113. Improving Professionalism in Education to Shape the Future of the Profession with Farley Schweigert

Listen to this podcast to learn how to be a good role model and help your classmates in the classroom and later in your job as a healthcare worker. You'll learn how small things can make a big difference and how being professional can make things better for everyone. Join Farley Schweigert on this episode of Teach Me Something Tuesday on the Healthcare Education Transformation Podcast as she shares her thoughts on the importance of addressing professional issues in the classroom and the impact it can have on the clinical environment. She emphasizes the significance of not overlooking minor incidents and being a strong, positive example for your students and encourages her colleagues to embrace their role in fostering professionalism and helping to shape the future of the healthcare field for the better. Farley Schweighart is a cowgirl, physical therapist, professor, podcaster, and business owner. Farley is the Director of Clinical Education for the PTA program and Hippotherapy Research Coordinator at Arkansas State University in Jonesboro, Arkansas. She has had horses her whole life and continues to rodeo. She is the host of Rider’s Edge podcast, Rural Medex podcast, and co-host for the Healthcare Education Transformation Podcast. She is an active member of the APTA and APTA Arkansas where she serves as chairman of the OPTmize conference. Special thanks to both our sponsors, The NPTE Final Frontier, and Varela Financial! If you are taking the NPTE or are teaching those about to take the NPTE, visit the NPTE FInal Frontier at www.NPTEFF.com and use code "HET" for 10% off all purchases at the website...and BREAKING NEWS!!!! They now have an OCS review option as well... You're welcome! You can also reach out to them on Instagram @npteff If you're a PT and you have student loan debt, you gotta talk to these guys. What makes them unique is that they view financial planning as like running hurdles on a track. And for PTs, the first hurdle many of us run into is student loan debt. Varela Financial will help you get over that hurdle. They not only take the time to explain to you which plans you individually qualify for and how those plans work, but they ALSO take the time to show you what YOUR individual case looks like mapped out within each option. So if you're looking for help on your student loan debt, or any area of your personal finances, we highly recommend working with them. You can check out Varela Financial out at varelafinancial.com. Feel free to reach out to us at:  http://healthcareeducationtransformationpodcast.com/ https://www.facebook.com/HETPodcast https://twitter.com/HETpodcast https://www.youtube.com/c/HealthcareEducationTransformationPodcast Instagram: @hetpodcast @dawnbrown_pt @pteducator @dawnmagnusson31 @farleyschweighart @mail.in.stew.art @ujima_institute For more information on how we can optimize and standardize healthcare education and delivery, subscribe to the Healthcare Education Transformation Podcast on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to podcasts.