My Research Paper Findings

            This blog is dedicated to my research findings from the research paper that I wrote entitled “Becoming a Physical Therapist and Remaining One.” That is my plan after I finish high school. After writing my paper, I learned many of the details of the career, such as how much they make annually, and some facts about a PTs relationship with their assistants.

            A good majority of my facts in the paper were found on the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics website. They were very helpful in that they gave almost all of the information about physical therapy as a career in a simple format on their site. They also featured different sets of statistics about the career such as average wages based on where you live and the location where you would work. Those facts made me think about more aspects of the career that I explained more thoroughly in my paper.

Also, I found a case study about the ideal relationship between physical therapists and physical therapy assistants, which as you can tell by the name, a PTA assists a PT. The more tightly knit this relationship, normally the more efficient the work will be. My research taught me a good deal more about PTAs which I believe will help me when I become a PT.

I learned more about physical therapists and physical therapy as a whole than I expected from this assignment, like the different aspects of the job and more about the different associations representing physical therapy. For example, after physical therapist passes the National Physical Therapy Examination, they continue to have to renew their knowledge by attending various workshops and seminars explaining the most modern techniques and technology most recently developed.

This research paper helped me understand my future career more than I understood it before.