Navigating your DPT experience through Mentorship and
Mindfulness
Diana Venskus, PT, PhD
Construct
Marymount University, Arlington
Knowledge/Reasoning1
Practice/Action2
VA Virginia Chapter
Mindfulness3
Mentorship4
Doctor of Physical Therapy
Evidence-Based Practice
Professionalism
Direct Access
Autonomous Practice
Practitioner of Choice
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Knowledge/Reasoning Self-Assessment Scale: 0=I have no idea what she is talking about and I certainly do not know how it applies to me. 5=I could teach this session.
Practice/Action Self-Assessment Scale: 0
I have never seen these ideas in the clinic and have no concept of what they might look like in practice. 5=I live this every day.
3 I am going to keep
in mind as I enter practice.
4 I can ask
to guide me in this area when I enter practice.
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