#3 - On becoming a Physical Therapist

Paths of Life by Robin Hornak

English - October 07, 2021 17:24 - 1 hour - 110 MB - ★★★★★ - 1 rating
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Introduction:

In this episode, I talk to Filip Kalousek who is currently studying towards being a Physiotherapist and already has experience working with the Czech Olympic athletes.

His experience might help the young and starting physical therapists to orient themselves in this field of work.

Outline:

(01:21) - What do you do

(03:31) - What is physiotherapy

(11:51) - Physiotherapy for prevention

(15:05) - How to think about physiotherapy

(19:25) - State of physiotherapy as a field

(25:43) - Co-operation between patient and physiotherapist

(29:27) - Thoughts on being a good physiotherapist

(34:15) - What it's like being a physiotherapist

(39:58) - Filip’s path to studying physiotherapy

(45:16) - Optimal lifestyle for Filip

(50:47) - The economics of being a physiotherapist

(56:15) - Filip's approach and mindset to becoming a physiotherapist

(01:03:40) - Discussing connection between university and industry

(01:08:58) - On work placements during physiotherapy studies

(01:12:29) - Filip's favorite university classes

(01:18:40) - Is school enough to gain all the knowledge needed to be a physiotherapist?

(01:20:47) - On auditing classes at university

(01:29:24) - Optimizing for the wrong objective at university

(01:34:23) - Career in physiotherapy and sharing some tips

(01:48:08) - Robin's first work experience in data science

(01:52:55) - Making the first big leap into the physiotherapy industry

(01:58:12) - Wrapping up

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