Missouri, where do I even start other than to say it’s just another way to spell “misery” *insert punchline drum effect*. I was placed in 3 towns in what they call the “boot heel” of Missouri and each town had a population of roughly 1,000 people. I stayed in 2 air bnb’s while I was…
Read more Gideon, Missouri… Wait, WHERE?!
I loved the LTAC in Memphis. I was confident in my knowledge and abilities as a therapist. I went to the weekly interprofessional meetings to discuss patients as the face of the therapy department. And I loved the speech therapist. She was cool and very knowledgeable in both her field and diagnoses beyond her field.…
Read more Memphis: Continued
My first assignment was short and sweet, but I miss that setting all the time. It was a 4 week rotation in a Long Term Acute Care Hospital (LTAC) in Memphis, TN. I was told I would be filling in for a PT going on vacation and I would be the only PT. Mind you,…
Read more My First Call
I’m often asked “what made you choose travel therapy?”, and this is a blog all about travel therapy after all isn’t it? During PT school I felt so lost with everyone knowing what setting and/or specialty they wanted to go into. All I can remember thinking is “Anything but a SNF” (this statement will come…
Read more Why Travel PT?
I decided to start this blog to give a true glimpse at the life of a travel therapist. I went into this without much advice from experienced travel therapists (a motif of my academic/career choices thus far). Of course a recruiter will do his/her best to sell you, meaning you only hear the good things.…
Read more Why I started this page