Jun Shen Soong – Rural vs metropolitan work, hospital vs private practice, developing your own style of practice – New Grad Series Part 8

Physio Foundations

This week I spoke to new graduate physiotherapist Jun Soong about the benefits of working in a non-metropolitan health care system as a new graduate physiotherapist, developing your own style of practice, and how he is setting up the next stages of his career.

We also spoke about transitioning from university to working life, planning overseas travel as a health professional and why he is going back to university to study a masters degree.

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In this episode

0:00 About this episode, welcome Jun

3:58 About Jun – background and interests

5:45 Benefits of working in rural or non-metropolitan health care settings

11:35 Challenges of being a new graduate practitioner in private practice

14:45 Looking back to first year physiotherapy studies – tips for current students

19:35 Ask questions! Get out of the performance zone and into the learning zone

21:50 Tips for new grads on finding an employer – search for clinicians you want to learn from and who will support you

26:26 Private practice or hospital?

28:50 Why manual therapy matters in private practice

33:13 Foundational knowledge and skills in physiotherapy – developing rapport with people and developing your own style of practice

37:12 What’s next? Going back to uni, choosing a clinical masters degree, professional development tips

43:10 Final thoughts – You can only ‘fake it 'til you make it’ up to a certain point, you get out what you put in. Commit to lifelong learning and remember the bigger picture

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