Life An Active Duty Physical Therapist
🎖️ Active Duty PT
✅ Privileges of Military PT
☝️ Officer First, Clinician Second
🏵️ Rise in Rank
🌟 Promoting Leaders
Ember Ryals is an active duty physical therapist serving for over 18 years in the Army and Air Force. Ember has deployed in support of wartime and humanitarian missions. He has also taught dry needling courses to physical therapists around the world.
We begin by describing the benefits of a physical therapist in the military and the privileges that come with being on active duty. One factor he concentrates on is when in the military, you are an officer first and a clinician second.
Rising in the ranks, he describes leadership opportunities available for physical therapists as we are good at leading, managing, and executing.
Educational opportunities are available in the military including manual, sports med, and tactical sports med fellowships and Ph.D. programs.
Check out more information on how to become involved in federal medical services at APTA Federal Physical Therapy Section.
* What are the privileges of an active duty physical therapist?
* How does this allow PT’s to be independent practitioners?
* Refer to specialists, order imaging, etc?
* How are you an officer first then a clinician second even if you’re a PT?
* What responsibilities are included when a PT rises in rank?
* What training opportunities are available for PT’s in the military?
* What education opportunities are available for military PTs?
00:00 - Intro
1:25 - 3:45 - Life in the military
