PTA Personal Statement

I am embarking on a life-changing journey, and I cannot be more excited. I chose this career path to better myself in so many ways with the expectation of being challenged daily to be the best therapist I can be. And, I vow to give my all to my patients and coworkers. My primary drive to become a Physical Therapist Assistant was to provide for my young children.

“Your optimism is killing me,” a patient replied after my attempt to encourage her to try to stand up, so she could attend a physical therapy session. Though I took her comment with a grain of salt, it was the cornerstone for the reputation I would build during my career as a Physical Therapist Assistant. Most clinicians shy away from challenging personalities; not me, I strive to be different. It’s been three years since that patient discharged home against medical advice. which ignited fuel to the fire of continuing to pursue my undergraduate degree.

My primary focus is childhood learning and education. Over the years, I’ve continue to explore, examine and assess, as well as, develop a passion towards the fundamentals of childhood learning and development. As a mature student returning to school, I sincerely believe studying and attaining my Bachelors’ Degree in an Interdisciplinary concentration between educational and cultural Studies will immeasurably enhance and strengthen my knowledge and understanding. With the guidance of my mentor, I am able to develop a degree program that will broaden and establish my skills and competence. My work history and knowledge entails over 25 years in various positions ranging from unskilled manufacturing, fitness instructor, manager and professional page designer for newspapers and magazines.

I am drawn to the PAs ability to not only treat and diagnose independently but to work in a team environment. I relish the idea of working alongside nurses and physicians in choosing the best path of treatment for my patients. I am also attracted to the flexibility of the PA program, which will allow me to change specialties if I desire. Being a team player and having a passion for medicine, I have concluded that a career in the health care field, and more specifically as a physician assistant, is the right path for

Growing up my mom was the only parent in my household, so naturally we were a very close family. My mom took care of all of us. She always made sure my siblings and I had everything we needed in order to be successful. She cooked, clean, worked, etc., she really was a super mom. Whenever I had a problem with something or needed to talk to someone she was always there for me. My mom gave

When we were growing up my mother made sure my siblings and I were always taken care of. She would sacrifice her own happiness for ours.

She has taught me so many moral values to life and has made me the man I am

She would always help my mom with me. I would say one of the main things I’ve learned from her is to be friends with people who make you a better person. She would ask, “would you rather be a better person than you are now or become lesser?” Yes, as a young girl I could only understand to a point. At one point in middle school I realized what she truly meant. I was a extremely shy girl and making friends were hard. As this shy girl I was more likely be by myself so I saw how others would act and talk. It brought a new light to my eyes. When I started making friends I made sure they were people that were kind and truthful people. These people are still my friends today and honestly made me a better

In my last two years of high school, I worked part time at Kroger. After one month of working as a cashier, my manager recognized my leadership and quick learning abilities and promoted me to customer service. From there, I took on more responsibilities and received another promotion to manager of all of the front end operations of the store. I also took a course to become a pharmacy technician and interned at a Walgreens pharmacy for a semester.

After high school, I’d wish to pursue a degree as a physical therapist assistant. Ever since I was younger I always knew that I wanted to become a PTA or else an athletic trainer. Sports introduced me to physical therapy and physical therapy assistants. I’ve played sports ever since I was a little girl. I also got injured many times playing sports which led my to go to physical therapy. I’ve always thought that the body was so fascinating and always want to learn more about it. I participate in Health Occupations where I am able to actually go shadow a physical therapist and see what they do.

I am pursuing a Master’s in Public Administration, with a concentration in public management. I decided to attend DePaul’s School of Public Service, because I desired to impact my local environment. I believe in the importance of leaving a positive imprint on your community. With a goal to be a public servant, I researched the School of Public Service and felt a connection to the MPA program. Each class within the program allowed me to gain insight into the public and nonprofit sector and how each operates in sync.

My contribution to this course could be: I’m not sure what I can contribute to this course. I can contribute some “real-world” knowledge as I’m 27 and have been working for nearly 13 years. I work in a factory where I see everything from bad posture to poor body mechanics, which can all relate to the PTA curriculum. I can contribute my opinion on problems I see every day that relate to the PTA curriculum. I can contribute the values that I was raised to adhere to, truthfulness, loyalty, respect etc. I can contribute to conversations within the classroom. I can also help students who seem like they are struggling to the best of my abilities. I can also contribute my willingness to learn in hopes that it will motivate the other students around

She also taught me to finish something if I started it, and that carried over to my reading. If I start reading a book I always finish it and do my best to understand it. So, she instilled what I know about reading and she influenced the way I read. She always told me, when I was younger, to pronounce my words right so that when I get older I would pronounce my words right. All that she has said to me and taught me when I was coming up as a younger child helped me get to the level of reading I am on today and also to the level of understanding I have of all the words I read. Without her encouraging me in this way I would have had problems understanding things that I read and wouldn’t be as smart as I have grown to be. I am very thankful of how I was brought up as a kid.

     She seemed to know everything. Anytime I had a perplexing question I knew she would know what to tell me. Her wisdom spanned several subjects. Everything from the textbook things they wanted me to learn in school, to the life lessons that there are no textbooks for. She taught me by example. She showed me that it was just a waste of my time and energy getting mad, upset, angry or so irate that I allowed myself to be controlled by my emotions. She was always calm, patient, and even tempered when faced with people who were less than pleasant to be around. I learned from watching her deal with people that being nice never fails. And I learned from watching her deal with the situations life would present that as long as you gave everything you had to give and never quit, you could never be beat.

She taught me important lessons and one of them was how to be an independent female. she told me if I wanted to be successful, college will lead you the right path that you need to be at. Whenever she told me stuff like this, it would help and encourages me a lot. I have never been in any hard situation in my life and that’s because my mom is always by my side. Whether she’s away from me or not, distance will never separate us no matter what. she is my inspiration and he keeps me motivated to get my degree heart Surgeon, my dream job.