An e-newsletter from the Arcadia University Department of Physical Therapy | Summer 2011
Message from the Chair
Dr. Rebecca Craik
Watch Dr. Craik's video greeting for an update on Arcadia's D.P.T. program.
Faculty
Mangione Receives $10 Million Grant from NIH
A new exercise intervention published in Health and Medicine Week, “Home-Based Leg Strengthening Exercise Improves Function 1 Year After Hip Fracture: A Randomized Controlled Study” was the basis for a $10 million grant from Institutes of Health. Read more.
Craik, Leiper Co-Author Paper with Physical Therapy Alumni
Dr. Rebecca Craik, Professor of Physical Therapy, and Dr. Carol Leiper, Emerita Professor of Physical Therapy, co-authored “Validity of the Step Watch Step Activity Monitor: Preliminary Findings for Use in Persons With Parkinson’s Disease and Multiple Sclerosis” with Amy L. Schmidt ’09D.P.T., and Aaron H. Thrush ’09D.P.T. in the Journal of Geriatric Physical Therapy. Read more.
McClure, Tate Present at Philadelphia Hand Meeting
Dr. Phil McClure, Professor of Physical Therapy, and Dr. Angela Tate, Adjunct Professor of Physical Therapy, presented a workshop on “Management of Scapular Dysfunction” at the Philadelphia Hand Meeting on March 5.
PT Professor Tecklin Inducted Into Sturzebecker Hall of Fame
Arcadia University Professor of Physical Therapy Jan S. Tecklin, was inducted into the West Chester University College of Health Sciences Sturzebecker Hall of Fame in the fall. Read more.
international Experiences
Styer-Acevedo Teaches PT Course in India
Dr. Jane Styer-Acevedo, Adjunct Professor of Physical Therapy, recently journeyed to India to lead a 33-day course on “Management and Treatment of Children with Cerebral Palsy and Other Neurological Impairments.” Read more.
News
Experiential Learning Introduces Students to Range of Patients, Health-Care Settings
“Through experiential learning, students grow as people and as PT students. An expansion of the person occurs and their worldview grows. They conceptualize how things work and discover their place in the world,” says Karen Sawyer, Assistant Professor of Physical Therapy. Read more.
77 Earn Doctor of Physical Therapy Degrees
Seventy-seven students earned the Doctor of Physical Therapy degree during Arcadia University’s Doctor of Physical Therapy Commencement on Saturday, Feb. 19. Dr. Steve Michael, Provost and Academic Vice President, conferred the degrees, directing the students to move their tassels in unison. Physical Therapy faculty performed the hooding of each doctoral candidate, and Professor and Department Chair Dr. Rebecca Craik greeted each graduate with her hallmark hug. Read more. (Ceremony photos.)
Register Now: Exploring the Future of Physical Therapy Symposium, Sept. 10
The symposium will integrate findings from two meetings held by the American Physical Therapy Association: the Physical Therapy and Society Summit (PASS) and the Vitalizing Practice Through Research and Research Through Practice conference. It takes place on Saturday, Sept. 10, at Arcadia University's King of Prussia Campus. Details and registration info.
Sullivan Elected Secretary to APTA’s Student Board of Directors
Last fall, Colleen Sullivan ’12 was elected to serve as Secretary for the Student Assembly Board of Directors at the 2010 American Physical Therapy Association’s National Student Conclave in Cherry Hill, N.J. Seventeen of Arcadia PT students participated in the weekend’s events. Read more.
Alumni
Stay in Touch Using Facebook
Log on to Facebook and become a fan of Arcadia University's Physical Therapy program (www.facebook.com/arcadia.pt). The page features event listings, news updates, photos, and more. If you want physical therapy news as it happens, check the Physical Therapy tag in the Arcadia Bulletin.
Simpson-Caucci Receives Award for PT iPhone App
Husband-and-wife team Desirea Simpson-Caucci ’99,’02D.P.T. and Robert Caucci ’99, who own and operate Conshohocken Physical Therapy, have been recipients of several prestigious awards in the last year. In addition to having her practice named the Best PT Practice in Montgomery Country, Pa., for the third consecutive year, Simpson-Caucci also received the Dorland Health People Award for Physical Therapy for her help in designing a PT iPhone app. Read more.
Formica Returns to Arcadia for Transitional D.P.T.
Gina Formica ’86, ’11D.P.T. was one of the last students to graduate from Arcadia with a B.S. in Physical Therapy. Twenty-five years later, she graduated in February with the first class of Arcadia’s transitional Doctorate of Physical Therapy program who earned their degrees online. “I returned to Arcadia because I enjoyed my education here, and I was prepared when I went out in the work force. I learned that many of my former professors still were teaching at Arcadia,” she says. Read more.
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