Physiotherapy Interview Papers

There are over seven billion people living in the world. You never know who you will meet and how they will impact the way you go about your day. Meeting a student from Hanze University expanded the way I thought about physical therapy, education, and life in another country. In my second interview with Alexandra, I got a taste of the life of a physical therapist in the Netherlands. She and I sent pictures to one another and set up a skype interview to discuss them. It is interesting to see what life was like for her and this was evident in the pictures she sent me. While we were describing our pictures to one another and throughout this experience as a whole, I learned several lessons that will benefit me in the future.
Immediately I noticed how similar both the Hanze physiotherapy program is with the Mount’s DPT program. Her first two photos were of her and her classmates. Both affirm that physical therapy is a hands-on profession whether it is on a skeleton or on each other. This, in itself, is a lesson that I have learned through the course of …show more content…
The biggest challenge I experienced was solely trying to get into contact with Alexandra. Since there is almost six hours’ time difference between the Hanze and MSJ students, it made it difficult to find a time that worked best for each party. Unless Natalie and I wanted to wake up extremely early, the best time was before she fell asleep and after we got out of class. The language barrier was not bad because her English was good. If the tables were turned and we could not understand each other like other groups, this would have been a bigger barrier for us to overcome. Despite the challenges, we faced, I would recommend this experience to other physical therapy students. It is a good way to interact with other students from around the world and hopefully can stem long-term connections both professionally and