During the summer of 2008 after my freshman year of college, I was able to get hands-on experience with health-care. In this, I volunteered in the Physical Therapy Department, where I was able to shadow a Physical Therapist. This program lasted 8 weeks, where I volunteered for 4 hours per week. By the end of it, I felt that I had gained valuable insight into the field of physical therapy and decided that it wasn't a field that I wanted to pursue any longer.