-: Being very well versed in, in the sciences,
the physics, the chemistries, the biologies,
of course anatomy and physiology.
But knowing the basic overview of every single muscle,
bone, joint in the body, even from that introductory
anatomy class and onward,
it's never gonna go away.
So being well-versed in that especially
because that's one of the first things
that we did in physical therapy school was
hit that anatomy hard,
and quickly.
Having very good writing skills, I found,
both to get into graduate school for physical therapy,
and also on-the-job with physical therapy,
I never thought that I would have
so much writing to do on my job,
but every patient that I see
I have to write up an evaluation,
I have to write up a note,
a progress note for every single visit,
every single patient.
So if I see 15 patients in a day,
then that's 15 times I have to take note of what they said,
what I did, what I'm seeing from my standpoint,
what we're gonna do going forward.
Being a good orator, you know taking those
speech 100 classes and what not,
being able to present yourself and persuade people
to buy into what you're offering them as a patient
because sometimes I have to do some salesmanship almost,
some convincing of patients, you know,
I think that you do need to come here,
I think that, you know, I have A, B, and C to offer to you
where they might be hesitant at first
or kind of shying away from it.
I need to be able to confidently explain to them
that, no, I do think you do need this,
and here's what we are gonna do,
and ultimately, in order to get them back in the door
after that first appointment I need to convince them
that they need to come and see me again.