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!
Duke physical therapy will be hosting a running clinic on February 15, 2014 from 9:30am-12:30pm. It will be conducted at the K-Lab in the Finch-Yeager building. It costs $15. Please click on the link above for more information. We hope to see you there!
Dr. Tassy Rufai ’04, Duke DPT ’12- Geriatrics Resident
Dr. Amanda Heath, Duke DPT ’13- Women’s Health Resident
Dr. Nikki Huffman, St. Augustine DPT ’12- Sports Resident
Dr. Karlyn Schiltgen, Mount St. Mary’s DPT ’08- Cardiopulmonary Resident
Dr. Mike Schmidt, Duke DPT ’12- Manual Therapy Fellow
Dr. Niles Fleet, MCG DPT ’12- Division I Sports Fellow
Email jnm21@duke.edu with any questions.
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October 5th, 2013
Location:
Duke Sports Medicine, 1st Floor (K-Lab)
318 Finch Yeager Building, Frank Bassett Drive, Durham NC
FREE workshop! Register online or when you get to class.
In this workshop, dancers will learn how physical therapy can help you dance without pain. Dance medicine physical therapist Rosie Canizares will take participants through a mock evaluation to demonstrate common muscles weaknesses that dancers have and can be addressed to prevent injury. Learn simple exercises that can help make you a stronger dancer with better technique
Location: ADF Studio off East Campus- 721 Broad Street
7:30 PM Duke PT Resident’s Panel
Come hear residents from the Duke PT school speak about the application process into PT school and their work! The panelists who have confirmed so far include geriatrics resident and Double Duke alum Tassy Rufai, as well as the manual therapy fellow, and the residents in sports, women’s health, and cardiopulmonary. Don’t miss this informative event!!
Hosted by Duke Pre-Physical Therapy Association
Location: Duke West Campus, Bio Sci 113.
General Body Meeting
9/9 at 8:30pm in Languages 109
We will see you there!!
Sports Medicine Panel
Learn from & get to know some of the best sports medicine practitioners at Duke!
Wed, 3/20 at 8 pm in the K Center Classroom.
The K center is located right behind the Schwartz-Butters
Duke Maps: http://maps.duke.edu/map/index.php?id=21
Duke DPT Program Info Session
Find out what it takes to get into the Duke DPT program.
Monday, March 25, 2013 from 10:00a-12:00noon
Sign up Here!! http://dpt.duhs.duke.edu/Admissions/Information_Session_2013/
