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Professional Dance to Physical Therapy: Meet Rizing Tide Scholar Brittany Ballentine
This is the fourth installment of the 2022 Rizing Tide Lighthouse Series: a series of blogs and video interviews that…
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A Heart for the Hardworking: Meet Rizing Tide Scholar Oliver Artiga
This is the third installment of the 2022 Rizing Tide Lighthouse Series: a series of blogs and video interviews that…
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Building Relationships Through PT: Meet Rizing Tide Scholar Zahraa Darwich
This is the second installment of the 2022 Rizing Tide Lighthouse Series: a series of blogs and video interviews that…
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Achieving PT Dreams: Meet Rizing Tide Scholar Fiorella Barreda
This is the first installment of the 2022 Rizing Tide Lighthouse Series: a series of blogs and video interviews that…
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From Generalist to Specialist: What to Know About Board-Certified PT Specialties
Have you ever heard the advice to “niche down?” This business concept is simple: Narrow your focus to serve a…
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The Struggle is Real: Managing Your Mental Health as a DPT Student
Current-day DPT students are staring down a tsunami of stressful situations. Not only are you facing significant societal and professional…
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Everything You Need to Know About the New Student Loan Forgiveness Plan
Published August 26, 2022 Student loan debt is a $1.6 trillion problem for more than 45 million Americans—or at least,…
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A Day in the Life of a PT Resident
Attending a physical therapy residency program is a big commitment. Not only are DPT residencies incredibly work-intensive, they’re often extremely…
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From Athletics to Medicine: Meet Rizing Tide Scholar Stephon Moise
This is the final 2021 installment of the Rizing Tide’s Lighthouse Series, a string of interviews spotlighting our exceptional scholars.…
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Assisting the Global Geriatric Population: Meet Rizing Tide Scholar Nanami Mano
This is the seventh installment of Rizing Tide’s Lighthouse Series which spotlights our exceptional scholars. Stay tuned for the next…
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Service: Worthy to Do and Worth Doing
I began this essay while traveling on a plane, during which, every now and again, I gazed through the windows…
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6 Secrets to Success for Aspiring DPT Students
Are you wondering how to get into a DPT program? As a prospective doctor of physical therapy (DPT) student, getting…
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A Journey into Neurological PT: Meet Rizing Tide Scholar Uzair Hammad
This is the sixth installment of Rizing Tide’s Lighthouse Series which spotlights our exceptional scholars. Stay tuned for the next…
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Time to Reimagine The American Dream
I opened the building door, ran up the stairs, and stopped by the door to the apartment. It had been…
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Investigating LGBTQ+ Cultural Competence in Physical Therapy
No two patients are exactly alike. In a clinical sense, two patients recovering from the same condition won’t progress in…
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