Mission Statement:
The mission of the Department of Rehabilitation Sciences is to develop practitioner-scholars who enhance the quality of life for others and communities through interprofessional education, service, and scholarship in the fields of habilitative and rehabilitative sciences.
Vision:
Preparing students to fulfill their academic and professional goals through a transformative educational journey.
Core Values:
Quality Collaboration Service Diversity Honesty Respect & Humility
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The Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, housed within ETSU's School of Clinical Sciences is a fast growing, multidisciplinary department with tenured, tenure-track, clinical, and adjunct faculty and support staff offering a doctor of physical therapy, doctor of occupational therapy, and Masters of Orthotics and Prosethetics.
The department is housed within the College of Health Sciences, which is one of five colleges that comprise East Tennessee State University’s Academic Health Sciences Center, and is one of less than 100 such facilities in the country. The AHSC offers a robust combination of health sciences programs and patient-care facilities that operate outside of silos to provide a truly interprofessional experience.
Our College faculty possess significant clinical and academic experience from a variety of disciplines with backgrounds and expertise in audiology, exercise and movement science, healthcare administration, nutrition and dietetics, occupational therapy, orthotics and prosthetics, and physical therapy. You will have a diversity of opportunities to study and train alongside our faculty with unique opportunities including clinical experiences, interprofessional education, and research.
The Department of Rehabilitation Sciences is involved in a variety of unique and collaborative initiatives, such as:
- Interprofessional education and training for faculty and students with all five health-related colleges at ETSU
- Interdisciplinary Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Clinic
- Physical therapy clinical services embeddd in ETSU Health
- Physical therapy residency and fellowship programs
Graduate Programs:
- Doctor of Physical Therapy
- Doctor of Occupational Therapy
Master of Science in Orthotics and Prosthetics
To learn more about our programs and to find program contact information, please use the drop-down menu for 'Academic Programs' on the left-hand menu of this page! We look forward to hearing from you.
Warm regards,
Beatrice Owens, PT, PhD, CHT
Associate Professor & Interim Chair, Department of Rehabilitative Sciences
Director, Doctor of Physical Therapy Program