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.

2010 Spirituality Conference

Wednesday, October 27, 2010, 8:00 a.m. –4:00 p.m. This full day, regional conference provides the knowledge, skills and tools for addressing patients’spiritual needs for best practices in any health care setting.    

Physical Therapy's Adaptive Skiing Program in the News

WVIR-NBC29 in Charlottesville recently aired a segment on adaptive skiing that featured students and faculty member Dr. Melissa Wolff-Burke from Shenandoah University’s physical therapy program. Watch the clip “Climbing Mountains by Skiing Down”.     

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.    

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Sarah Kennedy
Graduate Student
School of Health Professions
As an Occupational Therapy graduate student, Sarah was able to do her field work in Ireland. There she had an opportunity to study differences in Irish versus American health care systems - and do some personal research on her family geneology. She specialized in geriatric health care at the Psychiatry of Later Life facility.