Lynchburg nursing, PA, and DPT students work together in healthcare simulations, part of an interprofessional education program designed to make sure future clinicians can work together seamlessly and provide better patient outcomes. Future collaborations between these programs will involve students in athletic training, mental health, and special education and involve community service, seminars, and clinical experiences.
Doctor of Physical Therapy
DPT students awarded scholarships
Rehab Associates of Central Virginia recently awarded scholarships to students in Lynchburg’s Doctor of Physical Therapy program.
Physical therapy in the fast lane
A NASCAR track is a fast-paced place to practice physical therapy. Drivers whip around the track at 200 miles per hour. Pit crews race to change 75-pound tires and empty […]
DPT students will collect rehabilitative equipment for children in need
University of Lynchburg Doctor of Physical Therapy students will help find new homes for gently used pediatric assistive technology in an equipment drive October 15 from 8 a.m. to 11 […]
LC team works on app to help caregivers
Several Lynchburg College students will compete in an Aging 2.0 Global Startup Search on Thursday in hopes of winning seed money for a healthcare app. When they started developing the app at a recent event, they were invited to pitch the idea again.
Winter break brings LC students to the Caribbean to give medical service
Two groups of University of Lynchburg medical students started 2016 by teaching and serving in the Caribbean. Nine students from the Doctor of Physical Therapy program worked with special education […]
LC students start fun run to support community clinic
University of Lynchburg students have organized a 5K to help them provide physical therapy to people in need in the Lynchburg area. The Run for the Hills Fun Run will […]
DPT Class of 2014 garners 100 percent licensure rate
Every member of the Lynchburg College Doctor of Physical Therapy Class of 2014 has now earned national licensure.
The class has achieved a 100 percent pass rate on the National Physical Therapy Examination.
DPT program shines at national conference
The students and faculty of Lynchburg College’s Doctor of Physical Therapy program represented the College well at a recent national conference Of the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA).
Fifteen of the program’s faculty members attended the APTA Combined Sections meeting in February with 72 LC students.
From Hobbs to Harvard
Katarina “Katie” Stoffers ’15 spent 12 weeks this past summer at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, a teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School.
She worked in Division of Hemostasis and Thrombosis under the direction of Dr.