The Growth of a Student-Run Pro Bono Clinic: The Widener Physical Therapy Experience

By Geo Derice

Book Overview

Do you remember the last time seeing something great and wondered what was it like from creation? Perhaps questions that come to mind are: - What key decisions helped make this possible?- What mistakes were made?- What were there growing pains?This book is the behind the scenes, pulled the curtains back account of what running a student-run pro bono clinic is like. The physical therapy experience at Widener University through their amazing faculty and students has created an experience and model that is second to none. From idea to regional conferences held on both the east and west coasts, you will see what it really takes to build a student-run pro bono clinic and how to grow one that is truly all student-led.This book goes beyond theory. You will read direct accounts of what it was like from leadership letting go of control to students, students being uncomfortable but nonetheless rising to the occasion and rising in their leadership and the community that was positively impacted by this bold gesture and core mission of this clinic.The book is told through the eyes of an author and entrepreneur in Geo Derice who got the opportunity to interview different classes of students along with faculty to provide an unbiased view and account of what "The Growth of A Student-Run Pro Bono Clinic is all about.You will be inspired, encouraged, and most of all empowered to see what potential is at your campuses, in your students and the impact your local community can benefit from when you apply the strategies and practical steps described in this book. Read it now, because your community awaits you.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1798299909
• ISBN13: 9781798299906
• Release Date: March 2019
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 132 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.5" x 8.5"