Preparing for the DPT Clinical Education Experience at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center
Amanda Klein (DPT ’23), a U.S. Air Force veteran, was awarded a special clinical education placement at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, MD, and is writing a series about her experience.
Where the Classroom Meets the Real World: An Overview of the Pitt Doctor of Physical Therapy Clinical Placements
Clinical placements are a progression of students’ learning experience as they take the foundation they’ve learned and build on it by learning from clinicians outside of the DPT program.
Transforming the Future of Education: A 360-Degree View of the DPT Hybrid Program
Get an in-depth look at the Doctor of Physical Therapy Hybrid Immersion Experience, told from faculty and students who attended.
Physical Therapy Alumna Helping to Change Women’s Health Care in Kenya
Molly Bachmann is making sustainable changes in clinical practice by providing intensive training to the local physiotherapists who will soon become the experts in women’s health in Kenya.
Pitt’s DPT Hybrid Program: Designed with a Mission of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Pitt DPT Hybrid Program Director Kim Nixon-Cave helms the DPT Hybrid program. Having faced her own DEI challenges in school and as a health care provider, Nixon-Cave was looking for innovative ways to influence the education of physical therapists.
The DPT Hybrid Immersion Experience: Coming Together to Build a Community of Learning
Pitt Doctor of Physical Therapy Hybrid students and faculty share their experiences from the 2023 DPT Hybrid Immersion.
It All Connects at the DPT Hybrid Immersion Experience
Pitt Doctor of Physical Therapy Hybrid students and faculty share their takeaways from the DPT hybrid immersion experience.
Home is Where the Heart and DPT Hybrid Is
When it comes to why students choose the Pitt Doctor of Physical Therapy hybrid program over the residential offering, many common themes emerge. Learn about the top reasons our students have made the decision to go hybrid.
Take a closer look at our Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) Hybrid Immersion…
An important component of the University of Pittsburgh Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) Hybrid offering is the integration of immersive laboratory sessions within each of the first five terms of the program. During the lab “immersions” students are required to travel to Pittsburgh and the University of Pittsburgh campus twice per semester to participate in intensive […]
Children with Cerebral Palsy: Setting Them Up for Success in the MS in Physical Therapy Program
“Anybody who is different is looked at and stared at. That happens around the globe,” observes Sue Whitney when asked how society views children with cerebral palsy (CP). As co-director and professor of the Master of Science in Physical Therapy (MSPT) program at the University of Pittsburgh School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences (SHRS), Whitney has decades […]