Mission

The Gannon University Physical Therapy Program at Ruskin, Florida embraces the current APTA vision statement, "Physical therapists will transform society by optimizing movement to improve the human experience."

The DPT program at Ruskin professes to:

• Provide physical therapy graduate education of the highest quality to develop generalist practitioners, while emphasizing faith, leadership, inclusiveness and social responsibility.
• Prepare global citizens engaged in the community, who are service oriented and meeting the needs of society.
• Engage in faculty community-based scholarship with the movement system at the core of all avenues of inquiry.