Physical Therapist Assistants and Aides

I was in my last year of PT school so I got to work, did my final review of my patients, and asked any questions to my CI about anyone I was seeing that day. Then I treated and documented my caseload. At the end of the day I would recap with my CI and receive any feedback.

As a Volunteer, I was able to shadow the physical therapists and ask them questions throughout the day. They taught me about the purpose of various exercises and as time went on, I was able to help instruct patients in their exercises and distribute the appropriate equipment to them. Furthermore,...

It was a lot like shadowing- I basically hung out in the office with the PTs and watched their evaluations. They showed me how to do some basic tests and allowed me to perform them on willing patients. I also helped cleaning the tables and changing pillowcases. My day was 9 am-6 pm with a 1 hour ...