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Congratulations
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Kathryn Hickey is a physical therapy student at
Bellarmine University in Kentucky. She believes that a career in physical
therapy will afford her the opportunity to serve all people in an effort to
positively affect their lives. With physical therapy, she feels that it’s not
connecting to a person, but working towards their goals, by their terms. She
explains that the PT/patient relationship is a give and take relationship where,
in the end, everyone wins. She wants to see patients master life skills, return
to the activities they love, and positively influence their overall quality of
life. As a physical therapist she would like to teach patients how to walk or
use assistive devices and invent a way of changing bored exercises to fun ones.
She would like to get patients back to their prior level of function, and have
fun doing it. |
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Skyler Lynn is a physical therapy student at the
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is interested in becoming a
physical therapist because he enjoys listening to people's stories and learning
about their goals. He really enjoys helping them meet their goals to be more
healthy and active individuals. He states he obtains great satisfaction to see a
patient have a change in attitude and outlook on life when they are able to meet
their physical therapy goals and do the things they want to do in life! |
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Lauren Chmielewski is a
physical therapy student at Marquette University in Wisconsin. She
states she was always interested in health care, but had a special love for
movement and muscle action. She believes a profession in Physical Therapy would
afford her such an opportunity to get closer to this love. As a physical
therapist, she would like to be able to assist her patients in achieving more
function and efficiency with everyday activities. She believes that by being a
physical therapist she will be able to treat the whole person, not just the
disorder/injury/disease. |
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Congratulations
to the the winners of the $200 CyberPT Fall 2007 Scholarship
Sweepstakes! |
Jessica Smith is a
physical therapy student at the University of Wisconsin- Madison.
Throughout college her parents encouraged her to consider medical
school while she saw herself going into veterinary medicine. However, when it
came time to start thinking about graduate school applications she realized that
neither career path was quite right for her. When she really thought about what
she wanted in a career, she realized that her true interest lies in physical
therapy. Through a profession such as physical therapy she believes she will be
able to make a difference in a patient's life by having the opportunity to
develop a relationship with her patient and following through with him or her
throughout the rehabilitation process. |
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Barbara Janiszewski
is a physical therapy student at Marquette University in Wisconsin.
She is pursuing a profession in physical therapy, because she believes there is
nothing more rewarding than being able to help a person achieve a better quality
of life. She loves working with people and feels that physical therapy is a
profession which will allow her to build meaningful relationships with others.
She wants to work closely with people to help them overcome obstacles in their
lives—whether it’s to be able to perform activities of daily living or to
perform at a top sporting level. |
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Stacy King is a
physical therapy student at Hardin-Simmons University in Texas. Her
interest and exposure to physical therapy dates back to high school when she
suffered an injury requiring rehabilitation. She responded very well to physical
therapy and was extremely impressed with her therapist’s knowledge, as well as
with his ability to encourage and motivate her with her recovery. Because of her
past experiences she decided to pursue physical therapy, because she wants to be
a positive and enthusiastic influence for other individuals during their road to
recovery. Through her clinical experiences so far, she believes she is blessed
to have experienced the unmatched reward of being able to help improve and
enrich other lives. She is excited to grow as a student and eager to mature as a
clinician. |
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Congratulations
to the the winners of the $200 CyberPT Spring 2007 Scholarship
Sweepstakes!
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Emily Jaehnig is a
physical therapy student at the University of Wisconsin- Madison.
Ever since she was young she knew that she wanted a type of career
that is one of service to others. She is pursuing a career in
physical therapy, because she believes she has the skills and
ambition to be part of a vital aspect of healthcare today. She
believes advances in medicine and technology are miraculously
preserving more lives than ever before. She wants to help ensure
that these people can live their lives to the fullest. |
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Benedict Stollberg
is a physical therapy student at Marquette University. He is
pursuing a career in physical therapy, because he believes it fits
with his personality and lifestyle. He enjoys interacting with
patients and strives in helping patients with problems and
disabilities achieve their goals and potential functional outcomes.
So far he has enjoyed his physical therapy experiences and feels
that this enjoyment will transfer to better all around care for the
patients that he will be treating. |
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Sara Fajardo is a
physical therapy student at Northern Illinois University. After
researching different professions, a career in physical therapy
appealed to her the most because she found the outcome of helping
others a reward in itself. Once she is a physical therapist, her
goal is to be actively involved in her Hispanic community and to
educate them on the importance and benefits of proper rehabilitation
through physical therapy. This is very important to her as she
believes that often times the Latino culture doesn't fully
understand the benefits of physical therapy. |
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