• Students can expect to work with CPRG members beginning their first semester, where they learn to complete a subjective history exam and practice skills such as examining an individual's joint range of motion, muscle strength, flexibility, sensation, balance and movement.
• During the second semester, students build on their knowledge and skills by developing an intervention plan for CPRG members based on their exam findings.
• Students also learn to address the health and wellness needs of our CPRG volunteers in a Health Promotions class.
• At the end of Year 1, students complete an Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE), which is a practical examination requiring students to individually perform a full exam and initial intervention on a CPRG member.

• During the second year of the program, students continue to build on their examination and intervention skills in their clinical courses by working with CPRG members across the lifespan who have the specific diagnoses being discussed in the classroom.
• In the neuromuscular course series, students will have hands-on lab practice with adult volunteers who have had a stroke, brain injury, Parkinson disease, multiple sclerosis, or spinal cord injury.
• Students in the neuromuscular courses may also work with pediatric volunteers with Down syndrome, cerebral palsy, or autism spectrum disorder, among others.
• In the integumentary course, students will learn about residual limb care and specific prosthetic training by working with CPRG members who have lower limb amputations.

During the third year of the DPT program, students expand on their intervention skills by working with CPRG members with neuromuscular conditions through interventions such as high intensity variable gait training, submaximal exercise testing, advanced wheelchair skills, and Parkinson's disease-specific exercise programs.