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The APTA defines Social responsibility is the promotion of a mutual trust between the profession and the larger public that necessitates responding to societal needs for health and wellness.
iu soc volunteer
iu soc volunteer
One way I was able to accept some social responsibility and help promote a mutual trust between the IU DPT program and the larger community by volunteering at our Student Outreach Clinic on a Saturday during my first semester in the program. The student outreach clinic is a non-for-profit clinic in downtown Indianapolis that gives free medical services to a low income community of people. It is run by students from all sorts of medical programs from Uindy, Butler, and IU schools of dentistry, nursing, PT, OT, law, and pharmacy just to name a few. In the physical therapy department we were split up into treatment teams consisting of people from all three classes. I was working with two second year PT students under a licensed PT that we consulted about our treatment plan before we gave any treatment to patients. This experience helped shape my understanding of the social responsibility that PTs have by giving me real world experience with the patients that do not have access to PT care and experience with the solution to those societal needs.
My volunteer spotlight
csm 2025 presentation
csm 2025 presentation
The APTA Combined Sections Meeting is the largest and most dynamic professional development event for physical therapists, physical therapist assistants, educators, researchers, students, and industry professionals. Each year, members from APTA's 18 specialty sections gather to share knowledge, collaborate, and promote the future of physical therapy. With both in-person and virtual experiences, APTA CSM offers an unparalleled opportunity to learn, connect, and advance your career alongside peers from across the profession. This event is an incredible opportunity to give back to the PT profession and allow me to explore the diverse role of physical therapists within the field. This fits into social responsibility specifically because CSM is a place that PTs communicate in order to determine the direction research should go in response to the needs for health and wellness in society at large. I was able to present a poster on my research that promotes the need for IASTM in cases when muscle atrophy is present.
Myself and my co-presenter Luke Shelton, SPT
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