Steve Wilkinson to Present at CSM 2010

PT faculty member Steve Wilkinson, PT, PhD will be one of the presenters at an extended session at CSM 2010 on the use of new technology in physical therapy.

Steve will join Judy Deutsch, PT, PhD and Robert Latz, PT, DPT, GCFP for a three hour session titled, "Innovations in Technology for PT: Wii and Beyond".

This presentation reprises a similar presentation by the group at last year's CSM that was so popular that hundreds of attendees were turned away from the filled auditorium.

Steve's presentation will take place on Saturday morning (2/20) starting at 8:00. If you are planning to attend CSM 2010, this session is a "must see".

Two PT Faculty Earn Tenure and Promotion

Physical Therapy faculty Catherine Thompson, PT, PhD and Brian McKiernan, PT, PhD both earned tenure and promotion at the end of the 2008-2009 academic year. Rockhurst University president Fr. Thomas Curran announced promotion and tenure decisions in mid-April 2009.

Catherine was promoted to the rank of Associate Professor and Brian was promoted to the rank of full Professor. Both Catherine and Brian joined the faculty of Rockhurst Physical Therapy Education at the beginning of the 2003-2004 academic year.

Congratulations to both Catherine and Brian on their accomplishments!

PT graduates Kenneth Krings, Mindy Frederick and Erin Wilfong (Class of 2009, from left) presented the results of their research projects at the 2009 ACSM national meeting in Seattle.

PT Faculty and Students Present at ACSM 2009

PT faculty member Don Hoover, PT, PhD teamed up with three students from the Class of 2009 to make three different presentations at the American College of Sports Medicine annual meeting (May 27-30, 2009 in Seattle, Washington).

PT graduates Mindy Frederick, Kenneth Krings and Erin Wilfong presented the results of research they completed in collaboration with Dr. Hoover during the entry-level DPT program.

The presentations were:

• Time of day does not affect measures of performance while cycling. (poster presentation - Wilfong)

• The effect of workload on measures of gross motor performance while cycling. (poster presentation - Krings)

• Concurrent validity of the OMNI scale of perceived exertion during cycling. (platform presentation - Frederick)

Congratulations to Dr. Hoover and these outstanding students.

The Department of Physical Therapy Education would like to extend congratulations to all 38 members of the Class of 2009 who graduated on May 16, 2009 in a ceremony at Municipal Auditorium.

We would like to extend a special acknowledgment to several members of the class who received special awards from the faculty at the class graduation banquet the night before the commencement ceremony.

Brandi Dorton was awarded the 2008-2009 Lampe-Loescher Award for the graduating student who exemplifies exceptional leadership and service and demonstrates potential for exceptional leadership and service to the physical therapy profession.

Chris Maguire was awarded the 2008-2009 Donna J. Calvert Award for Outstanding Professionalism and Communication.

Kenneth Krings was awarded the 2008-2009 Ellen Spake Award for Outstanding Leadership.

Brandi Dorton was awarded the 2008-2009 MPTA Outstanding Physical Therapy Student Award.

Aubrey Swank and Kenneth Krings were awarded the 2008-2009 Megan Lynn Barnett Scholarship.

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