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Summer Institute

The July Summer Institute brings students and world-class faculty together in É«ÖÐÉ« University’s industry-leading Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation Center for a week-long conference-style learning opportunity. Students expand upon content learned throughout the previous academic year with guidance from some of the profession’s foremost experts. These hands-on sessions will allow students to develop and perfect clinical skills in areas including manual therapy, advanced modalities, IVs, injections, suturing, casting, and more. 

Students must complete 2 Summer Institutes.  One Summer Institute must be completed in an odd year, the other in an even year.  Students who begin the Program in May are not eligible for the Summer Institute that year.

The 2025 Summer Institute will be held July 14-18, 2025

Content includes:

• 8 hours of spine and sacroiliac evaluation and management with Dr. James Scifers
• 10 hours of manual therapy techniques for the upper extremity and spine with Dr. Jill Manners
• 8 hours of upper extremity evaluation and management with Dr. Aaron Sciascia
• 2 hours of advanced concussion evaluation with Dr. Ashley Santo
• 4 hours of performing arts medicine with Dr. David Wilkenfeld 
• 6 hours of Mental Health First Aid (including certification) with Dr. Jennifer Ostrowski

The 2026 Summer Institute will be held July 13-17, 2026

Content includes:

• 10 hours of upper extremity manual therapy with Dr. Jill Manners
• 4 hours of upper and lower extremity casting with Dr. David Wilkenfeld and ATs in Physician Practice Settings
• 2 hours of IVs and injections/medication administration with Dr. Ellen Payne and local EMTs and paramedics
• 4 hours of advanced therapeutic modalities with Dr. Jennifer Ostrowski
• 2 hours of suturing techniques with Dr. David Wilkenfeld and ATs in Physician Practice Settings
• 2 hours of musculoskeletal (MSK) ultrasound with Dr. Jennifer Ostrowski
• 10 hours of advanced airway techniques, spinal motion restriction techniques, advanced splinting techniques, cardiorespiratory simulations, and mass casualty incident simulations with Dr. Ellen Payne and local EMTs and paramedics

Doctor of Athletic Training (DAT) | Summer Institute

Nearby Airports

Lehigh Valley International (ABE) - 5 minutes from campus
Philadelphia International (PHL) - 75 minutes from campus
Newark International (EWR) - 60 minutes from campus
Trenton-Mercer Airport (TTN) - 75 minutes from campus

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