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Student Feature

Checking in Midway Through a DPT Clinical Education Experience at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center

September 27, 2023 | 4 min read

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!

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Faculty FeatureResearch Feature

Pitt Physical Therapy Researcher Allyn Bove is Dedicated to Addressing Health Inequities

September 26, 2023 | 6 min read

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…

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Student Feature

Preparing for the DPT Clinical Education Experience at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center

September 20, 2023 | 5 min read

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.

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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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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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Alumni Feature

Physical Therapy Alumna Helping to Change Women’s Health Care in Kenya

May 19, 2023 | 4 min read

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.

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Program Feature

Pitt’s DPT Hybrid Program: Designed with a Mission of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

May 3, 2023 | 8 min read

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.

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Program Feature

The DPT Hybrid Immersion Experience: Coming Together to Build a Community of Learning

March 22, 2023 | 6 min read

Pitt Doctor of Physical Therapy Hybrid students and faculty share their experiences from the 2023 DPT Hybrid Immersion.

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Program Feature

It All Connects at the DPT Hybrid Immersion Experience

March 9, 2023 | 7 min read

Pitt Doctor of Physical Therapy Hybrid students and faculty share their takeaways from the DPT hybrid immersion experience.

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Program Feature

Home is Where the Heart and DPT Hybrid Is

January 31, 2023 | 5 min read

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.