continue with school or stay at union job?

[billfred]

The idea of going back to school is good. The fact that you're looking for a medical professional degree is even better.

Here are my thoughts on PT:

1) Demographics favor your profession. We have an aging population that is increasingly more active and expects to be active longer.

2) BarryCare gives everybody insurance, so I'd expect independent contractors popping up everywhere trying to get some gubment cheese. Imagine a young, strapping young PT giving a little old lady some attention in the name of "therapy". She'll wave that insurance card in everyone's face util BarryCare gives her more visits.

Here's what's hurting you:

1) They may change the rules whereby doctors can no longer own PT. It is estimated that 50% of all PT is ordered by and provided by the same physician's taxpayer ID number. If they change those rules, the PT industry will implode for a few years.

2) They are doing bundled payments to physicians and hospitals on a small but growing basis. That means instead of buying all the services for a hip or knee replacement by individual service, they now give the hospital or doctor a lump payment and make them manage the spend. In both instances, the first thing they cut is PT, because that's where the easiest savings can be found.

So specifically for PT... it's going to be a bumpy, risky ride. Good luck!

PT will barely pay you more than the union job at the end of the day. Not in this part of the world anyway.

My wife is a personal trainer at a physical therapy shop. Some of the PT do personal training at lunch and after work to try and make enough to get by.

 

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You should be a remailer rob

 

[Dial_tone]

The idea of going back to school is good. The fact that you're looking for a medical professional degree is even better.

Here are my thoughts on PT:

1) Demographics favor your profession. We have an aging population that is increasingly more active and expects to be active longer.

2) BarryCare gives everybody insurance, so I'd expect independent contractors popping up everywhere trying to get some gubment cheese. Imagine a young, strapping young PT giving a little old lady some attention in the name of "therapy". She'll wave that insurance card in everyone's face util BarryCare gives her more visits.

Here's what's hurting you:

1) They may change the rules whereby doctors can no longer own PT. It is estimated that 50% of all PT is ordered by and provided by the same physician's taxpayer ID number. If they change those rules, the PT industry will implode for a few years.

2) They are doing bundled payments to physicians and hospitals on a small but growing basis. That means instead of buying all the services for a hip or knee replacement by individual service, they now give the hospital or doctor a lump payment and make them manage the spend. In both instances, the first thing they cut is PT, because that's where the easiest savings can be found.

So specifically for PT... it's going to be a bumpy, risky ride. Good luck!

Don't let Vanderpublican dissuade you. Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have pretended to have on the Intarwebz.

 

[the.gladiator1987]

A bunch of solid advice from some solid people, i really appreciate it

Actually my bro is about to buy the place he buys all the seeds from, so if that happened i could work there and fit my schedule around school but id make less but i know he'd pay me at least 15/hr which will be enough including the grants and loans I would get. I would basically package all the seeds to get shipped

Silver is low right now time to BUY!

 

[the.gladiator1987]

PT Pros:
Better pay
Better hours (9-5)
More respect
More networking and interaction with people

Union job Pros:
4 days a week (4 10hr shifts)
Pension (5 years = guaranteed pension when im older, like 500/yr)
Every year after 5 years my pension goes up about 100/month. So 10 years is 1000/month, 20 years is 2000/month
Seniority (Already have about 20-25 people under me)


I think depending on what I can work around school, I will keep going to school part time. I dont want to quit my union job unless I know I'm guaranteed something better. The pay is too good for this economy right now. Going to school full time seems unrealistic right now since I have to do good in my classes, not just get C's and B's. I need to be competitive. If I dont end up going to a DPT program, I will at least have a bachelors in Exercise Science/Therapeutic Rehab

 

[TableFun]

Don't assume people will respect you because you have a degree.

 

[nydj66]

The odds that the union job will be there until you retire are very slim. If you have a degree you will be much more versatile. If PT is something you would enjoy, then go in that direction. Whatever you do, if you love it, you will rise to the top of your profession. A job you love should be your goal.

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Don't assume people will respect you because you have a degree.

Yea Im not exactly walking around addressing all the PT's as "sir"

 

[the.gladiator1987]

lol no i mean i just feel like i can be someone better than a warehouse worker stuck in a warehouse all day surrounded by dudes and no girls since they all work upstairs, and im just a number. As a PT i will feel a lot better about what I am doing and I will enjoy it

 

[Captain FT]

Dude, have you ever thought about modeling part time. Just do a google search for agencies in your area and contact someone with a pic I'm sure you'd get picked up bro.

I was randomly out at a bar one night years ago and some chick approached me saying she was a modeling agent and wanted to meet with me. I'm like wtf really? Totally out of the blue, so if I can randomly get discovered at a bar, if you pursue it you'd be picked up easy bro.