Physical Therapy
At the 2017 World Confederation for Physical Therapy in South Africa, a handful of platform presentation awards were announced, with faculty from GW's School of Medicine and Health Sciences scooping up two of them.
Jill Boissonnault, PhD, visiting associate professor of physical therapy and health care sciences, spoke to Reuters for an article about her new study looking at the occurrence of sexual harrassment experienced by physical therapists.
The 46 students of the new class started the year with orientation before delving into the studies and community service that mark the prestigious program.
Within 24 hours, Villa Nueva, Guatemala, became home to a new PT clinic thanks to the efforts of 26 volunteers from the nonprofit Move Together and community volunteers.
The SMHS Physical Therapy program, after an extensive review process, received the maximum accreditation length from the Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education.
The GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences Doctor of Physical Therapy Class of 2017 celebrated their dedication to service, academia, and their patients at the program’s Graduation Awards Ceremony, May 19.
During the annual P.T. Alumni Scholarship Competition, alumni seek to have the highest number of participating donors.
Congratulations to John M. Young, DPS, assistant professor of clinical research and leadership at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, on his recent appointment to the Federation of State Boards of Physical Therapy (FSBPT) board of directors.
Patients suffering from various diseases can benefit from different forms of exercise, and George Washington's Josh Woolstenhulme, Ph.D., D.P.T., is using his degrees in physical therapy and rehabilitation physiology to help figure out the most efficient ways to prescribe exercise.
With the help of the Health Sciences Emerging Scholars grant, George Washington University’s Josh Woolstenhulme, Ph.D., DPT, looks to prove the effectiveness of a new technology that can assess blood flow in the chest to make inferences about heart functionthat technology.