[vc_row content_placement=”top”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading source=”post_title” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left|color:%231e73be” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_custom_heading text=”By Sarah Blanton” font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:left|color:%23000000″ use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1637080783560{padding-bottom: 30px !important;}”][vc_column_text]Download the article (pdf)[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]The Fifth Annual Student Essay Contest is Now Open for Submissions!

The essay prompt for the 2021-2022 physical therapy student essay contest is:

The pandemic highlighted a critical need to reimagine education in physical therapy, as programs had to quickly pivot to adopt virtual learning environments. Standing on the edges of the crisis, we are emerging forever changed individually, institutionally, and professionally.  As you consider the challenges and benefits of remote learning from a student perspective, how has this unique experience impacted your image of yourself as a physical therapy professional? Using details and analysis from a specific experience, explain how your idea of physical therapy education, training, and practice have changed. This narrative essay should describe the experience and your reaction to it. It should explain what you learned from the situation and what that lesson means for you as a physical therapist, along with the field of physical therapy more broadly.

Timeline: Submissions will be accepted until January 7, 2022. The winner and two finalists will be announced in the Spring 2022 issue of JHR. For more details, see our CHEP-JHR contest webpage. For more information about CHEP, please see their CHEP webpage.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]