JOB SHADOW 2015 @ HAYDEN PHYSICAL THERAPY

MEET MIKE HYDE

• Mike Hyde is a physical therapist at Hayden Physical Therapy.
• He became interested in theis career when he was a young teen. He had always been the kid with the bandaids and he had needed physical therapy after suffering a sports injury.
• Mike got his job after graduating from the University of Indiana.

BECOMING A PT

• Highschool graduate
• Doctorate of Physical Therapy
• Usually 4-6 years of college
• (Psychology courses are recomended)

A pt'S dUTIES

• Work hours: About 40 hours/week
• Things that PT's do:
• They have to use ultrasound machines
• Educate on how to heal and prevent injuries
• Talk
• Do theraputic exercises with patients

SALARY AND bENIFITS

• $55,000-$60,000 anually (depending on the setting)
• $85,000-$90,000 annually (depending on experience)

ADVANCEMENT

• Aid
• Physical Therapist (staff)
• Manager
• Regional Director

JOB OPORTUNITIES

• In physical therapy at Hayden PT, you can be:
• Aid: person who sets up patients' exercise machines, fill out charts and medical information, etc.
• Physical Therapist: performs physical therapy on patients and tend to work with more severe cases and injuries

OPORTUNITIES (OUTSIDE OF HAYDEN)

• Orthopedic physical therapists
• Work in hospitals
• Home visists
• Neurological physical therapists
• Cardiovascular physical therapists

LIKES/ DISLIKES

• Likes:
• Co-workers
• Patients
• Dislikes:
• When patients are stubborn and refuse to try to get better

ON MY JOB SHADOW, I...

• I dressed in the propper attire
• I looked around the building
• I interviewed Mike Hyde
• I watched physical therapy being performed on patients
• I went on a lunch break
• I talked to some patients
• I watched more physical therapy being performed
• I talked about sports and injuries with the Aids and the PTs
• I learned about joint movement
• I went home after being ther from 8:00am-7:00pm

CAREER iNTEREST

• Physical therapy is a career that I will consider in the future. It is part of the medical field, and also has a psychological aspect to it.
• It is an interesting career where you get to work with people with different kinds of injuries.
• However, it doesn't have much action.

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Thank You!