Clinical Education

Physical Therapy

  • The DPT program immerses students in the clinic early in the program, allowing students to apply knowledge and skills in real-life environments.
  • The clinical education philosophy of the Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) Program at Moravian University is founded on the belief that clinical education allows the student the best opportunity to integrate didactic knowledge and skills necessary to practice as a competent physical therapist within diverse clinical environments. 

As a requirement for graduation, students must successfully complete:

  • Integrated clinical experiences in outpatient clinical settings during the Fall and Spring semesters of year one
  • A 12 week full-time clinical experience with an emphasis on the rehabilitation of patients with musculoskeletal conditions across the lifespan after the completion of the 1st year of study
  • Integrated clinical experiences in varied clinical settings during Fall semester of year two
  • Two terminal full-time clinical experiences for a total of 24 weeks with an emphasis on the rehabilitation of patients with varied conditions across the lifespan after the completion of the 2nd year of study.

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Clinical education experiences will serve to develop competent DPT students who:

  1. Apply behaviors consistent with the American Physical Therapy Association Code of Ethics and American Physical Therapy Association Core Values;
  2. Demonstrate effective communication during clinical and professional interactions and adapt communication styles based on individual differences;
  3. Practice in a safe manner that minimizes risk to patient/client, self, and all others;
  4. Demonstrate cultural competence and recognize psychosocial factors that may impact clinical and interprofessional interactions;
  5. Execute initiative; implement constructive feedback; contribute to a positive work environment, and utilize appropriate resources for problem-solving during clinical interactions;
  6. Apply evidence-based examination and evaluation techniques for patients including but not limited to history taking, systems review, differential diagnosis, and recognizing contraindications for further tests and measures;
  7. Determine appropriate diagnosis, prognosis, plans of care, and discharge criteria for patients with regular outcomes assessment;
  8. Apply and modify evidence-based intervention strategies and educational approaches based on patient response.    

 Over the past few years, Moravian DPT students have completed clinical education experiences with the following clinics:

  • Ability Rehabilitation
  • Advent Health Heart of Florida  
  • Adventist Health Physical Therapy 
  • Alliance Orthopedics 
  • ATI
  • Big League Performance and Rehab 
  • Bridgeway Senior Healthcare 
  • Bryn Mawr Rehab Hospital & outpatient network (Mainline Health)
  • Carbon Lehigh Intermediate Unit #21 
  • Central California Rehabilitation Hospital 
  • Colonial Intermediate Unit #20 
  • Elite Physical Therapy 
  • Fox Rehabilitation 
  • Good Shepherd Physical Therapy - Hyland Center and Raker Center (outpatient pediatrics)
  • Good Shepherd Rehabilitation Hospital (inpatient)
  • Gracedale Nursing Home
  • Hackensack Meridian JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute 
  • Harrogate Retirement Community
  • HiDEF Physical Therapy 
  • Integrated Medical Group Physical Therapy
  • Ivy Rehab
  • Ivy Rehab for Kids
  • Jag One
  • Kern Medical 
  • Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation 
  • Lehigh Valley Health Network (LVHN) Hospitals
  • LVHN Physical Therapy outpatient clinics 
  • Manhattan Sports and Manual Physical Therapy
  • Mission Health at Bellevue (Bellevue, WA)
  • Nemours Children's Health 
  • New York City Board of Education 
  • NJ Centers of PT 
  • NovaCare at Villanova
  • NovaCare Rehabilitation 
  • OAA Orthopedic Specialists 
  • Pelvio Physical Therapy 
  • Performance Ortho
  • Phoenix Physical Therapy
  • Pivot Physical Therapy 
  • Powerback Physical Therapy 
  • Priority Physical Therapy
  • Professional Physical Therapy 
  • PT at St. Luke's outpatient clinics
  • PT Solutions
  • Rehab 2 Perform 
  • Rehab Services at Good Samaritan 
  • Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital 
  • Robbin's Rehab East & West
  • Snoqualmie Hospital 
  • SPEAR
  • St. Luke's University Hospitals
  • Success Rehabilitation 
  • TheraFit Rehab 
  • Total Performance PT 
  • Tower Health System 
  • True Sports 
  • TRYAbility Neurorecovery Center 
  • Universal Institute of Rehabilitation 
  • Upper Perk PT & Sports Rehab 
  • Upstream Rehab 
  • Washington Center for Bleeding Disorders 
  • And many, many more!