I returned from China at the end of May 2013. My summer consisted of a month of relaxing and getting back into the Finnish society as well as two months of working as a Physical Therapist at a regional hospital where I went by train. My commute took around three hours every day - I left home around 6:10AM and returned around 6PM. But, since I had already familiarized myself with longer commutes during our clinical internship at Shanghai East, two months went by like a breeze. Plus my summer job was probably the best ever, with fantastic co-workers and a meaningful and complex job as a Physical Therapist at the acute neurological ward.
Graduation looms around the corner, the expected graduation date is Dec. 19th. I should be ready. There has been a lot of work, but I am proud of everything I have done and I hope to serve my future patients with enthusiasm, the full extent of my knowledge, and the understanding that specializing is as important as getting your degree. Physical Therapy is a wonderfully complex field with enormous possibilities.
