Physical Therapy Mission, Goals, & Objectives

The mission of the Doctor of Physical Therapy program at Lebanon Valley College is to graduate competent, autonomous, and contemporary movement specialists with a liberal arts background. We prepare critically thinking, reflective practitioners that provide patient and family-centered care. Our graduates exemplify professional presence through the use of evidence-based practice and sound clinical reasoning in an interprofessional environment.

Program Goals and Objectives

Program Goal 1: Graduates will demonstrate broad-based skills and knowledge necessary for effective implementation of the patient/client management model across a variety of contexts. 

• Program graduates will verbally, and in written form, integrate all elements of the patient/client management model in the classroom and in different clinical settings. 
• Program graduates will demonstrate proficiency in psychomotor competence in implementing elements of the patient/client management model in the classroom and in different clinical settings.
• Program graduates will demonstrate cultural competence in implementing elements of the patient/client management model in the classroom and in different clinical settings. 
• Program graduates will effectively communicate to peers, clients, community, and healthcare practitioners. 

Program Goal 2: Graduates will meet current and future societal healthcare needs, as movement specialists, through the profession of physical therapy  

• Program graduates will demonstrate service involvement within the physical therapy profession. 
• Program graduates will effectively appraise current and emerging societal healthcare needs. 

Program Goal 3: Graduates will exhibit the cognitive skill set common to a doctoring profession. 

• Program graduates will demonstrate effective critical thinking skills in all courses throughout the professional curriculum. 
• Program graduates will demonstrate self-directed learning by utilizing available evidence when making decisions related to aspects of patient/client management. 

Program Goal 4: Graduates will exemplify physical therapy core values in their decision-making process.  

• Program graduates will apply the core values of the physical therapy profession in their decision- making process. 

Program Goal 5: Graduates will contribute to society through education and community service.

• Program graduates will demonstrate involvement in community service and educational activities for students and the public. 

For more information on learning goals and outcomes, contact institutionalresearch@lvc.edu.