School of Health Professions Spotlight

Tips For Lasting Online Learning Success

Take Some Advice From One of Shenandoah’s Established Online Programs

Shenandoah University’s Master of Public Health program (MPH) was designed as an online experience from day one. Shenandoah’s director of graduate public health programs Michelle…

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Health Professions News: Winter/Spring ’19-’20

Baby labs, presentations, burnout prevention and more mark the season

Shenandoah health professions students held their first baby lab this winter in Winchester and at Scholar Plaza, Loudoun. Students examined gross, fine and oral motor…

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A Head Start on Early Intervention

Shenandoah OT Student Earning Certification From GEORGE Program, Which Uses Interdisciplinary Learning to Benefit Services Provided to Young Children

When Shenandoah University occupational therapy student La’Shandra “Elle” Russell ’19 graduates from the OT program in December, she will have earned not only a Master…

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School of Health Professions News: Summer 2019

News from physician assistant studies, physical therapy and athletic training programs

Bailey Dove and Camtran Huynh, both members of the SU PA Program class of 2020, were selected to be student representatives to the board of…

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Physical Therapy News: Fall 2018

Faculty and students publish, students participate in Parkinson's walk, program hosts podcast, and alumni are elected as VPTA delegates

The fall semester proved to be an active one for Shenandoah’s physical therapy (PT) program. Here are just a few of the highlights:  Abraham’s Work…

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Shenandoah PA Student Receives Prestigious Fellowship

Third-Year Student Marie Slisher Honored

By Elise O’Neill-Eckman ’19 Third-year Physician Assistant (PA) Studies student Marie Slisher received the prestigious Physician Assistant Education Association (PAEA) Student Health Policy Fellowship at…

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Chasing Down a Dream

Woman crosses thousands of miles to become a Shenandoah PA student

Silvia Garcia Murcia traveled thousands of miles—sleeping in the desert, crawling through cacti, and experiencing life inside a detention center and maximum security prison—to finally…

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PA Faculty Member Named Virginia PA Of The Year

Former PA Program Director Honored By The Virginia Academy of Physician Assistants

Adjunct Associate Professor of Physician Assistant (PA) Studies Rachel A. Carlson, Ed.D., PA-C, DFAAPA, was named the Virginia PA of the Year by Virginia Academy…

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Shenandoah PA Students Shine In Scholars Program

Half of the PA students chosen for national program hail from Shenandoah

Three of the six physician assistant studies (PA) students chosen as Paul Ambrose Scholars this year are from Shenandoah University. Pamela Audrey Lee, Catherine Mahon,…

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Shenandoah Represented At WHO Forum

Physician Assistant Studies Faculty Member And Students Present At And Participate In Forum Focusing On Health Workers From A Global Perspective

Physician Assistant (PA) Studies faculty and students attended the World Health Organization (WHO) Forum on Human Resources for Health in Dublin, Ireland, in November. This meeting…

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