School of Health Professions

The School of Health Professions relies on the deep experiences of a future-focused faculty and hands-on experiences in clinical rotations. The school includes six divisions: athletic training, nursing, respiratory care, occupational therapy, physical therapy and physician assistant studies.

Athletic Training announces new certificate program: Performing Arts Medicine

This graduate certificate program embodies collaboration between various health professions alongside educators of the performing art with the common goal of developing teaching practices, healthcare prevention, assessment, and treatment strategies.     

Join us for a graduate health professions open house

Schedule your visit to campus to tour our facilities, meet faculty and learn about SU's graduate health professions degrees. Click here to register or contact the Office of Admissions at 800/432-2266     

Athletic Training meets Physical Therapy: Doctor of Physical Therapy/Master of Science in Athletic Training

For students who wish to become members in both professions, this is an opportunity to become a sports medicine expert clinician.    

School News

The Apple Distinguished Program designation is reserved for programs that are recognized centers of educational excellence and leadership.    

Consultant PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP is interviewing key stakeholders and stakeholder groups regarding issues integral to creation of a medical school for the university.    

Shenandoah University nursing alumna Lisa Cantore ’04, BSN, MSN PNP-C APRN received a Virginia Magnet Consortium Award for Clinical Practice in Nursing on Sept. 24 at the Virginia Nurses Association Gala “Celebrating Nursing Excellence” in Richmond, Va.    

Shenandoah University was one of just two universities specifically cited for excellent programs.     

An article co-authored by student Aurora Anderson, Physician Assistant Studies Program Class of 2012, appears in the March 2011 issue of the magazine, Neurology.    

Grants from the Marion Park Lewis Foundation will help Shenandoah University connect more community members –young and old –with the performing arts.    

Under the theme “Help Us Help Others,” the first-year class selected the Free Medical Clinic as the local beneficiary of a portion of the proceeds.    

Hospital workers in Carrefour congratulate Meloonda and her family for the amazing progress they see.    

Following the Jan. 12 earthquake in Haiti, Cindy & Jerry Saint-Fort wanted to go home to their parents in the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince, but they knew they needed to stay at Shenandoah to work on their education.
    

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Maria Kallio
Occupational Therapy Graduate Student
School of Health Professions
December 2010 Graduate
"During the summer of 2010, I was given the opportunity to complete one of my occupational therapy fieldwork experiences in Finland where I was born . With my interest in neurology, I ended up choosing Masku’s Neurological Rehabilitation Center where I was able to participate in research on Multiple Sclerosis (MS). My experience was beyond words and I am very grateful to have had this amazing opportunity."