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Professional Goal statement

After graduating with my doctorate in Physical Therapy from UNC Chapel Hill and becoming a licensed physical therapist, my plan is to obtain a job in the Triangle area in the Acute Care setting. I enjoy working with patients of all ages, and my passion is to be able to give patients a sense of independence and hope throughout their stay in an inpatient setting. My goal is to become a physical therapist in an ICU setting and provide compassionate individualized care to my patients. After gaining experience I plan to become a CI to help teach and provide support to future DPT students.

Career plan/Future goals and objectives

Past accomplishments

• Graduated from Appalachian State with a B.A in Psychology with a concentration in health studies in June of 2019
• Acted as a Physical therapy aide, helping to create a wellness program for older adults at FIT physical therapy in Durham NC from 2019-2021.
• Enrolled in UNC Chapel Hill Doctor of Physical Therapy program in August of 2022.

Future goals/objectives

• May-July 2025: Create and follow a well thought out study schedule, reviewing course material, and enrolling in Boards review courses (Final Frontier) that will efficiently prepare me to pass the NPTE exam and comprehensive exam.
• July 2025: Past the NPTE on the first attempt
• August 2025: Graduate from The University of North Carolina at Chapel hill with a Doctorate in Physical Therapy
• Fall 2025: Obtain an Acute care job at UNC, Duke, or WakeMed hospital.
• Fall 2025: Obtain a mentor to help advise me and provide knowledge throughout the transitions of student to license PT.
• Fall-Spring 2025-2026: Pursue continuing education materials in areas that will improve and increase my knowledge on providing excellent care to my acute/inpatient patients.
• Next 1-2 years: Take the necessary coursework to become a clinical instructor.
• Next 3-5 years: Continue to work in acute care transitioning into an ICU setting.

Clinical Rotations

• 1^st: PIVOT- Smithfield, NC- 8 weeks
  • Outpatient Orthopedics
• 2^nd: UNC Hospitals; Hillsborough, NC- 8 weeks
  • Acute Care-Rotating floors (Post-op joints, general medicine, CCU, and geriatrics)
• 3^rd: UNC CRC, Chapel Hill, NC- 8 weeks
  • Outpatient Pediatrics/neuro
• 4^th: Atrium health Carolina Rehabilitation, Charlotte NC- 12 weeks
  • Inpatient Rehab/ Oncology rehab floor

Electives

• Advanced Orthopedics (2024)
• Teach Scholar for Physical Therapy Examinations and Interventions (2024)
• Child and Family assessment (2024)
• Advanced Neuro (2025)

Self-assessment

• Strengths
  • Maintaining a strong work ethic
  • Ability to develop excellent patient rapport.
  • Prioritizing professionalism in all situations
• Areas for development
  • Communication strategies through more complex situations
  • Public speaking and presentation skills
  • Continuing to develop clinical reasoning skills with a variety of different patient populations.

Sample Work

• Spring 2024
  • Created a handout for patients at UNC Hillsborough hospital explaining the differences between physical therapy and occupational therapy, and how each discipline helps in the recovery after hip surgery.
  • https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RFGIFPiaMPXWdMSOOAIKd584q2OJ5VHubPfIzqX73Bo/edit?usp=sharing
• Spring 2024
  • At UNC CRC helped create a step-by-step instruction templet to help the pediatric department create smart phases in EPIC, that allow easier documentation for important pediatric milestones.
  • https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Xu43-K4kVv9eIERegjE4BuleX6nrWnDi?usp=drive_link
• Fall-Spring 2024-2025
  • Capstone project: Effects of a hybrid clinical preceptor training on preceptor confidence and capacity
  • https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/17gNdYNuhbdN7PugZ2HCJCFjlC59Ns4-P?usp=drive_link

 Interprofessional Education Activities 

Throughout our curriculum we have gotten multiple opportunities to collaborate with a variety of different professions and work on different cases together. These experiences have been particularly helpful for clinicals because a majority of the time we are working with other clinicians rather than just physical therapists. Working on cases with occupational therapy, speech therapy, medical students and other disciplines has opened my eyes to be able to look at patient cases in a different light than I maybe would have before. Some of the important qualities that I think stood out in these IPE experiences include communication, respect, and knowing when to speak up and knowing when it’s time to simply listen. I hope to continue to use these skills I have learned as I start to work and collaborate with other disciplines in the medical field.

 Reflective Statement

Over the past three years in physical therapy school, I have learned more about myself as a student and as a clinician than I could have ever predicted. These three years have been a roller coaster of highs and lows, and I was lucky enough to have a great group of people to help get me through it. I have gained so many clinical tools that will allow me to continuously grow as a physical therapist and throughout each class and clinical I have found my passion for treating patients in the acute setting. From being a 1^st year not thinking I would make it through biomechanics, to working with complex oncology patients in inpatient rehab on my final clinical, it’s so exciting to see how much I have grown throughout these years. I am excited to continue to learn and see where this career takes me!

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