Bellin College Physical Therapy

OMPT Fellowship Grad right here 😍😍😍

The 1st year DPT students celebrated a 100% mid-curricular exam pass rate with smoothies during class. 🥤💪🏼 Starting the summer semester strong and proving hard work pays off ☀️

👀 This past weekend, we held our "Persistent Pain" course. The course was led by Drs. Marcos Lopez and Travis Gunderson. The pictures show some of what the learners practiced - elements of graded motor imagery, pain pressure threshold testing, and a ton of communication skills.

Here are specific things we practiced during this in-person weekend course:

🔵 Responding to yellow flags (what do you say when someone is fearful/has strong pain beliefs?)
🔵 Using behavior change strategies to guide communication/treatment approach
🔵 Practicing motivational interviewing communication strategies
🔵 Getting reps using pain science education (metaphors to make sense of pain)
🔵 Assessing pain pressure threshold and two-point discrimination
🔵 Actually applying graded motor imagery
🔵 How to implement graded activity/exposure (exposure w/ control
🔵 Tons of case-based scenarios and clinical reasoning discussion

The goal 🟰 reps, on reps, on reps with feedback from peers and instructors.

If this course sounds interesting to you, be on the look out for more here: https://www.bellincollege.edu/academics/graduate-physical-therapy/physical-therapy-weekend-lab-courses/

🎓 More Bellin College DPT graduates starting their careers with the hope of providing person-centered care.

This is the 2nd class graduating from our DPT program. We thank them for trusting in us to provide them with entry-level PT skills knowing that the journey for growth and learning continues even after this milestone in their lives.

We look forward to seeing what these graduates do in their careers! Congrats!

Congratulations to DPT Adjunct Faculty member Sheena MacFarlane, PT, DPT, CCS, and her research team, publishing this important work in the Journal of Acute Care Physical Therapy!
This open-access manuscript contributes to the growing evidence supporting innovative approaches in ICU physical therapy and early mobilization.
📖 Check out the published article here: https://journals.lww.com/jacpt/fulltext/9900/verticalization_therapy_as_an_early_mobilization.56.aspx

Packed house today at the Wiedner Center to celebrate our 2026 graduates!

These DPT and DSc grads will go on to have impactful careers transforming society. To say that we are proud is an incredible understatement. Thank you for all that you have done to elevate our programs and our College you have left a lasting legacy.