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MPTA Outstanding Clinical Instructor Award
Attention: Students Physical Therapists and Student Physical Therapist Assistants
The MPTA Special Interest Group for Clinical Education would like to invite final year SPTs and SPTAs to nominate their clinical instructors for the Outstanding Clinical Instructor Award which is presented annually at the MPTA Fall conference for excellence in clinical instruction.

If you feel that you would like to nominate your clinical instructor for their outstanding achievements, please applications can be obtained from Susan Allaben -- allabens@gvsu.edu . Request by Friday May 16 and return to Susan by Monday June 2, 2008.
Students

MPTA Outstanding Student Award
Every year the Michigan Physical Therapy Association solicits recommendations for "Outstanding Student" from all physical therapy and physical therapy assistant programs. These awards are intended for students who:
  • are in the final year of their professional curriculum
  • have a cumulative grade-point average (GPA) of 3.2
  • are a member of the APTA/MPTA
  • have demonstrated "outstanding" participation in academic, professional and related community activities.
Candidate recommendations should be documented through nomination forms by a faculty member and a clinician who has worked with the student during some aspect of their formal clinical experience, volunteer experiences or paid work. Each program may nominate up to two students. All portions of the Nomination Form (faculty and clinician) are to be completed and returned to Dr. Wayne Perry at the address below by August 1, 2008. Should you have any questions, please feel free to contact:
    Wayne L. Perry, PT, MBA, PhD
    Department Chair, Physical Therapy
    Chair, MPTA Outstanding Student Award Committee
    Phone: (269) 471-6033 Fax: (269) 471-2866
    E-mail: perryw@andrews.edu
Michigan PT Students Win National Contest
Central Michigan University students Jana C. Berry, SPT and Julia A. Kreiner, SPT, have won the Section on Geriatrics, APTA’s annual consumer brochure contest. Jana and Julia created a brochure to educate patients called Tips for Exercising in Hot and Cold Weather." new windowopens a new window. Their brochure was one of four winners selected out of 47 nationwide submissions, and is posted on the Section on Geriatrics’ website new windowopens a new window. Jana and Julia have won one year’s free membership in the Section on Geriatrics.

Jana and Julia participated in the contest as part of a requirement for their "Teaching and Learning in Physical Therapy" course instructed by Elizabeth Mostrom, P.T., PhD.

Considering a Career in Health Care?
Explore the rewarding world of physical therapy! As physical therapists (PTs) and physical therapist assistants (PTAs), our members are an important part of the health care team and provide quality care to nearly 1,000,000 patients a day. Visit the APTA web site for more information.

Physical therapists are listed in the March 12, 2006, issue of PARADE Magazine new windowopens a new window as one of the nation's "hot jobs" for 2006 and beyond.
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