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Notes

SPTRS Faculty Member Lead Author on Journal Article

Dr. Jason Highsmith, Assistant Professor, was the lead author on an article, “Differences in the Spatiotemporal Parameters of Transtibial and Transfemoral Amputee Gait” published in the January issue of the Journal of Prosthetics & Orthotics. 

 

 

 

SPTRS Faculty Member Co- Author on Journal Editorial

Dr. M. Jason Highsmith, Assistant Professor was co-author on the recently published editorial, “Prosthetic and orthotic resources for communicating in a global village” which appeared in the November 2009 Journal of  Rehabilitation Research and Development.

 

 

 

Faculty Member Lead Author 
Dr. John Mayer, Associate Professor and Lincoln College Endowed Chair in Biomechanical & Chiropractic Research is lead author on the to be published article, “Management of Chronic Low back pain in Active Individuals” which will appear in the January 2010 Current Sports Medicine Reports.

 

 

SPTRS Faculty Members Contribute to 

Journal of Physical Therapy Education

The winter 2009 Journal of Physical Therapy Education, contains two articles senior authored by SPTRS faculty members; Dr. Laura Swisher, “Centralized and Decentralized Organizational Models of Interprofessional Education for Physical Therapy and Medical Students,” and Dr. Gina Musolino, “Understanding and Eliminating Disparities in Health Care: Development and Assessment of Cultural Competence for Interdisciplinary Health Professionals at the University of Utah – A 3-Year Investigation.”

 

SPTRSFaculty Member Lead Author on Journal Note

Dr. Jason Highsmith, Assistant Professor, was the lead author on a technical note, “Design and Fabrication of a Passive-Function, Cylindrical Grasp Terminal Device” published in the September issue of Prosthetics & Orthotics International.

 

 

 

SPTRS Team Publishes Article

A team of School of Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Sciences researchers (Drs.  Jason Highsmith, Larry Mengelkoch, Keiba Shaw, Jamie Fox, Sandy Quillen and community prosthetist Jason Kahle) had their research project investigating the metabolic cost of rock climbing in persons with unilateral transfemoral amputations accepted for publication in the International Journal of Sports Medicine.  The article, "Metabolic Demands of Rock Climbing in Transfemoral   Amputees" will appear in an upcoming issue.

 

SPTRS Pharmacology Course Director Publishes New Edition of Textbook

Dr. Lynn Wecker, Distinguished University Professor and Course Director for the School of Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Science’s “Pharmacology for Healthcare Professionals Course,”  recently released the fifth edition of her textbook Brody’s Human Pharmacology published by Mosby.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SPTRS Faculty Member Contributes to New Textbook

Dr. Gina Musolino, Associate Professor and Coordinator of  Clinical Education for the School of Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Sciences, has contributed two chapters, “Expanding Horizons through Service and Service-Learning” and “Integrating Service-Learning for Physical Therapy Programs: Frameworks & Opportunities,” in the new textbook Finding Meaning in Civically Engaged Scholarship: Personal Journeys, Professional Experiences to be released this month and published by Information Age Publishing.

 

 

 

 

SPTRS Faculty Member Co-author on Journal Case Report

Dr. Jason Highsmith, Assistant Professor was recently a co-author with Drs Stephanie Carey and Rajiv Dubey from the College of Engineering and Greg Bauer, CPO from Westcoast Brace & Limb on a Case Report, “Kinematic Comparison of Myoelectric and Body Powered Prostheses While Performing Common Activities” to be published in June’s Prosthetics & Orthotics International.

 

 

 

 

 

SPTRS Faculty Member Authors Journal Article

 Dr. Gina Musolino, Associate Professor is the author on the recently published article, “Mutual Respect In Healthcare: Assessing Cultural Competence For Interdisciplinary Health Sciences Students” which appears in the e-supplement version of the Summer 2009 issue of  Journal of Allied Health.

 

 

 

 

SPTRS Faculty Member Lead Author on Journal Article

Dr. Laura L. (Dolly) Swisher, Associate Professor, was the lead author on a recently published article, “Ethical Issues in Athletic Training: A Foundational Descriptive Investigation,” published in the March 2009 Athletic Therapy Today.

 

SPTRS Team Author Journal Article

A School of Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Sciences Team lead by Dr. Jason Highsmith and including community prosthetist Jason Kahle CPO, DPT ’09 student Jamie Fox and faculty member Dr. Keiba Shaw have published an article, “Decreased Heart Rate in a Geriatric Client Following Physical Therapy Intervention and Accommodation with the C-Leg” in the January 2009 Journal of Prosthetics & Orthotics.

 

 

 

 

SPTRS Faculty to Speak at Ergonomics Conference

Dr. Kathleen Rockefeller, Assistant Professor in the School of Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Sciences has been selected to speak at the 3rd Annual National Health Care Ergonomics Conference in Portland, Oregon.

 

 

 

SPTRS Faculty Member Contributes to New Textbook

Dr. John Mayer, Associate Professor and Lincoln College Endowed Chair of Chiropractic and Biomechanical Research has coauthored a chapter, “Anatomy and Biomechanics” in the newly released American College of Sports Medicine, Certification Review, 3rd edition released this month and published by Lippincott-Williams & Wilkins.

 

 

SPTRS Faculty Member Lead Author on Article

 

Dr. Megan Heintz,  Instructor  and clinical faculty in the Physical Therapy Center, was the lead author on a case study, “Multimodal Management of Mechanical Neck Pain Using a Treatment Based Classification System” recently published in The Journal of Manual & Manipulative Therapy.

 

 

 

Faculty Member Contributes to New Textbook

Dr. Laura L. (Dolly) Swisher, Associate Professor and Coordinator of  Professional Education for the School of Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Sciences, has contributed a chapter, “Professional Identity and Socialization: Barriers and Opportunities in Interprofessional Education” to the newly released textbook, Leadership in Interprofessional Health Education and Practice  released this month and published by Jones & Bartlett.

 

 

SPTRS Faculty Members Contribute to Special Issue of Journal 

The October-December 2008 Topics in Geriatric Rehabilitation  special issue, “Barriers and Issues Related to Exercise, Rehabilitation and Access to healthcare Services for the Older Adult,” was guest edited by SPTRS Assistant Professor, Dr. Keiba Shaw and contained contributions from SPTRS faculty members  Dr. Catherine Page, Dr. Jason Highsmith, and Dr. Jacqueline Lovejoy.

 

 

 

Faculty Presents at Meeting

Jeannie Stephenson, PT, MS, NCS presented  “Locomotor Training Post Stroke” at the yearly meeting of the Allied Health Research Institute (AHRI) held at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia. The Allied Health Research Institute (AHRI) is a non-profit organization whose goal is to promote the field of allied health with qualified professionals and to develop better, more efficient and evidence based models of care. AHRI is also concerned with promoting research and scholarship related to rehabilitation and the allied health professions. Ms. Stephenson’s attendance at this conference was supported by the USF K30 program in Clinical and Translational Research.
 

School Faculty Contribute To New Textbook

Dr. William Quillen, Director of the School of Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Sciences, has co-edited the newly released textbook, Pathology and Intervention in Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation, along with Drs. David Magee and James Zachazewski. School faculty, Drs. Keiba Shaw and David Newman authored chapters in this new textbook  which is part of a four volume Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation Series anchored by the latest edition of Magee’s Orthopedic Physical Assessment and previously released Scientific Foundations and Principles of Practice in Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation  published by Elsevier.

 

DPT 2010 Student Participates in Lead America

This summer Melissa Matson, a member of the School of Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Sciences DPT 2010 class, had a valuable opportunity to share the rewarding aspects of becoming a physical therapist. High school students from around the country gathered for a 10-day conference to learn about careers in the medical and healthcare fields. Melissa had the privilege of being on staff for the conferences held at DePaul University in Chicago and San Francisco State University. Many students arrived at the conference convinced that they were destined to be anesthesiologists or pediatric neurosurgeons, however, others expressed a desire to investigate the entire healthcare spectrum. After several of the "future physicians" discovered the extensive educational commitment for their career choice, they began exploring other options as well. 

Throughout the week following the panel discussion, Melissa was encouraged by the number of students who pursued her with additional questions regarding physical therapy. Many were excited about PT as a career option. Several participants expressed a desire to remain in contact with Melissa in the future as they are in the process of making their college and career plans. It has been an intense, yet very rewarding summer for Melissa. Hopefully, we will now have a few more up and coming additions to the physical therapy profession. More on this story

To find out more about the LeadAmerica Medicine and Healthcare program visit http://www.lead-america.org/conferences/cslc/medicine.asp

SPTRS Faculty Member Participates in International Round Table

Dr. John Mayer, Lincoln College Endowed Chair in Biomechanical & Chiropractic Research and an Associate Professor in the School traveled to London this weekend to join a distinguished panel of clinicians and researchers for the International Association for the Study of Pain Roundtable  "Update on guidelines for the treatment of neuropathic pain, including considerations for special populations."

 

USF Physical Therapy Center Moving

The USF Physical Therapy Center, the faculty practice component of USF’s School of Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Sciences will be relocating from its present home in the MDT Building to the 3rd floor of the Carol and Frank Morsani Center for Advanced Healthcare.  Patients will be seen for or resume their physical therapy care beginning Tuesday, July 29th.  Please note all of our phone numbers will remain the same. To reach the clinical faculty or front office coordinator please call (813) 974- 8613 or to send a fax dial (813) 974-8614. Map and Directions

 

 

SPTRS Director to Speak at Annual McCue Society Meeting

Dr. William S. (Sandy) Quillen, Director of the School of Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Sciences has been selected to speak at the University of Virginia’s Annual McCue Society Meeting in June.  The Society, founded by former Sports Medicine Fellows and Doctoral students, honors Professor Emeritus Frank C. McCue, MD, the University’s long time team physician.

 

 

SPTRS Faculty Member to Present to Leaders

Dr. Laura L. (Dolly) Swisher, Associate Professor and Coordinator of Professional Education for the School of Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Sciences will be participating in the upcoming Dreamcatchers 2: Revitalizing Ethics in Rehabilitation invitational conference of leaders in rehabilitation ethics scholarship and education. She will be presenting, “Crossing the Great Divide: The Ethics of Care and the Future of Rehabilitation Ethics”.

The School of Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Sciences Faculty has adopted several key changes to the DPT Admissions Standards and Procedures for Academic Year 2009-2010.

Specific Changes for Admissions Cycle 2009-2010:

• The Minimum Overall, Upper Division and Prerequisite GPA for Application Consideration and Admission to the DPT Program has been increased from 3.0 to 3.2
• Applications for the DPT Class of 2013 will be accepted beginning September 1, 2009 until November 15, 2009 only.
• Completed Applications with all supporting documentation received by November 15, 2009 will be reviewed by the DPT Student Selection Committee. The 36 most qualified students will be selected for enrollment as a member of the DPT Class of 2013
• Letters of Offer will be mailed to students on/about February 1, 2010.
• For Applicants for Whom English is not the native language, a minimum TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) score of 650 is required at time of application. This policy is waived if the applicant has received an undergraduate degree from an accredited school in the United States by time of entrance into the program.
• A Waiting List will be maintained of other qualified applicants in the event that an opening should occur.

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SPTRS Faculty and Staff Selected to Make Presentations at Upcoming National Meeting

School Faculty Dr. Dolly Swisher, Dr. William Quillen and Dr. Ana Mieres have been selected to make presentations at the American Physical Therapy Association’s upcoming PT 2009 Meeting to be held in Baltimore in June. Joining Drs. Swisher and Quillen will be Cindy Ippolito, SPTRS Manager, in presenting, “A Multi-Stakeholder Web-based System for Evaluating Professionalism in DPT Students”. Dr. Mieres will be joined by Dr. Russell Kirby, a faculty member from USF’s College of Public Health in presenting, ”A Primer for Physical Therapists on Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD).”

