Clinical Education

Apply Your Skills in Diverse Settings

DPT student stands closely beside a kid with her arms outstretched, ready to assist him as the kid jumps along stacked orange exercise steps

As a student in the George Fox physical therapy program, your learning experience will transcend textbooks and lectures. You’ll have every opportunity to take the skills you’ve learned in the classroom and put them into practice.

In fact, a significant portion of your DPT education consists of full-time clinical training (6 weeks part-time and 33 weeks full-time). The hands-on clinical sessions are integrated throughout all three years of the didactic component and cover a variety of settings, including private practice, hospital acute care, orthopedics, pediatrics and rehabilitation facilities.

In order to stay competitive in the physical therapy education market, we have accelerated our clinical rotation series, which allows students to graduate three months before other local programs.

You can participate in clinical internships in the Newberg community, the Portland metropolitan area and beyond. It’s a great way to serve people from diverse backgrounds and gain an understanding of the challenges they face.

Clinical Education Calendar

Comprehensive Clinical Experience
May 4 – June 13

6 weeks (first-year students)

Clinical Education Experience III
June 1 – July 25

8 weeks (third-year students)

Clinical Education Experience IV
Aug. 3 – Oct. 3

9 weeks (third-year students)

Clinical Education Experience V
Oct. 12 – Dec. 19

10 weeks (third-year students)

Clinical Education Experience II
Jan. 4 – Feb. 13

6 weeks (second-year students)

Comprehensive Clinical Experience
May 3 – June 11

6 weeks (first-year students)

Clinical Education Experience III
May 31 – July 24

8 weeks (third-year students)

Clinical Education Experience IV
Aug. 2 – Oct. 2

9 weeks (third-year students)

Clinical Education Experience V
Oct. 11 – Dec. 18
10 weeks (third-year students)

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