21]

I want to get into sports rehab and am looking into getting both my AT/DPT in order to do so!

 

[Akiramay]

I've only had one clinical in acute care and will start my second clinical in an outpatient setting in 1 week, but I'm leaning towards rehab and working with patients with neurological conditions and patients post-op. I loved working in the hospital but hated only seeing my patients 1-2 times in acute care, so I have a strong feeling I'll go into rehab 'cause I'll be able to see my patients longer. I've had a few healthcare field trips in the rehab setting during my semesters in school and loved it!

 

[seminolefish]

Yeah I'm most interested in Neuro and sports PT. Neuro is extremely challenging to me but I'm trying to embrace it and I see it being more worthwhile the older I get. We'll see how that turns out after I take the 2 semester Neurorehab course...

 

[dizzy88]

I'm pretty sure I want to go into outpatient ortho. In some kind of chronic pain/pain management setting. It's so cool to see what therapists do with patients who have been living with pain for so long! Very rewarding.

 

[dreamlife]

Neuro rehab is the most appealing to me right now. I intend on seriously looking into oncology PT as that is a major interest to me as well.