About the Department

The mission of the Department of Physical Therapy is to meet the physical therapy needs of the local, regional, national and international community by:

• providing entry-level and advanced physical therapy education,
• advancing the knowledge base of physical therapy
• providing the community with an ethnically and racially diverse group of physical therapy practitioners poised to help eliminate

The department is accredited at the highest level by the Commission on Accreditation of Physical Therapy Education (CAPTE), and has been since its inception in 1975, allowing graduates of the program to apply for licensure as Physical Therapists throughout the United States.

The department occupies over 6,000 square feet of offices and laboratories on the University Park Campus of FIU. The departmental inventory includes the full range of clinical equipment used by practicing physical therapists, and is continually updating equipment to support faculty and student research projects. The Kinesiology Laboratory houses several state of the art computer-based systems with the capability to analyze human movement with high speed digital video, force sensors, and surface electromyography.
There are 9 full-time faculty members, and numerous adjunct faculty. Collectively, the faculty possess over 150 years of teaching, research, and clinical experience.
The faculty prides itself on its intellectual, cultural, racial, and ethnic diversity.

The curriculum features a progressive, problem-oriented approach and includes rigorous coverage of the full range of basic medical sciences, clinical sciences, and hands-on skills relevant to the current practice of physical therapy. health disparities by providing culturally competent care