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Program Feature

Where the Classroom Meets the Real World: An Overview of the Pitt Doctor of Physical Therapy Clinical Placements

September 7, 2023 | 5 min read

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.

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Program Feature

Integrating Patient Care for the Digital World: The New Doctor of PA Studies Digital Health Elective

August 29, 2023 | 4 min read

Learn more from Professor Dipu Patel about this exciting new PA elective and how the innovation of Pitt faculty continues to raise the level of expertise for current and future health care providers.

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Program FeatureStudent Feature

The Personal and Professional Benefits of Earning a Doctor of PA Studies Degree

August 11, 2023 | 4 min read

By pursuing a higher level of academic standing, the DPAS student can simultaneously obtain professional achievement and fulfill interpersonal growth.

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FACETSProgram Feature

Every Day is Game Day! Practice and Collaboration Make a Winning Combination

August 10, 2023 | 6 min read

Pitt Athletic Training and Emergency Medicine programs prepare students to respond to medical crisis and to work at some of the top sports venues in the country.

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FACETSFaculty FeatureResearch Feature

Introducing the Future: The New HexAI Research Lab

August 9, 2023 | 5 min read

Although Artificial Intelligence has evolved over the past 70 years and has been embraced by some members of the health care community, the HexAI Research Laboratory in the Department of Health Information Management stands alone.  

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FACETS

Donors’ Undergraduate Summer Research Award Scholarship Is a Transformative Gift for SHRS Students

August 5, 2023 | 6 min read

Allen and Nell McMurtry established the SHRS Undergraduate Student Summer Research Award in 2019 as a token of pure gratitude for the faculty who made a difference in the lives of students.

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FACETS

Finding Language and Friendship through the Aphasia Support Group

August 1, 2023 | 5 min read

The Aphasia Support Group was founded by SHRS faculty as a space to build community and provide social interaction for this population. 

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FACETS

SHRS Programs Using Assistive Technology to Empower Inclusivity  

July 28, 2023 | 6 min read

Explore the various assistive technology being utilized by programs at SHRS.

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FACETSFaculty FeatureProgram Feature

Transforming the Future of Education: A 360-Degree View of the DPT Hybrid Program

July 26, 2023 | 12 min read

Get an in-depth look at the Doctor of Physical Therapy Hybrid Immersion Experience, told from faculty and students who attended.

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Student Feature

Congratulations to the 2023 AccelerATe Scholarship Award Winners

July 21, 2023 | 5 min read

Congratulations to the three recipients of the AccelerATe Scholarship award, granting up to $5,000 for students in the Master of Rehabilitation Technology and Master of Science in Prosthetics and Orthotics programs.