I arrived safely in Nashville on Monday and settled into a week a meetings as the Section Program Chair for the Section on Health Policy and Administration. In this role, I am lead the committee that plans all of the programming for the section at the Combined Sections Meeting. It keeps me very busy during the year, but it is also a very important role to fill for the profession. At this meeting we have topics being presented from the "right to health care" to "tapping the entrepreneurial spirit." Ultimately it will be a gathering of over 6000 physical therapy professionals coming together in Music City to learn, share, network, and grow as professionals.
What I did not expect were the devastating storms that came through on Tuesday. We were evacuated to safe areas twice during the evening as a supercell came directly over the Opryland hotel. It turns out it was the same supercell that caused havoc across the region and now appears to have claimed 50 lives. Included in the devastation was Union University in Jackson, TN, one of our sister schools. Please keep all of those people who lost their lives and their families and those who lost possessions in your thoughts and prayers.
Together with you in His service,
slesh
This blog is hosted by Steven G. Lesh, PhD, PT, SCS, ATC, Department Chair of Physical Therapy for the DPT program at Southwest Baptist University. It is intended to be a source of online information and support for the students and faculty of this program.
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2 comments:
Steve, I passed through their on my way to Nashville. I only counted fourteen trucks turned over, however the damage was massive. Not very fun to look at, however. Hey, good job on the programs. Much better than ACSM. You must have been a busy person. I only saw you twice from Tuesday to late Friday night. Nice blog.
oops, change "their" to "there"
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