Students are prepared to enter the profession with an accumulation of the knowledge and skills that predict successful and outstanding practice as a healthcare professional. The education and development of a physical therapist with such knowledge and abilities require a learning environment that is collaborative and supportive. Learning at Simmons occurs in a community with faculty who are passionate about the profession and share a vision for excellence in teaching, scholarship, and the future of the profession. Faculty serve as mentors and role-models for professional excellence, involvement, and service. Teaching and learning within small groups, using real life cases and a problem-based approach to learning, facilitates contextual application of information.
Students learn by doing.
Students must have the abilities to access, retrieve and critically appraise content from multiple knowledge domains. Interdisciplinary course work and specialty tracks allow students to interact with and learn from other health disciplines. To thrive and grow in the collaborative learning environment at Simmons, students must be active participants. Students must be passionate about learning and becoming a physical therapist, demonstrate maturity in the ability to be open to a variety of opinions, and adopt new perspectives. We believe that the ultimate ingredient is an ability and willingness to reflect on and assess one's own strengths and weaknesses and to work toward professional growth and development.