Helping people was in Dr. Franco’s blood.  With all of his experiences as an injured athlete, he knew those encounters had a major impact on him as a person.  The challenge was figuring out HOW he was going to help and give back.  After a lot of volunteer hours and a few thoughtful conversations with his brother, Kevin realized his calling was Occupational Therapy. 

Dr. Franco has experience interviewing for his Master’s of Occupational Therapy as well as his Doctorate.  This repeated interview experience has given him some incredibly valuable insight about how to interview as well as how to match yourself up with the right program.  Dr. Franco takes it one step further and shares a fantastic pearl of wisdom about how his presence was REQUESTED by the OTD department, something that rarely happens.  Listen to this episode to hear how Dr. Franco accomplished this rare feat.  

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Christy was hanging around with a lot of people that wanted to be physical therapists.  As a Spanish Major, she might have felt just a little left out so she explored the physical therapy profession.  By chance, she ran into a Certified Hand Therapist who ended up completely changing Christy’s career path.

As a Professor at St. Augustine, she shares some valuable insight about what their faculty asks and looks for in an OT candidate.  You’ll find as you listen, that their staff (and many other programs) want to understand who the candidate is in front of them.  This episode is a light hearted exchange that highlights many of the boxes any serious candidate needs to have in order to be accepted into the school of their choosing. 

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Dr. Janda came from a big, medically driven family but wasn’t sure where his path would take him.  After shadowing lots of different types of medical professionals, he landed on his first hunch, dentistry.  While most dental school hopefuls stress over getting an interview and doing well, he had an Ace up his sleeve by attending Creighton University.  Creighton prefers to accept their undergraduates for their graduate programs and that’s exactly what happened!

But that isn’t where the story ends.  Dr. Janda still had one interview to attend at Colorado University.  This interview would end up being his proving ground where he had to justify to himself and the faculty that he belonged at CU.  Listen to this episode to hear the thoughtful insight Dr. Janda shares about his experience in getting into dental school and a residency.  

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