Life in the medical field

When i graduated High school, i didn't have a clue in the world on what i wanted to do. 

So i went into the medical field. 

I decided to take Physical Therapy, as they said it was a good pre-medicine course. 

I graduated physical therapy at the then DLSU-UMC campus in Cavite. 

B.S. Physical Therapy is a course where you learn to train the disabled/handicapped and train them to develop their motor skills to be able to become productive again, which involves patients with developmental delays, to stroke patients, to amputees, to plain employees with diseases that hamper their productivity. 

B.S. Physical Therapy is a 5 year course, where the first 4 years are classroom teaching, and the last 5th year is internship at different Physical Therapy centers in the Philippines, thus allowing the student to be exposed to the different conditions and manner of treating them. 

I did enjoy my many years in the Academe, but did enjoy the internship more. It gave face to the muscles, nerves, and diseases that were just fiction in the classroom. The patient exposure made you learn empathy, social norms, and reality. 

After finishing your gruelling 5 years of college, and you finally graduate, you have to face the physical therapy licensure exam. There are multiple review centers that can help you review for the exam, but the best way is to still learn and pay attention the to wealth of information that the teachers impart during the classroom years.

Now here comes the interesting part. 

The PAY.

If you decide to work abroad, specifically the united states, here are some figures for you.

According to https://physicaltherapysalary.org/:

The top paying state for physical therapists is Nevada, with an annual salary of $115,670. 

thats Php 5,899,170 (if the USD to Php rate is 51) a year. 

the second state, is Alaska, with $94,950 or Php 4,842,450 a year. 

This is compared to the minimum wage of Filipinos, which is about 180,000 a year. :)

So definitely a good choice!

Remember, sometimes the good things in life are worth the struggle. :)