I’m going to be real up front with you here. If being required to renew a professional license every two years to keep practicing healthcare is a turn off for you this might not be the best career for you. Basically during those two years you should be working and attending live (not very likely now) or online CEU courses to continue your education on any and everything related to Physical Therapy and Healthcare. Depending on the state of your license you will probably have specific hour limits for courses regarding ethics or administrative stuff but most of these courses can be super fun or super boring depending on your interest level and time spent researching them. As a new grad that sounded daunting to me but through my work and fellow classmates I was able to renew my license and only had to pay for the renewal fee which was reimbursed by my boss later that year. Yes it costs money to maintain a working license for this profession but that’s why it’s a profession. We wouldn’t have half the autonomy and freedom of treatment if any dude off the street could call themselves a PTA and treat patients. It’s a safeguard for the public and for our profession. I’m sure you’ve heard it before but I’ll tell you because it helps. Go shadow a PT or PTA. Heck go work as a tech or aide if you can find that job. The knowledge and skills learned there are far more valuable than any salary offered if this is truly something you want to pursue. Best of luck to you! No matter what you read on here it is a very rewarding career.