Unique Clinical at Rockhurst

I think we have a really great PT program here at Rockhurst. All PT programs provide clinical internships or affiliations (known by many as clinicals) to their PT students. The students go and work in a clinical setting under direct supervision of a licensed physical therapist. A unique opportunity that we give to our students at Rockhurst is the option of choosing a very specialized clinical. We have a student currently who feels that he would like to end up teaching physical therapy one day, so we have given him the chance to have his last clinical in a faculty internship. He attends faculty meetings with us, has to plan and teach curriculum, and attend other meetings just as if he were part of our faculty. This week he has been doing some instructing in one of my labs. It is great to see him really thriving in his role as instructor. He is doing a great job and getting some really great experience that should benefit him in helping him decide if he really wants to continue with this goal and providing him with feedback for improvement and encouragement to continue.