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PT Day of Giving 2024 is a Success

BTPhysical Therapy would like to thank all of the BTPT Alumni, Students and Friends who recently participated in our annual fundraiser! During the week of March 7, 2024, our PT Alumni Phonathon and Day of Giving raised over $7,500 toward DPT student scholarships!  Also, special thanks to the fifteen DPT students made the phone calls on March 5 for our annual Phonathon.

This was the 10th annual Day of Giving for UCA.  Upon conclusion BTwas able to raise $1,466,334 with 2,369 donors among whom 36% were students, 32% alumni and 22% BTfaculty/staff.

Presentations at APTA Combined Sections Meeting, Boston, February 17, 2024

Faculty and students recently participated in the Combined Sections Meeting of the APTA in Boston on February 17, 2024.

group of student at meeting in Boston

BTStudents at CSM 2024

Dr. Brian Odom, Dr. Leah Lowe, and Dr. Charlotte Yates provided an educational course at CSM entitled, “Moving Beyond the Wound Model to Patient Care” to a full audience.

Ryan Ozanich, DPT2024, and Dr. Melisa Allen presented “Engaging DPT Students in Dementia Care: A Pilot Model for Community-Based Interprofessional Engagement” at CSM in Boston, a project completed with coauthors Amanda Bennett, DPT2024, Dr. Jordan Kerry, Dr. Michael Gallagher, Dr. January Schultz and Richelle Weese.

Recent PhD program graduate and DPT alum Josh Landers‘ work was presented on February 17 in Boston at CSM “Deep Vein Thrombosis Responding to Blood Flow Restriction of the Uninvolved Extremities: A Case Report” with co-authors Melissa Allen, Mark Mennemeier, and Stacia Carroll (BTDPT 2022).