Duke Physical Therapy will be hosting a running clinic on January 23th from 9:30am-12:00pm on the Center for Living Campus. Please see the flyer below for more details. We hope you will join us, but if not, feel free to pass along the information to your fellow runners and friends! The clinic will be presented by Ashley Davis Lake, PT and Julie Reo, PT.
Duke Physical Therapy is hosting a running clinic on October 17th from 9:00AM – 12:00PM on the Center for Living Campus (Stedman Building). The attached flyers provide more information about the content of the clinic and a map with directions on how to get there. If you are interested, please attend!
Join us on Monday, September 28 at 6PM for a tour of the Duke Doctor of Physical Therapy program! Mya Schackleford, the Admissions Coordinator for the program, as well as a few current students will be there to lead us around and answer any questions you might have. This is a great opportunity to learn more about the program and to talk to current PT students about their experiences. Even if you are unsure whether you are planning to apply to Duke, it is still a great way to learn about what DPT programs look for and what current students have to say about the process.
Below is a document to sign up if you are interested in going! Be sure to indicate any affiliation you have, along with if you will need a ride. A map with directions to Duke DPT has also been provided.
Contact Ben Ramger (President of the Duke Pre-PT Association) at bcr9@duke.edu if you have any further questions.
Hope to see you there!
Here is another great volunteering opportunity for the month of May! Especially if you love dancing! See the “Dance for Parkinson’s Flyer” for more information.
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Hi! Our Dance for Parkinson’s class is an opportunity for those with Parkinson’s, their caregivers, and volunteers to come together and dance. Our class incorporates various styles of dance and genres of music through a combination of choreographed and improvisational movement. The class is designed to support the specific needs of those with Parkinson’s, but our main focus is on the elements of dance, such as rhythm, quality of movement, and expression. Volunteers assist with set-up and being extra pairs of eyes to maintain participant safety, while participating fully in our class!
If you are interested in joining us, please email me at lindsayvoorhees@alumni.duke.edu. Our current series goes through May 29th and classes take place at ADF Studios on Fridays, from 1-2:15. We ask that volunteers arrive 15 minutes early so we can meet you and get the room set up.
Thanks,
Lindsay Voorhees
Here’s a message from the North Carolina Physical Therapy Association (NCPTA) about a great opportunity to help out at a Special Olympics event they’re having in Raleigh! If you’re in the area for the summer, give it a look!
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Special Olympics FUNfitness
May 30, 2015
Raleigh, NC
Special Olympics FUNfitness!!
WE NEED YOUR HELP!
We need PTs, PTAs, and students (PT and PTA), to help with FUNfitness screenings at the Special Olympics North Carolina Summer Games at NCSU in Raleigh, NC on Saturday, May 30th.
We also need non-clinical volunteers (friends, co-workers, family) to help with registration of the athletes and flow within the screening area.
This is the first screening that we will be doing not in conjunction with any competition. We will be providing screenings for delegations staying on campus Saturday night. We hope that this will allow for a bigger turn out and more screenings!
FUNfitness is a program developed by APTA for the Special Olympics Healthy Athletes initiative. All volunteers will receive a Healthy Athletes t-shirt and dinner! For more information, please click here.
We hope you can take part! Also, licensed staff, you can enter these hours on your continuing competence reporting for North Carolina!
Please feel free to contact us with any questions at ncfunfitness@gmail.com
Thank you and hope to see you there!
Jen Roberts, PT and Katie Poole, PTA and Mike Moran, PT
Special Olympics of North Carolina FUNfitness Clinical Directors
EVENT: Special Olympics North Carolina Summer Games
LOCATION: North Carolina State University Campus, Raleigh, NC
DATE: Saturday, May 30, 2015
TIME: 4pm – 9 pm (plus ~15-30 minutes after event for clean up)
Details, screening tips / instructions and directions will be emailed to all volunteers the week of the event.
Please email the following information below to Jen atncfunfitness@gmail.com no later than May 24th.
NAME:
(Cell/Preferred) PHONE:
EMAIL ADDRESS:
PROFESSIONAL DESIGNATION (mark one):
PT
PTA
PT/PTA LICENSE # :
STUDENT PT
STUDENT PTA
SCHOOL:
Special Olympics Healthy Athletes FUNfitness North Carolina
Katie Poole, PTA
Mike Moran, PT
Jen Roberts, PT
Hey Pre-PT! We have some great events planned for the month of November! Here’s a little info about them, hope to see you there!
Thursday, October 30 — Panel Discussion with Duke Disability Alliance
Saturday, November 1 — Bridge II Sports Volunteer Opportunity
Tuesday, November 4 — Pre-PT Bookbagging Help
Thursday, November 13 — Double Dukie DPT Panel
Don’t miss the opportunity to meet representatives from physical therapist education programs in a live virtual setting! The Physical Therapy Virtual Fair is a great way to communicate with PT schools and get some of your questions answered in a comfortable and convenient setting. The virtual fair will be live all day on Tuesday, Sept. 16 and Wednesday, Sept. 17, so login and chat with representatives whenever you have free time! If there is a certain PT program that you are especially interested in, I would encourage you to look at the fair schedule and find the time when they are live (since most programs will not have a representative active all day)!
If you haven’t registered yet, here is the link to do so: https://www.careereco.com/Fair/EventDetails?fairId=bc3cbb34-c95f-44c6-9a51-a31d00992477
Endless Possibilities Dance Class
Dates:
Location: American Dance Festival Scripps Studios (721 Broad Street, Durham, NC)
For more information, you can contact Kristi Duke, PT
Welcome back, Duke Pre-PT Association members!
In case you missed our first general body meeting on 9/9, here is a list of upcoming events that we have planned for the fall semester:
9/16-17/14 – Physical Therapy Virtual Fair
9/23/14 – Duke Pre-PT Association General Body Meeting
9/27/14 – Running Clinic at Duke Sports Medicine
10/1/14 – Namely Muscles (Experiential Anatomy) Workshop
10/4/14 – Namely Muscles (Experiential Anatomy) Performance and Panel Discussion
11/4/14 – Duke Pre-PT Association General Body Meeting
11/18/14 – Duke Pre-PT Association General Body Meeting
We hope to see you at some of these events throughout the semester! We will post reminders and more information about the events as the date approaches. In addition, we are in the process of planning a PT Awareness Week in October (PT Awareness Month), so stay on the lookout for more information about that as well!
There will be a Duke Medical School Panel hosted by the Neuroscience Majors Union on February 19th at 7:00pm in Soc Psych 130. Claire Ober, a Duke alum and current Duke PT student, will be speaking on the panel as well as a few med students, PA students, and possibly nursing students as well. While the panel will be geared mostly towards pre-med undergrads with a neuro background, everyone is welcome!
