UNTHSC Physical Therapy Clinical Education
Clinical Education Objectives
The UNTHSC’s Physical Therapy Program includes clinical education experiences that are designed to serve the program’s mission for graduating students who are prepared for entry-level practice. Consequently, clinical experiences are designed to provide students with opportunities to develop professional practice that models:
- Delivery of legal, ethical, and moral practice of physical therapy
- Safe and effective autonomous practice following contemporary regulatory requirements
- Full spectrum of duties and responsibilities of physical therapist clinicians as represented by the patient-client management model
- All-encompassing responsibilities of the physical therapy profession related to being a member of the patient care team
- Advocate, consultant, teacher, researcher, manager and leader of reflective contemporary practice, clinical reasoning, critical thinking, and evidence-based practice; and
- Lifelong learning and personal professional development
- Professional interactions with persons across the lifespan including at the minimum adults, older individuals and adolescent populations;
- Professional interactions with persons across the continuum of care including wellness and prevention; and
- Professional interactions with persons from different cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds including from rural areas of Texas.
Contact Us
Director of Clinical Education
Brandy Schwarz, PT, DPT, OT, MBA
817-735-2977
brandy.schwarz@unthsc.edu
Clinical Site Coordinator
Ana Rodriquez
817-735-0146
ana.rodriquez@unthsc.edu
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