PERSPECTIVES 25th Anniversary - Fall-Winter 2018

Dr. Pallavi Patel College of Health Care Sciences 45 • The Tampa Student Physical Therapy Association hosts the Florida Student Conclave. 2014 • The fourth class of 44 students is accepted. • Eunice Luyegu, Ph.D., CPT, curriculum design specialist, is hired. • The charter class embarks on several 12-week internships across the United States. • The program begins providing pro bono PT to patients at the Judeo-Christian Health Clinic. • The Hybrid Transformation Institute is established. • A research/service relationship is initiated with Healthy Community-Tampa Bay, Special Olympics Florida. 2015 • A fifth class of 44 students is accepted. • The charter class of 2015 graduates with 18 students. • Lynda Ross, D.P.T., D.H.S., PT, assistant professor, joins the faculty team. • The program receives an HPD Educational Research Grant to fund the purchase of low-fidelity mannequins. 2016 • A sixth class of 44 students is accepted. • The class of 2016 graduates with 34 students. • The program is granted separate accreditation by the CAPTE. • Funding is initiated for the Changing Lives Hybrid D.P.T. Scholarship. • The program partners with Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital for early pediatric PT exposure. 2017 • The seventh class of 44 students is accepted. • Joy Moulton, D.P.T., PT, joins the faculty. • The class of 2017 graduates with 36 students. • A holistic admissions process for the 2017–18 cycle is created. • The asynchronous, interprofessional education project is established. • Two alumni and two students participate in the Palma Ceia Presbyterian medical outreach trip to Honduras. 2018 • The eighth class of 44 students is accepted. • The class of 2018 graduates with 44 students. • A groundbreaking ceremony is held for the new NSU Tampa Bay Regional Campus in Clearwater, Florida. How did we transition from doing the unthinkable to the unstoppable? The secret sauce is the team’s continued quest for excellence, which includes attending professional development courses on clinical and teaching strategies, experimenting with new technologies, sharing blended teaching strategies with one another, partnering with Richard Davis cuts the ribbon at the D.P.T. Tampa grand opening on April 27, 2011. clinicians and organizations in the community, and ongoing program evaluation. The Tampa team works hard to collaborate across campus- es and within the local/global communities (Judeo-Christian Health Clinic, Healthy Community-Tampa Bay, Honduras and Jamaica medical outreach). Lastly, the educational sessions presented at national conferences by the Tampa faculty members have strongly changed the shape of PT education in the United States. As we move to the new Tampa Bay Regional Campus in 2019–2020, we look forward to collaborating with the Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine, creating a faculty practice, increasing faculty scholarship, and developing a student-led pro bono clinic. ● “It’s impossible,” said pride. “It’s risky,” said experience. “It’s pointless,” said reason. “Give it a try,” whispered the heart! —Unknown