While I can’t promise you won’t make mistakes (spoiler alert: You will! We all do!), I can offer a few nuggets of wisdom I wish I knew as a new grad:
Advocate For Yourself: So many young PTs feel they don't deserve to ask for more. Don't forget that you probably have more marketable skills than you realize!
Admit You Don't Know: Unfortunately, despite all the studying and fact-cramming we do as DPT students, none of us know everything when we graduate.
Change Is Okay: While many PTs settle into one specialty area, there’s no law saying you have to stay in that specialty forever.
Branch Beyond Clinical Care: Earning your doctorate in physical therapy doesn’t mean that treating patients is the only thing you can do in your professional life.