COVID-19 Update: Physical Therapy

Department of Physical Therapy Updates

• Jeff Taylor, Dr. Faith Kiphut, and Amy Brase have developed and launched 15 interactive case studies for the DPT class of 2020 using Zoom to further enhance clinical decision making skills and for board preparation.
• The DPT Class of 2020 has three graduates that have been accepted to orthopedic residencies at University of Texas, Massachusetts General Hospital and PT Solutions in Asheville, North Carolina.
• Jeff Taylor and the DPT faculty have conducted several virtual town halls to meet with the DPT classes of 2020, 2021, 2022 and the upcoming class of 2023 to connect, collaborate and share updates.
• Shannon Hughes made several masks and donated them to a community partner hospital.
• Marie Hatten developed virtual labs to deliver Therapeutic Exercise content to the DPT class of 2022.
• Shannon Hughes has initiated social media engagement by highlighting alumni who are working on the front lines.
• We donated N95 masks to a local community partner hospital.