Cameron Gordon - Student Writer DPT ’20

The COVID-19 pandemic has changed how society operates on a day-to-day basis, and that includes practicing physical therapy.
Physical therapy students from the George Washington University (GW) might not have made any layups or three-pointers, but they had a hand in a successful wheelchair basketball tournament hosted in January by the Division I team the MedStar National Rehabilitation Hospital (MNRH) Punishers.
Research shows that a higher risk for infection, decreased strength, skin breakdown, and even mortality all have one thing in common: decreased mobility. The consequences of low or no mobility can be detrimental to health, but there can be barriers to patients getting the appropriate amount of…
Physical therapists, along with other clinical health care professionals, can take their skills to the next level with a new Doctorate of Health Sciences (DHSc) degree program at the George Washington University (GW) School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS).