The hybrid DPT program continues Augustana University’s rich history of meeting people where they are, connecting students and faculty from diverse communities and making DPT education accessible to students all around the country.
Careers
Physical therapists are innovative movement experts empowered to integrate career and service, devise novel solutions to critical problems, and embrace lifelong learning to improve the human experience in a diverse world. Visit the American Physical Therapy Association’s careers page to find out more about becoming a physical therapist. To get a detailed career description of the essential tasks and abilities that a physical therapist must possess, visit O*NET Online.
DPT Program Vision
Faculty, staff and students of the Augustana DPT program are dedicated to the university’s core values and the core values of the physical therapy profession and reflect these in word and action. They seek to promote academic, personal and moral growth within a safe, challenging and responsive community. Their professional actions are rooted in science and open to the undiscovered opportunities for improvement of the health of a diverse population.
As part of the Network of ELCA Colleges and Universities (NECU), a common calling can be found in “Rooted and Open” to equip graduates who are “Called and Empowered to serve the neighbor so that all may flourish.”
Augustana’s principles serve as the foundation for assessing the quality of the program and individual performance in achieving the program’s mission.
