SAN ANTONIO (Oct. 5, 2010) — Physical therapy students and faculty from the UT Health Science Center at San Antonio will offer free health screenings for senior citizens in late October in honor of National Physical Therapy Month.
The free health screening fair for seniors 60 and older will take place from 9 to 11 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 27, at the Bob Ross Senior Center, 2219 Babcock. Second-year Doctor of Physical Therapy students will work with Health Science Center faculty Ann Newstead, Ph.D., PT, and Myla Quiben, Ph.D., D.P.T., PT. Screenings will assess balance, flexibility, walking, functional activities and general health. The fair will include educational materials. Call Melinda Galvan at (210) 207-5332 for additional information.
The Department of Physical Therapy is part of the Health Science Center’s School of Health Professions. This school trains professionals in 11 disciplines, including physical therapy, to be members of the expanded health care team, to conduct innovative health research, and to educate the next generation of health professionals for South Texas and the state.
The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, one of the country’s leading health sciences universities, ranks in the top 3 percent of all institutions worldwide receiving National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding. Research and other sponsored program activity totaled a record $259 million in fiscal year 2009. The university’s schools of medicine, nursing, dentistry, health professions and graduate biomedical sciences have produced approximately 26,000 graduates. The $739 million operating budget supports eight campuses in San Antonio, Laredo, Harlingen and Edinburg. For more information on the many ways “We make lives better®,” visit www.uthscsa.edu.