
March 7, 2022
Physical Therapy students practice motivational interviewing
Story by Sara Belle Scott The Department of Physical Therapy is incredibly thankful for the opportunity to collaborate with our outstanding clinical and educational partners within MU Health Care, the School of Medicine, and the Shelden Clinical Simulation Center. Dr. Nikole Cronk Dr. Jack Wells Specifically, in an educational activity designed by faculty from the Department of Physical Therapy, including Dr. Erin Dannecker, associate professor, and Brad Willis, associate teaching professor, and faculty from the Department of Family and Community Medicine, including Dr. Jack Wells, professor, and Dr. Nikole Cronk, associate teaching professor, second-year physical…

Feb. 28, 2022
Physical Therapy research news
Physical Therapy professor Steve Ball and adjunct faculty member Dana Chole published studies recently.

Feb. 18, 2022
Black Alumni panelists confirmed
Feb. 18, 2022 The annual Health Professions Black Alumni Panel will be held 6–7:30 p.m. April 5 via Zoom. Our six awesome alumni panelists are above, from left: • Freddie Avant, MSW ’84, associate dean, director and professor at Stephen F. Austin State University’s School of Social Work in Nacogdoches, Texas • Ramone Hankle, BHS ’15, senior scrum master at Transunion in Chicago • Aliyha Hill, BHS ’18, MPH ’20, team lead at the CDC Foundation in Chicago • Debonie Lewis, BHS ’16, program manager at Whole Health Institute in Bentonville, Arkansas • Carmen Taylor,…

Feb. 3, 2022
Best health care jobs
Feb. 3, 2022 Health professions are in demand! According to U.S. News & World Report, the best jobs in health care and health care support include: Diagnostic medical sonographer Occupational therapy assistant Speech-language pathologist Respiratory therapist Physical therapist Occupational therapist Radiologic technologist Nuclear medicine technologist…

Feb. 1, 2022
Physical Therapy students and faculty to present at national conference
Mizzou DPT is headed to the 2022 Combined Sections Meeting of the APTA with nearly 20 accepted presentations.

Jan. 18, 2022
Health Professions scholarship recipients will pay it forward
Thanks to our incredible donors who fund scholarships, many Health Professions students receive financial assistance. Since the holiday season is known as the Season of Giving, over the past few weeks on our social media we featured a few scholarship recipients who want to pay the kindness forward by giving back to their communities with their careers. Lydia Broadus Lydia received the Helen Smith Burnam Memorial Scholarship. With her bachelor’s degree in Social Work, she plans to work with at-risk youth, such as teen moms or juveniles in the justice system. “This scholarship is very much appreciated as it enables…

Nov. 29, 2021
Physical Therapy faculty present at Educational Leadership Conference
Nov. 20, 2021 The Mizzou Department of Physical Therapy wants to highlight the outstanding scholarship by Becky Bliss, Lindsay Holland, Teresa Briedwell, and Jeff Bridges at the APTA’s Educational Leadership Conference this past weekend. Hosted in Atlanta, Georgia, Mizzou DPT faculty shared their scholarship to promote best practices in physical therapy education on the national stage, with presentations including “Utilizing the Master Adaptive Learner Framework in Residency Education: Ground Zero and Beyond” and “Adjustment in DPT Student Self-Regulated Learning Abilities….What it Means to Be a Graduate Learner.” Congratulations to all presenters! See photos from the weekend. …

Nov. 12, 2021
Celebrating National First-Generation Day!
Nov. 12, 2021 National First-Generation College Celebration Day is a day to celebrate the successes and leadership of first-generation college students and faculty. We are so proud of the following students and faculty and are excited to see what the future holds for you! First-Generation College Students Carly Bailey Major: Health Sciences, Rehabilitation Science emphasis Hometown: Otterville, Missouri “I am grateful for my first-generation status because of the work ethic that I witnessed and that was instilled in me at a very young age. Remember, some life lessons can’t be learned in a lecture in a lecture…

Oct. 6, 2021
Mizzou Motion Analysis Center presents research on international stage
Rose Schauffler The Department of Physical Therapy is pleased to announce that faculty and students from the Mizzou Motion Analysis Center (Mizzou-MAC) were invited to share their research at the 17th International Symposium on Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering and 5th Conference on Imaging and Visualization in September. Virtually hosted from Bonn, Germany, Dr. Trent Guess provided an oral presentation titled, “Opportunities and Challenges in Computational Modelling of the Pediatric Knee.” Outstanding work, Dr. Guess. Additionally, Rose Schauffler, a master’s student in biomedical engineering and team member within the Mizzou-MAC, presented, “Novel Knee Arthrometer Use in Clinical…

Sep. 17, 2021
Telehealth services provide quality pediatric care, MU survey finds
An MU survey finds that telehealth services are able to provide quality pediatric care, and bridge the gap for rural families