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Once students are accepted into the Doctor of Physical Therapy Program, they are required to attend a three-day New<\/strong>\u00a0DPT Student Orientation Program<\/strong>\u00a0during the week prior to the start of classes in the fall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Orientation goals include becoming familiar with staff\/faculty, departmental policies and procedures, discussing study skills and habits, and team-building as a class. The program includes scheduled Physical Therapy Departmental activities as well as open time for students to complete registration, take care of finances, get their student IDs, and buy books.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They are also welcomed by the Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs, and the Dean of the School of Pharmacy and Health Professions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the last day of Orientation, students participate in fun, team-building challenges designed to encourage bonding and camaraderie within the cohort.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Once students are accepted into the Doctor of Physical Therapy Program, they are required to attend a three-day New\u00a0DPT Student Orientation Program\u00a0during the week prior to the start of classes in the fall. Orientation goals include becoming familiar with staff\/faculty, departmental policies and procedures, discussing study skills and habits, and team-building as a class. The…Read more New DPT Student Orientation Program<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"parent":1890,"menu_order":36,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","footnotes":""},"folder":[],"class_list":["post-1857","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1857","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1857"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1857\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1890"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1857"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/folder?post=1857"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}