003 – How To Navigate Your Way Through Physical Therapy School | Dr. Kristen Strawhacker Bonzer

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Episode Summary

What do you want to do after you finish your undergraduate degree? If you are thinking about furthering your career, our guest today gives some tips and tactics on how you should handle this process.

Joining us, is Dr. Kristen Strawhacker Bonzer. Kristen is a physical therapist at Breathe. Physical Therapy & Wellness in Des Moines, Iowa. Kristen shares her experience as an undergraduate athletic trainer at the University of Iowa.

• Show Introduction [0:01]
• Introducing Our Guest [0:19]
• Start of the Interview [1:42]
• How Variable is Physical Therapy? [2:03]
• Was Sports Medicine Your First Undergrad Choice? [4:23]
• Undergrad Shadowing Experiences [5:50]
• Decisions That Come with Apply to Physical Therapy School [7:53]
• Thought Process of Choosing the Physical Therapy School That is Right for You [9:50]
• How Did You Ultimately Choose That School? [12:13]
• Internships During Undergrad [14:47]
• What Sports Did You Shadow? [16:04]
• What Do You Wish You Would Have Known Starting Graduate School? [18:44]
• How Would You Define the Field That You Are in Now? [20:03]
• Advice to Students Wanting to Go to Grad School or PT School [24:31]
• Connect with Kristen [26:20]
• Closing Thoughts [27:33]
• Outro [28:27]