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Year 2, Spring Semester

If you’re applying to PT school, one thing you may be wondering is what your schedule will look like. Well, you gon’ learn today…

Here is our current spring semester schedule to give you an idea of what your upcoming semesters could look like:

Mondays:

  • Neuro (3) Lecture 7:00-9:00 AM
  • Cardiopulmonary (2) Lecture/Lab 9:15 AM-1:15 PM
  • ** Pro Bono Clinic (Ortho patients) 2:00-6:00 PM

Tuesdays:

  • Musculoskeletal (3) Lecture 7:00-9:00 AM
  • Cardiopulmonary (2) Lab 9:15-11:15 AM
  • Part-time clinical 1:00 PM-4:00 PM

Wednesdays:

  • Procedures/Modalities Lecture 7:00-9:00 AM
  • Neuro (3) Lab 9:30 AM-1:30 PM
  • ** Pro Bono Clinic (Ortho patients) 2:00-6:00 PM

Thursdays:

  • Musculoskeletal (3) Lab 8:00-12:00
  • Part-time clinical 1:00-4:00 PM

Fridays:

  • ** Pro Bono Clinic (neuro patients) 9:00 AM-12:00 PM
  • Procedures/Modalities Lab 12:30 PM- 4:30 PM

Notes:

  • The numbers next to some of the classes mean where we are in the overall curriculum with that subject. So, right now we’re taking our 3rd musculoskeletal class within the overall curriculum, our third neuro class, and our 2nd cardiopulmonary class. “DPT 617” Probably would mean nothing to you, so hopefully this makes sense.
  • We split treating at the pro bono clinic up amongst the class. Without boring you, it breaks down to everyone in our class doing a total of 4 days at the pro bono clinic treating patients.
  • Aside from these classes, we also have a research project that spans all 3 years of our time in the program and counts as a class each Spring/Fall semester. We basically were assigned a group and a faculty advisor in our first year and we have to produce a research project/study that can potentially be presented at a conference or published in a journal. My research group meets at 7:00 AM on Thursdays this semester. We don’t meet every single week, but we have met most weeks so far.
  • My research group is doing our study/paper on SI joint dysfunction. Hi SI haterz.
  • Yes, that is 4 days straight of starting at 7 AM. No, I am not a morning person. Yes, it fucking sucks. Embrace things sucking if you want to make PT school an easier time for yourself.
  • Part-time clinicals only go for the first 6 weeks of the semester. After that, those are just open times in our schedule. We have had part-time clinicals every Fall & Spring semester since starting school.
  • This is by far our busiest semester so far.
  • Right now (during our first 6 weeks while we have part-time clinical), pretty much all of my school work/studying is done on Mondays, Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays. Tues-Thurs is pretty much shot because I get home from part-time clinic and don’t feel like doing a damn thing school-related the rest of the night. This should get much better once clinical is over.

That’s all I got for now…

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