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Josh and Dan traveled to Washington DC for the Society for Neuroscience Conference 2023.
We chatted with students, postdocs, and faculty about everything from grad school applications to industry jobs to work-life-balance. And we recorded this special update from the hall of posters and vendors.
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Karla already has a successful career. After completing her training, she’s worked as a pelvic-floor physical therapist for over ten years! Her patients love her, and she loves serving them.
But no matter how skilled she becomes at her craft, there’s still a limit to how many people she can help. A PT, working in a clinic, can see only so many patients per day if she wants to give each one the time they deserve.
That’s one reason Karla decided to go back to school to earn a PhD. She wanted to find a way to continue serving her patients, while also advancing the practice of physical therapists everywhere through research and teaching.
But quitting her job to enroll in a traditional PhD program wouldn’t work for her patients, or her lifestyle. She had to find another way.
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Graduate training has many milestones, but a few stand stronger in memory due to their importance.
You may remember the day you passed your comprehensive exams, officially becoming a ‘PhD Candidate.’ Or maybe you’ll remember the day you saw a paper you co-authored published in your favorite journal.
And of course, every PhD remembers their defense – presenting years worth of work to an audience and receiving the committees’ blessing to graduate.
After each event, it’s important to take a moment to celebrate the achievement before pushing toward the next goal. Maybe that means gathering with friends, popping a bottle of bubbly, and remembering the road that brought you to this point.
Well, at least that’s what we do with a milestone. This week, we celebrate 100 Episodes of Hello PhD with a few of the friends we’ve met along the way.
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This week, we answer a listener’s question about whether he should pursue schooling beyond a Master’s degree.
Plus – once your formal education is complete, how can you continue to focus on learning? What steps should we take to become life-long learners?
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Just The Abstract is a new series where we explore a topic in a short, focused episode that’s easy to share. This week, we find out why most science PhD programs stopped requiring the GRE, and whether they’ll demote your application if you fail to provide a score.
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