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SPTRS Faculty Selected to Present at National Meeting

School Faculty Dr. Dolly Swisher, Dr. Kathy Rockefeller and Dr. Keiba Shaw have been selected to present at the American Physical Therapy Association’s upcoming Combined Sections Meeting to be held in Las Vegas in February.

 

With over 180 applications received the University of South Florida, College of Medicine, School of Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Sciences DPT Class of 2012 has reached its capacity for enrollment in August 2009.

Applications for the DPT Class of 2012 are no longer being accepted as of December 15, 2008. Completed applications received prior to December 15, 2008 will be reviewed by the SPTRS Admissions Committee and qualified applicants will be notified and placed on the DPT Class of 2012 Waiting List in the order complete applications were received.  

Next year’s admissions cycle will begin on September 1, 2009.

 Please see Admissions Information and Forms Section for further information.

 

 

CAPTE Reaffirms Accreditation

 

At its October 29th meeting the Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education (CAPTE) reaffirmed the accreditation for the physical therapist education program at the University of South Florida College of Medicine, School of Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Sciences through 2016. This followed a site visit of the program in the Spring of 2008 and the submission of an extensive Self-Study Report. The Commission commended the program “for the quality and presentation of its Self-Study Report…which clearly conveyed the nature and scope of the educational experience.” The School of Physical Therapy, established in 1998 and initially accredited by CAPTE in 2001, was the first SUS institution authorized to award the Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) degree and graduated its Charter DPT class in 2008.

 

 

SPTRS Faculty Member Selected for Workshop

 

 

Dr. Jason Highsmith, Assistant Professor in the SPTRS has been selected as one of 30 faculty to attend the prestigious “Enhancing Rehabilitation Research in the South” Workshop to be conducted at the University of Virginia in January 2009. This workshop invites junior researchers to work with experts in the field of rehabilitation research. The workshop combines didactic sessions, group and individual consultation to best prepare the attendees to submit a research proposal to the National Institutes of Health.
 

 

Doctor of Physical Therapy

Charter Class of 2008 Soars!   

The charter class of the College of Medicine’s School of Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Sciences Doctor of Physical Therapy program exceeded both state and national averages on the national licensing examination. Graduates must pass the National Physical Therapy Examination (NPTE) before they can practice physical therapy in the United States.

All 20 DPT students graduating this spring from the USF COM SPTRS – the DPT charter class of 2008 -- successfully passed the NPTE. The USF students averaged a score of 659.05 compared to 647.88 for all U.S. physical therapy program graduates and 646.36 for all Florida graduates.

“With the implementation of a new examination blueprint this spring by the Federation of State Boards of Physical Therapy, the bar was significantly raised for the domains of knowledge, skill and affective values that a Doctor of Physical Therapy graduate must possess,” said William Quillen, PT, PhD, associate dean of the College of Medicine and director of the School of Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Sciences. "This achievement is a reflection of both the outstanding students we have at the School and the excellence of our interprofessional educational program and faculty at the College of Medicine."

The University of South Florida was the first State University System institution authorized to implement the DPT degree in 2004. More than 100 students are currently enrolled in the Doctor of Physical Therapy degree program.

 

Faculty, Staff and Students Welcome the Class of 2011

TAMPA, Fla. (August. 8, 2008) USF College of Medicine  faculty, staff, and students  offered a warm and fun welcome to the Class of 2011 students on the  last  day of orientation at the Cheeseburger in Paradise lunch.– The forty-two students, 35 women and 7 men selected from a pool of over 170 highly qualified applicants ended their week of orientation actives from scavenger hunts to an overview of the mission of integrated, interprofessional education provided in the College of Medicine and School of Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Sciences.

 

 

Rock Climbing Study

 

 

A team of School of Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Sciences faculty and student researchers recently conducted an applied rehabilitation research project investigating the metabolic cost of rock climbing in persons with unilateral transfemoral amputations.  The purpose of the study was to determine the metabolic cost of climbing an indoor rock wall utilizing five different prosthetic configurations. Metabolic effort was measured using the state of the art COSMED K4b2 metabolic system and the subjects’ subjective rating of perceived exertion. This pilot project was completed under the School’s $1M federally funded "Demonstration Project on Prosthetics and Orthotics."

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