Pitt Occupational Therapy Ranks First in the Nation, U.S. News Rankings Places Four SHRS Programs among Top Ten Health Schools
The 2024 Best Health Schools published by U.S. News & World Report also ranks Pitt Speech-Language Pathology at #5, Audiology at #6 and Physical Therapy at #8!
Researchers in Pitt School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences will help lead a $5 million training grant on learning health systems research to improve disability and chronic condition care
Professor Janet Freburger, Assistant Professor Christine McDonough and Professor Elizabeth Skidmore alongside other faculty outside SHRS have been awarded a $5 million training grants to create the Learning Health Systems training to improve Disability and chronic condition care (LeaHD) center.
Pitt Doctor of Physical Therapy Student Honored with Leadership Award
At the American Physical Therapy Association Pennsylvania chapter conference, Carolina Marrero Rodriguez (DPT ’23) received the Student Leadership Award for her numerous contributions to both the local chapter and the national American Physical Therapy Association.
That’s a Wrap! Summarizing My Incredible DPT Clinical Education Experience at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center
Amanda Klein (DPT '23), a U.S. Air Force veteran, reflects on this invaluable experience and how it broadened her skillsets and influenced her career goals.
The Box: From Steel Mill and Art Deco Cinema to the new Home of Pitt Hybrid DPT
No one does innovation like Pittsburgh! Take a historic tour of where our DPT hybrid students call home during their on-campus immersions.
The New Pitt DPT Hybrid Immersion Space is a Box Office Smash
This fall, the DPT Hybrid program was excited to finally christen its permanent home at the Box Office building in the SouthSide Works complex on Pittsburgh’s South Side.
Checking in Midway Through a DPT Clinical Education Experience at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center
Doctor of Physical Therapy Hybrid student Amanda Klein is completing a 15-week clinical education experience in Bethesda, Maryland, and is providing updates on her experience and what she’s been learning!
Pitt Physical Therapy Researcher Allyn Bove is Dedicated to Addressing Health Inequities
After returning to Pittsburgh and working in a private practice that offered frequent pro bono physical therapy services to uninsured patients, she became passionate about the topic and decided to pursue a PhD at the University of Pittsburgh School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences (SHRS). The program combined her interests…
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.