The Program in Physical Therapy has a long and strong history of comprehensive clinical education and currently has contracts with approximately 400 clinical sites across the United States and abroad that represent the following range of clinical settings to which students are assigned. It should be noted that the number and types of affiliations vary on a yearly basis depending on the level of affiliation (1^st, 2^nd, internship) and the staffing patterns at a particular clinical site.

• Hospitals: acute care, sub-acute, ICU/critical care
• Out-patient clinics or offices
• Rehabilitation facilities
• Skilled nursing facilities (SNF): long term/extended care and acute
• Home care
• Schools: preschool, primary and secondary
• Hospices
• Corporate or industrial health centers
• Industrial, workplace or other occupational environments
• Athletic facilities: collegiate, amateur and professional
• Fitness centers and sports training facilities

Clinical education experiences are planned to reflect the above variety of practice settings and experiences. Students are required to complete clinical experiences in which they manage patients with health care needs at various levels of acuity and in different clinical environments, while interacting with various compositions of health care teams. For Clinical Education I and II students are assigned to two different clinical environments to work with a broad array of patients/clients in both inpatient and outpatient settings. The Clinical Internship will allow students to gain clinical expertise in the student's area of interest; orthopedics, adult neuro-rehabilitation, pediatrics or cardiopulmonary physical therapy.

Affiliation Sites

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