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DPT Students Participate in National Multiple Sclerosis Society Ride!!!

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Duke DPT is proud to announce that Katie Lyn Beasley and Rachel Groff (Class of 2011) have been slated to the APTA’s National Student Assembly Board of Directors and Nominating Committee. Katie Lyn and Rachel are candidates for the positions of Secretary and Nominating Committee respectively. Within the APTA, the National Student Assembly serves as the governing body for all PT and PTA students. Numerous Duke students have served on the Assembly in the past, and we hope that Katie Lyn and Rachel will have the opportunity to continue the legacy. Duke DPT wishes both of them the best of luck on this exciting professional endeavor.

Congratulations Dr. COOK! - The AAOS Public Relations Oversight Group (PROG) has chosen Dr Cook's review study, The Impact of Glycemic Control and Diabetes Mellitus on Perioperative Outcomes after Total Joint Arthroplastyfor a consumer press release from the July 2009 edition of JBJS. Co-authors on the study include Dr Milford Marchant (lead), Dr Michael Bolognesi (Senior), and Dr Nick Viens

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CONGRATULATIONS TO Duke Physical Therapy and Geriatrics’ Faculty Dr. Jama Purser who has been awarded a 2-year Global Aging and Population Sciences Research grant from Duke's Global Health Institute.

DPT Student participates in medical outreach in Honduras!

GLOBAL OUTREACH

Our goal is to be a greater partner in the way physical therapy is practiced internationally through serving, learning and giving. To achieve this goal, we are striving to establish relationships and develop creative practice models through cooperative initiatives with clinics and practitioners that will:

Enable and promote the use of evidence in practice
Provide opportunities for Duke DPT interns to apply evidence-based practice techniques during their clinical experiences
Conduct interprofessional clinical research
Develop scholarships for Duke DPT interns with clinical internship sites
Offer continuing education for clinicians at Duke DPT clinical internship sites.

Objectives include:

Embracing the culture and providing volunteer assistance and engage in health oriented service learning.
Providing to those in need and enabling participants to gain a better understanding about barriers faced by other health care systems.
Establishing the participant’s role in the community as health care providers upon return to the United States.