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#WhyIChosePT

Posted on July 3, 2012May 30, 2022 by kendrapedpt

This year, we added social media communication as a professional competency in our Doctor of Physical Therapy curriculum.  During their 5-week Professional Interactions course, our first-year students were required to complete a number of assignments on the social media sites Twitter and LinkedIn.  For their last Twitter assignment, students were asked to reflect upon their choice of…

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Kids these days, part 3

Posted on April 3, 2012May 30, 2022 by kendrapedpt

I recently attended a meeting for rehabilitation managers in my community titled, “New Graduates and Generation Y: Training for Emotional Intelligence and Face-To-Face Communications Skills.”  This is Part 3 in a series of posts on the themes of that discussion about the Millennial generation.  You may also want to read Part 1 and Part 2….

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Kids these days, part 2

Posted on April 3, 2012May 30, 2022 by kendrapedpt

I recently attended a meeting for rehabilitation managers in my community titled, “New Graduates and Generation Y: Training for Emotional Intelligence and Face-To-Face Communications Skills.”  This is Part 2 in a series of posts on the themes of that discussion about the Millennial generation.  Part 1 can be accessed here. “Students and new grads [Millennials] don’t…

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Using the iPad for productivity: these are a few of my favorite apps.

Posted on March 15, 2012 by kendrapedpt

According to yesterday’s post from The Chronicle, tablet ownership has more than tripled among college students in the past year.  Approximately one quarter of college students report that they own a tablet, up from 7% just one year ago.  I haven’t seen such a drastic a shift among my students, but I have noticed more students bringing iPads…

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Why teachers should consider “friending” their students

Posted on March 2, 2012 by kendrapedpt

Earlier this week, I posted a Facebook link to a New York Times story on the Ohio school shooting: The post generated some interesting discussion on bullying and teacher-student interactions, but one comment in particular really got me thinking.  One of my friends posted a link to an article describing a disturbing Facebook post written by shooter TJ Lane…

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  • APTA House of Delegates kicks off the 2013 session
  • House of Delegates 2.0

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