English 103-020 Essay 1, Draft 1 September 5, 2013 Professor Dear Jane Doe, I am interested in the physical therapist position posted on Craigslist. I just graduated from the SUNY upstate program, receiving my Doctor of Physical Therapy and passing my national license examination. Working with people is a passion of mine and I feel that this position will allow me to fulfill this desire. As a student of SUNY upstate, I have learned from the best professors and have received an…
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Career Research Paper: Physical Therapy Every year around nine million adults around the world utilize outpatient physical therapy services. Physical therapy is a popular field and is needed all over the world. There are more than two hundred thousand physical therapists just in the United States. Pursuing a career in physical therapy is something I am interested in because it helps those in need. To pursue this career there are certain schooling, personality traits, and skills required. In order…
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get a degree in Physical Therapy Assisting and help people for a living. When I was fourteen I had foot surgery which involved going to physical therapy to gain full mobility back in foot and ankle. Since then I have always had a passion for helping others go from pain to a normal life. Physical Therapy Assistants are a vital necessity to help patients in their recovery process due to surgery or injury.…
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How Physical Therapy Improved My Life Sequoia Tchoufong University of Maryland University College How Physical Therapy Improved My Life When I began my physical therapy treatment, I remember feeling nervous. I knew that physical therapy would be a painful process, and require a lot of me. Dealing with day-to-day back pain and shoulder pain, and trouble sleeping, I was more than ready to recover. When I met with the team of physical therapists and their assistants, we all talked as if we knew…
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When I first heard about occupational therapy, I would have never envisioned squeezing paper towels as something beneficial. “Juan”, a Head Start student in occupational therapy (OT), sneaked over to the faucet to pour a cup of water. When I nudged Joe, the OT, to Juan's attention, Joe snatched a handful of paper towels. “Juan, I have a game for you.” The occupational therapist sat him down and squashed the paper into the cup. Fortunately, there was a rubber bowl at the table. Joe wrung the towel into…
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When I first heard about occupational therapy, I would have never envisioned squeezing paper towels as a beneficial activity. “Juan”, a Head Start student in occupational therapy (OT), sneaked over to the faucet to pour a cup of water. When I nudged Joe, the OT, to Juan's attention, Joe snatched a handful of paper towels. “Juan, I have a game for you.” The occupational therapist sat him down and squashed the paper into the cup. Fortunately, there was a rubber bowl at the table. Joe wrung the towel…
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Thank you for your wonderful answer! As healthcare professional, continuous education is a part of our jobs. By this we, as physical therapist updates our knowledge and learn new evidence based skills for utmost patient care. I concurred on your statement that PubMed is effective and convenient to use research articles and journals however I face difficult to find full texts in many articles and required to purchase membership. I frequently use PubMed Central for free and full text articles, moreover…
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Scientific Writing Diana Amaya Rodriquez, PhD, MS, CNS, RN July 3, 2013 Research studies conducted all over the world, including Japan, Italy, Ireland, Denmark, Australia, and the United States, have explored the effects of early ambulation. Early ambulation is defined as less than 48 hours after surgery. The purpose of this paper is to review current research regarding implementation of early mobilization in the post surgical hip patients that are 65 years of age…
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ABSTRACT This paper will describe how Intellectual Disability uses Psychology throughout research documents and how Occupational Therapy treats, and monitors patients during their diagnosis. The information was gathered by various websites and accurate assessments from the book of Psychology, Themes and Variations; 8E Briefer Version. There will be descriptions of child intellectual disability and development disability and informative learning on how Psychology applies to both I.D. (Intellectual…
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(Dreikurs, p. 70). Not only does it teach cooperation with others, interaction between group members allows the therapist a better understanding of each particular individual. In Adlerian family art therapy; the therapist is able to analysis the roles and environment the family has created for themselves while they participate in an art making activity. According to Sutherland, the therapist is able to look “for both useful and dysfunctional behavior by listening to and observing both the verbal and…
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