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Clinical Education

Physical Therapy

  • The DPT program immerses students in the clinic early in the program, allowing students to apply knowledge and skills in real-life environments.
  • The clinical education philosophy of the Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) Program at ÐÔÊÀ½ç´«Ã½ is founded on the belief that clinical education allows the student the best opportunity to integrate didactic knowledge and skills necessary to practice as a competent physical therapist within diverse clinical environments. 

As a requirement for graduation, students must successfully complete:

  • Integrated clinical experiences in outpatient clinical settings during the Fall semester of year one
  • A 12-week full-time clinical experience after the completion of the 1st year of study
  • Integrated clinical experiences in varied clinical settings during Fall semester of year two
  • Two terminal full-time clinical experiences for a total of 24 weeks with an emphasis on the rehabilitation of patients with varied conditions across the lifespan after the completion of the 2nd year of study.

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Clinical education experiences will serve to develop competent DPT students who:

  1. Apply behaviors consistent with the American Physical Therapy Association Code of Ethics and American Physical Therapy Association Core Values;
  2. Demonstrate effective communication during clinical and professional interactions and adapt communication styles based on individual differences;
  3. Practice in a safe manner that minimizes risk to patient/client, self, and all others;
  4. Demonstrate cultural competence and recognize psychosocial factors that may impact clinical and interprofessional interactions;
  5. Execute initiative; implement constructive feedback; contribute to a positive work environment, and utilize appropriate resources for problem-solving during clinical interactions;
  6. Apply evidence-based examination and evaluation techniques for patients including but not limited to history taking, systems review, differential diagnosis, and recognizing contraindications for further tests and measures;
  7. Determine appropriate diagnosis, prognosis, plans of care, and discharge criteria for patients with regular outcomes assessment;
  8. Apply and modify evidence-based intervention strategies and educational approaches based on patient response.    

 Over the past few years, ÐÔÊÀ½ç´«Ã½ DPT students have completed clinical education experiences with the following clinics:

  • Ability Rehabilitation
  • Advent Health Heart of Florida  
  • Adventist Health Physical Therapy 
  • Alliance Orthopedics 
  • ATI
  • Big League Performance and Rehab 
  • Bridgeway Senior Healthcare 
  • Bryn Mawr Rehab Hospital & outpatient network (Mainline Health)
  • Carbon Lehigh Intermediate Unit #21 
  • Central California Rehabilitation Hospital 
  • Colonial Intermediate Unit #20 
  • Elite Physical Therapy 
  • Fox Rehabilitation 
  • Good Shepherd Physical Therapy - Hyland Center and Raker Center (outpatient pediatrics)
  • Good Shepherd Rehabilitation Hospital (inpatient)
  • Gracedale Nursing Home
  • Hackensack Meridian JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute 
  • Harrogate Retirement Community
  • HiDEF Physical Therapy 
  • Integrated Medical Group Physical Therapy
  • Ivy Rehab
  • Ivy Rehab for Kids
  • Jag One
  • Kern Medical 
  • Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation 
  • Lehigh Valley Health Network (LVHN) Hospitals
  • LVHN Physical Therapy outpatient clinics 
  • Manhattan Sports and Manual Physical Therapy
  • Mission Health at Bellevue (Bellevue, WA)
  • Nemours Children's Health 
  • New York City Board of Education 
  • NJ Centers of PT 
  • NovaCare at Villanova
  • NovaCare Rehabilitation 
  • OAA Orthopedic Specialists 
  • Pelvio Physical Therapy 
  • Performance Ortho
  • Phoenix Physical Therapy
  • Pivot Physical Therapy 
  • Powerback Physical Therapy 
  • Priority Physical Therapy
  • Professional Physical Therapy 
  • PT at St. Luke's outpatient clinics
  • PT Solutions
  • Rehab 2 Perform 
  • Rehab Services at Good Samaritan 
  • Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital 
  • Robbin's Rehab East & West
  • Snoqualmie Hospital 
  • SPEAR
  • St. Luke's University Hospitals
  • Success Rehabilitation 
  • TheraFit Rehab 
  • Total Performance PT 
  • Tower Health System 
  • True Sports 
  • TRYAbility Neurorecovery Center 
  • Universal Institute of Rehabilitation 
  • Upper Perk PT & Sports Rehab 
  • Upstream Rehab 
  • Washington Center for Bleeding Disorders 
  • And many, many more!