Please welcome the new members of the APTA VA SSIG Executive Committee!
By Paxton Helmer, SPT
Coronavirus has brought many challenges to people across the world. It has impacted many things that nobody could control including physical and mental health, financial and social problems as well as a mass of other issues. From hands-on learning to online education, the transition was an abrupt and difficult adjustment; we were forced to find unique ways to learn the knowledge, skills and techniques of physical therapy through a computer screen. Luckily, parents, children, siblings, partners, roommates and pets all substituted in for the practice of skills to help enhance our hands-on learning at home. Although it was not the ideal educational environment and brought unique challenges to our student body, my class at Virginia Commonwealth University stayed positive and supported one another through this uncertain time. We did this through a few ways:
