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Currently, we take students from Charleston Southern University, East Carolina University, Elon University, Fayetteville Technical Community College, Martin Community College, Methodist University, Sandhills Community College, Tennessee State University, and Winston-Salem State University . If you don’t see your institution listed here, please check with your academic clinical coordinator to establish a clinical site with us if our practice interests you.
Dr. Terry Young PT, DPT, Cert.DN credentialed advanced clinical instructor since 2010. Position CCC1 and C1.
Terry has been mentoring students since 1991 and has 29–30 years of clinical instruction experience.
She has earned several accolades for her work in clinical instruction:
Rick Young PT, MPT, AIB/VRC, CMTPT/MTT, CODN
Rick also takes on students based on clinical experience level and need. He has an impressive record of service and leadership with the North Carolina Physical Therapy Association and is a leading expert on men’s pelvic health.
For a full accounting of Rick’s professional and educational history, click here.
Our clinic takes our mentoring responsibilities very seriously. We understand none of us would be where we are without excellent learning experiences and clinicians taking time and interest in our personal growth. We challenge students on clinicals in our practice to bridge formal education to clinical applications. Our goal is to push our student clinicians out of their comfort zone to make evidence-based clinical decisions with respect to individual patient needs. Clinical decision-making skills are important to learn. We use a 1:1 model of co-treatment with students and clinical instructors. We also use real-time or same-day feedback.
While we traditionally cater to students completing their Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) programs, physical therapy assistant (PTA) students are also welcome and considered for mentoring with APTW upon request and availability.
We require our affiliating students to visit the clinic for an appointment with their instructor prior to their clinical experience. Most students prefer to meet the Sunday before their clinical start date when there are no patients in the clinic. We orient everyone to clinical expectations, physical plant, daily logistics, and work times. Students get to know their C1 before the actual clinic experience. We feel that “preloading” students before their clinical helps ease everyone into clinical work with expectations in place. Students will be able to assess the clinic EMR and be well prepared for the first day. All students will be required to view “Treating Pain Using the Brain “by David Butler prior to the first day at the clinical experience. The link to this free video can be found here.
Dress code is casual/athletic/comfortable but professional. Many of us wear running shoes. Name tags are required. We are a manual clinic and must be comfortable enough to get on a table, demonstrate exercises, and work for a day on our feet. Personal clinic body mechanics are important and will be emphasized. Since we are a private practice with years of involvement in our organizations, we will make every attempt to help our students understand the importance and responsibility of being in a doctoring profession.
Lodging/living options: NC AHEC has apartment space available to students on a first-come, first-serve basis about 2 miles from the clinic. Many of our students have stayed at the same local Air B&B during their clinical. Some students have spent part of their clinical with Terry and Rick at their home, dependent on lodging needs (for a nominal fee).
We request that students be vaccinated for COVID-19 before clinical experiences with us to protect patients and staff.
We expect students to be present for all scheduled staff meetings and activities. Students will also be encouraged to participate in any educational organization meetings such as combined sections with the APTA or events with APTA-NC. Most students will be required to present a 30-48 minute inservice to staff. The subject matter is of the student’s choosing but must be applicable to the APTA setting.
Shadow and volunteering in the physical therapy setting are required for admittance to most PT and PTA schools. We accept high school and college students for shadowing and volunteering. All applicants must send a resume and schedule an interview. Many of our volunteers have moved into a paying tech position with us before returning to school.
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