Student Activities
Physical Therapy Month Promotion TV20 Video
Florida
Physical Therapy Student Conference 2007
February 2-3, 2007
View Conference Photos
(1.27 MB PDF)
Led by Gwen Creel, MHS, PT, the PT department and DPT classes teamed up
to deliver donations to a family in the Interdisciplinary
Family Health (IFH) program.
Annual Healing Hands Trick or Trot 5K
View the 2007 5K Healing Hands Run slideshow
View the 2006 5K Healing Hands Run slideshow (9.57 MB PowerPoint Show)
Students participated in a wheelchair basketball event at Santa Fe Community
College to raise money for Camp Boggy Creek, a camp for children facing
chronic or life threatening illnesses.
Click here for QuickTime Wheelchair Basketball Video
DPT students travel annually to the Elks Camp in Umatilla, Florida as volunteers for children with a diagnosis of cerebral palsy. This collaborative effort between the University of Florida physical therapy department and the Elks is led by Claudia Senesac, PT, PhD, PCS. Student volunteers assist with coordinating camp activities while UF faculty provides consultative services to therapists in the field throughout the state of Florida.
Fourth Annual Great Gator Health Fest
UF Doctor of Physical Therapy students participated in the Fourth Annual
Great Gator Health Fest, sponsored by the UF College of Pharmacy. This event
promotes awareness of the plethora of health and wellness services available
to the community. Sit reach tests were performed and results compared to
age grouped test norms. Student physical therapists then advised proper
stretching techniques and the benefits associated with increasing one's
flexibility. They also presented information regarding proper postural alignment.
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