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Building Relationships Through PT: Meet Rizing Tide Scholar Zahraa Darwich

By Rizing Tide Team | November 22, 2022

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This is the second installment of the 2022 Rizing Tide Lighthouse Series: a series of blogs and video interviews that spotlight our exceptional scholars. Stay tuned for the next installment! In an abundance of caution, Zahraa Darwich applied to 13 different DPT programs. Did she need to? Almost certainly not. Her application was strong, and…

Achieving PT Dreams: Meet Rizing Tide Scholar Fiorella Barreda

By Rizing Tide Team | October 21, 2022 |

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This is the first installment of the 2022 Rizing Tide Lighthouse Series: a series of blogs and video interviews that spotlight our exceptional scholars. Stay tuned for the next installment! Growing up, sports-enamored Fiorella Fernandez Barreda dreamed of becoming a doctor. But it wasn’t until years later, when she stumbled upon the physical therapy field,…

From Generalist to Specialist: What to Know About Board-Certified PT Specialties

By Rizing Tide Team | October 18, 2022

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Have you ever heard the advice to “niche down?” This business concept is simple: Narrow your focus to serve a targeted group of customers and best serve their specific needs. But can this “choose your line” style of advice work for PT students? Absolutely! There are some serious benefits to developing a greater depth of…

Everything You Need to Know About the New Student Loan Forgiveness Plan

By Rizing Tide Team | August 26, 2022 |

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Published August 26, 2022 Student loan debt is a $1.6 trillion problem for more than 45 million Americans—or at least, it was until this week. On Wednesday, August 24, President Biden announced a student loan forgiveness plan that will cancel $10,000 (or $20,000 for Pell Grant recipients) of federal student loan debt for every eligible…

A Day in the Life of a PT Resident

By Rizing Tide Team | August 23, 2022 |

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Attending a physical therapy residency program is a big commitment. Not only are DPT residencies incredibly work-intensive, they’re often extremely competitive and can come parceled with serious financial burden. So, as a new grad DPT or a DPT who’s looking to specialize in their career, you might be asking yourself, “is physical therapy residency worth…

From Athletics to Medicine: Meet Rizing Tide Scholar Stephon Moise

By Rizing Tide Team | August 22, 2022 |

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This is the final 2021 installment of the Rizing Tide’s Lighthouse Series, a string of interviews spotlighting our exceptional scholars. We’ve introduced our full 2021 cohort, so the Lighthouse will return later this year to unveil to a new group of bright and tenacious PT students! Physical therapy is an amazing field of medicine. It’s…

Assisting the Global Geriatric Population: Meet Rizing Tide Scholar Nanami Mano

By Rizing Tide Team | July 22, 2022 |

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This is the seventh installment of Rizing Tide’s Lighthouse Series which spotlights our exceptional scholars. Stay tuned for the next installment! Physical therapy’s movement-focused approach to medicine and patient care acts like a magnet for some aspiring healthcare workers—and Nanami Mano, DPT, was no different. She first encountered the field in high school when she…

6 Secrets to Success for Aspiring DPT Students

By Rizing Tide Team | July 6, 2022 |

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Are you wondering how to get into a DPT program? As a prospective doctor of physical therapy (DPT) student, getting into your chosen DPT school may feel like a daunting goal—especially as you work to maintain your competitive undergraduate GPA while simultaneously preparing applications for various programs. (Yeesh!) Fear not, though—many student physical therapists have…

A Journey into Neurological PT: Meet Rizing Tide Scholar Uzair Hammad

By Rizing Tide Team | July 1, 2022 |

This is the sixth installment of Rizing Tide’s Lighthouse Series which spotlights our exceptional scholars. Stay tuned for the next installment! Dr. Uzair Hammad didn’t always know which PT specialty he wanted to pursue—but today, he’s completing his neurological physical therapy residency with the University of Central Florida and the Orlando Health Regional Medical Center.…

Investigating LGBTQ+ Cultural Competence in Physical Therapy

By Rizing Tide Team | June 28, 2022

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No two patients are exactly alike. In a clinical sense, two patients recovering from the same condition won’t progress in exactly the same way—and in a social sense, those patients will respond differently to their provider interactions. One patient may respond well to detailed explanations about their care, whereas another may respond to light overviews…