Academics at Jesuit Universities and Schools
AJUS Physical Therapy Interest Group
Welcome to the newly established AJUS Physical Therapy Interest Group. This webpage will be expanded to contain up-to-date information about activities of the Group as well as items of shared interest. Click here for a list of the current participants. Please contact Dr. Mark Drnach (drnach[at]wje.edu) at Wheeling Jesuit University (Wheeling, PA, USA) if you would like to join this AJUS Interest Group, or if you have information that can be added to this webpage.
| Ignatius' Early Experience with Orthopedic Surgery and Physical Therapy | |||||
| Ignatius wounded in Pamplona | Carried back to Loyola | Recovering | Surgery to reset the broken leg | The long convalencence | Surgeons reset the leg once more |
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 The three cartoons are part of an illustrated version of Ignatius' autobiography by Charles Henin |
| Jesuit universities with Physical Therapy degree programs | Ignatian Inspired Educational Programming | |||||
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United States
Latin America
Europe/Lebanon
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Creighton's PT program in the Dominican Republic |
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Jensen GE & Mostrom E: Handbook of Teaching and Learning for Physical Therapists, 3rd edition. Saunders, 2012. ISBN-10: 1455706167 / ISBN-13: 978-1455706167 |  |
Kettenbach GE: Writing Patient/Client Notes : Ensuring Accuracy in Documentation, 4th Edition. FA Davis, 2009 ISBN-13: 978-0-8036-1878-7 |
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Drnach, M. The Clinical Practice of Pediatric Physical Therapy: From the NICU to Independent Living. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2007. ISBN-10: 0781790638 / ISBN-13: 978-0781790635. |
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Davenport TE, Kulig K, Sebelski CA, Gordon J, Watts H Diagnosis for Physical Therapists : A Symptom-Based Approach FA Davis, 2012 ISBN-13: 978-0-8036-1528-1 |
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Publications on Jesuit Higher Education & Physical Therapy
- Abraham C, Drnach M. Being the Body of Christ: a servant in health care. Conversations on Jesuit Higher Education. 2009. (35) . Available on-line here.
- Drnach M. Re-Defining Learning Outcomes for Global Citizenship Education. In: Creating Sites of Global Citizenship. 2013: 63-65. Mellon Fellows Community Initiative (MFCI) and the Salzburg Global Seminar. Available at: http://issuu.com/salzburgglobal/docs/salzburg_global_mfci_report#
- Drnach M., Ruby C. Growing Service Learning into International Clinical Education. In: Lan Lin P, Wiegand M eds. Service-Learning in Higher Education: Connecting the Global to the Local. 2013. University of Indianapolis Press. Indianapolis IN.
- Ruby C, Drnach M. Service Learning Utilizing Local, Regional, and International Experiences: The Creation and Assessment of a Comprehensive Service Learning Program. In: Lan Lin P, ed. Service-Learning in Higher Education: National and International Connections. 2011. University of Indianapolis Press. Indianapolis IN.
- Sargeant DM. Teaching spirituality in the physical therapy classroom and clinic. Journal of Physical Therapy Education, 23(1): 29-35, 2009.
- Sargeant DM, Newsham KR. Physical therapist students' perceptions of spirituality and religion in patient care. Journal Of Physical Therapy Education, 26(2): 63-71, 2012.
For more books on topics at the intersection of Jesuit higher education and the PT, click here and scroll down to "Jesuit Education - Health Sciences."
Links to other organizations
Upcoming Events
- International Service Learning Experience for Physical Therapists and Physical Therapy Students. Merida and Izamal Mexico in the Yucatan Peninsula in February and Chimbote, Peru in June. For more information contact Mark Drnach at drnach@wju.edu
- International Service Learning Experience for Physical Therapists and Physical Therapy Students. Petion-Ville Haiti in May. For more information contact Carrie Abraham at cabraham@wju.edu
Past Events