AI-PAMI Presents: Approaching Pain Using Psychologically Informed Practice Dr. Jason Beneciuk Jason Beneciuk, DPT, PhD, research assistant professor and Brooks Rehabilitation researcher, will be presenting a free online pain management webinar for health care providers working with adults ages 50+ with pain. The webinar will focus on psychologically informed…
Britt Wienkers, DPT class of 2021 The UF Doctor of Physical Therapy’s Clinical Education team recently selected the Rolf and Anne Kuhns Endowment for PT Scholarship award recipient. Each year the team meets to review student performance during their first clinical experience as well as in clinical labs and discusses…
Dr. Judi Schack-Dugre Judi Schack-Dugre, PT, DPT, MBA, EdD, Director of Clinical Education, presented two abstracts in the national interprofessional collaborative conference Nexus Summit 2020 last month. The theme of this year’s conference was Optimizing Interprofessional Clinical Learning Environments: Better Care, Better Value, Better Education. Originally planned as a traditional conference,…
The Department of Physical Therapy is participating in a friendly competition with other health professions while supporting a great cause. Our DPT students in the UF Covid Student Service Corps are supporting the UF College of Pharmacy’s clothing donation this season to the Molm Family Gator Career…
Judi Schack-Dugre, PT, DPT, MBA, EdD, Director of Clinical Education, collaborated with directors of clinical education from four other Doctor of Physical Therapy programs in Florida to investigate and compare the perceptions of users for two validated student clinical assessment tools – Clinical Internship Evaluation Tool (CIET) and the…
Children on the Go Leadership Team DPT c/o 2022. Back row (L to R): Sarah Davis, Angelina Castelli, Abigail Jones, Shelby Mahaz. Front row (L to R): KK Huffman, Jeanna Heater, Courtney Hersch. University of Florida Doctor of Physical Therapy students participate in community engagement activities across the curriculum, providing…
At the State of the College Meeting on Sept. 18, faculty members were recognized by Dean Michael Perri with a Dean’s Citation Paper Award, acknowledging their innovation and excellence in research, and the Scholarship of Teaching Publication Award, which is given to faculty members to acknowledge their innovation in teaching.
The end of March brought unexpected challenges and difficult decisions as COVID-19 forced businesses to close for the foreseeable future. Balance 180, a local non-profit gym geared toward adaptive gymnastics, had to make the tough call to close its gym. For Ashley Tringas and Kayce Whitbeck, third-year Doctor of…
