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Department of Physical Therapy Education Assistant Director of Clinical Education Gunnar Fillerup, PT, DPT, OCS, CSCS, provides a physical therapy
lesson to WesternU Summer Health Professions Education Program students. The Department of Physical Therapy Education received a 10-year
reaccreditation approval; Dr. Kimberly Walker administers an eye movement test on a patient.

WesternU’s Doctor of Physical were incredibly impressed and pleased,” she said. “All the
pieces came together to represent who we are.”
Therapy program receives 10-year Read the full story: https://news.westernu.edu/westernus-doctor-of-

accreditation physical-therapy-program-receives-10-year-accreditation/

The College of Health Sciences at Western University of
Health Sciences is pleased to announce that the Interprofessional WesternU team
Department of Physical Therapy Education (DPTE) has researches impact of sensory
once again received the maximum 10-year reaccreditation
approval from the Commission on Accreditation of processing disorder on vision, gait
Physical Therapy Education (CAPTE). The
reaccreditation extends through June 2029. and balance
“The faculty, students and administration really received An interprofessional Western University of Health
what they have earned. They are an amazing group of Sciences team is collaborating on a study examining how
people,” said College of Health Sciences Interim Dean sensory processing disorder affects a child’s vision, gait
Dee Schilling, PhD, PT, FNAP. “Our faculty are experts in and balance.
their field. Our curriculum is outstanding. The level of The study has produced multiple posters, conference
support we have from administration exceeds that which presentations and, most recently, the publication
is often seen at other institutions.” “Differences in Oculomotor Function between Children
The reaccreditation process involved months of with Sensory Processing Disorder and Typical
preparation, a comprehensive self-assessment report Development” in Optometry and Vision Science, the
submitted to CAPTE, and a successful site visit in Journal of the American Academy of Optometry. The
December 2018 by a CAPTE team consisting of faculty authors are Assistant Professor Kimberly Walker, OD,
and administrators from peer academic institutions. FCOVD, and Director of Community Outreach Kristy
Remick-Waltman, OD, FCOVD, from WesternU’s College
Department of Physical Therapy Education Chair
of Optometry and Professor Emerita of Physical Therapy
Harshavardhan Deoghare, PT, PhD, rallied the faculty to
Education Donna Redman-Bentley, PT, PhD, and
take an active role in writing a strong report, Schilling said.
Associate Professor Dayle C. Armstrong, PT, MS, DPT,
“Every faculty and staff member contributed. (The from WesternU’s College of Health Sciences.
commission) interviewed students and adjunct faculty and

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