Pre-PTs Talking PT

Pre-PTs Talking PT

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Pre-PTs Talking PT episodes

  • Zach and Noah - Season 2 Intro

    Plans for season 2

    Status of Zach and Noah

    Preparing for PT Program interviews and improving clinical communication with patients

    Struggles of being a Pre-PT major - Working and Studying Full-Time

    Let us know if there is anything else you would like to hear?

    52 min
  • Colin SPT 2020

    From the archives of the Pre-PTs Talking PT

    Three years ago Colin SPT (now DPT) shares:

    • Thoughts about acceptance into PT schools
    • Being judged when applying yourself
    • Being rejected and applying twice
    • Stress of applying to programs/scholarships
    • Hybride PT program
    • First physical therapy experience and same facility clinical rotation
    • Having to talk to various people to get your foot in the door
    • Working many jobs and having life experiences can make you a better clinician
      • 43 min
    • Lynette Gilmore PT, DPT, OCS

      A previous rehab director transitioned to receiving her OCS, and shares stories of her experiences with Zach and I.

      • Tribal Enrollment 

      • Benefits of working for a tribe

      • Working with a patient that does not want to be in PT (Zach)

      • Power of communication (Bluntness with Zach)

      • Orthopedic Clinical Specialist Talking Orthopedics

      • Variety of experience in tribal settings

        • IPTN - pillars - elevate communities and stufents

        • Communicate with Students: K-College

        • Healthcare professionals - association of American Indian physicians 

        • National level - 1 hour CEU APTA - CSM presentation and State Level of connection

        • PT excellence for indigenous communities


          • Staying after in clinic to collaborate

            • Retake classes and get a high GPA

            • Psychology/communication is important

            • Get to know your patient; use patient-friendly language

            • Starting as a new grad in a new clinic

              • 1 hr 8 min
            • Natalie Weeks-O'Neal - Lakota Tribe of Fort Peck MO

              • Natalie Weeks-O'Neal shares her amazing story and brilliant ideas regarding the profession and school!

              • Importance of Community Service

              • Lower-income upbringing

              • Exposure to PT settings - Tribal communities

              • Have to want education - not sustainable in the U.S.

              • CSM - Australian PT coming soon to the Indigenous PT Network (IPTN) in collaboration

              • Leadership for Indian Healthcare 

                • 38 min
              • Jordan Anderson RN, BSN - Always Moving Forward
                Jordan Anderson BSN and licensed nurse works at a pain clinic after having an ASIA B spinal cord injury (SCI) at the level of the T5 segment.
                SCI while studying for the NCLEX  
                Getting exposure in different clinical settings (ER)
                Wish Zach luck with getting more clinical exposure!
                Fighting with insurance for therapy for an FES unit
                Donations funded both essential therapy treatment and adaptive equipment
                Being confident with conversation for our patients' sake
                Goal sharing within the care team 
                Pressure sores are common
                Exercise for ease of mobility and health (i.e., Swim)
                Finding or creating a community to maintain inspiration
                Oregon Adaptive Sports - Sit Ski (Difficult)
                Roy Tuskunee - Hi5Foundation
                Kelly Brush foundation - adaptive equipment
                Bobby McMullen - north state adaptive equipment “the bobby sees it” podcast
                Travis Roy - vehicle adaptive equipment 
                Craig hospital - Colorado
                1 hr 10 min
              • Gahfora NP - Being the Voice for Patients

                Gahfora is a NP that was providing care for a year after graduating in an underserved area at the time of the recording (2020). Listen to Gahfora's amazing story and philosophy of how primary care is viewed through her lens as a PCP.

                  • Primary care and daily experiences

                  • Diabetes, hypertension management, and preventative medicine 

                  • Building Rapport 

                  • Language barriers and providing optimal care

                  • Educating patients to make lifestyle changes

                  • Providing primary care for the underserved communities

                  • Solo Nurse Practitioner as a new grad

                  • Collaborating with experienced team members as a primary care provider

                  • Accelerated RN to NP

                  • Self compassion

                      • 47 min
                    • Cale Backinger CPT - staying curious
                      Cale B. is a certified Personal Trainer that is motivated to help clients because he is passionate about the profession and educating his clients. Listen as Cale talks with Zach and Noah about his experience and philosophies regarding public health.
                      Injuries leading to inspiration
                      Health promotion and wellness
                      Studying for CPT
                      Educating Clients
                      Continuing Education as a CPT via the facility or curiosity
                      Instagram: @Cback_4details
                      49 min
                    • Rie Osaka PT, DPT - committed to growing professionally

                      Starting work as a New Graduate Physical Therapist can be daunting, but so is undergrad and PT school. Listen to Rie Osaka PT, DPT talk about her powerful and inspiring journey. 

                      • Starting as a new Grad PT

                      • Interviewing analogy

                      • Amazing Origin Story

                      • Misdiagnosing and consequences of providing poor attention to all patients, especially for those with English as a Second Language

                      • Challenges of Undergrad as a Pre-PT

                      • PT School experiences

                      • Positive Self-Talk

                      • Finding the right PT school

                      • Studying for boards before the whole cohort DPT class

                      • Progressing the profession

                        • https://www.linkedin.com/in/rie-osaka-753b2078 

                        Show credit to Zach Olson for providing questions to ask a new graduate physical therapist and picking up an extra shift at work at the time this episode was recorded.

                        Song credit: Introduction and Rondo capriccioso in A Minor, Op. 28

                        Performed by Antoni Wit, Dong-Suk Kang, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra

                        Written by

                        Camille Saint-Saëns


                        55 min
                      • Travel PT Joey DPT SNFs and Pandemics 06/2020

                        Joey Fonseca DPT was a travel PT during the COVID-19 pandemic at three different SNFs. This episode is from the archives prior to PT school from the original host of the Pre-PTs Talking PT. You get to hear the change in communication from before PT school to now as a new grad.

                        • Power of Words as a PT
                        • Advocate for yourself as a new graduate Physical Therapist
                        • Challenges of Travel PT after graduate school
                        • Joey's Joys of Being a Travel PT
                        • Pandemic and SNFs
                        • A glimpse into a PT program experience and starting PT school during a pandemic
                        • CEUs
                        • Goals after traveling (OCS??)


                          • 1 hr

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