{"id":33,"date":"2020-05-28T14:15:06","date_gmt":"2020-05-28T18:15:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chpscms.smca.ucf.edu\/devpt\/?page_id=33"},"modified":"2024-05-17T11:08:01","modified_gmt":"2024-05-17T15:08:01","slug":"mission","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/healthprofessions.ucf.edu\/physicaltherapy\/mission\/","title":{"rendered":"Mission &#038; Goals"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_section full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221; content_placement=&#8221;middle&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1556625086583{margin-bottom: 0px !important;padding-top: 140px !important;padding-bottom: 140px !important;background-image: url(https:\/\/healthprofessions.ucf.edu\/kptbeta\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2019\/04\/PhysicalTherapyHeader2.jpg?id=1280) !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}&#8221; el_class=&#8221;mb-4&#8243;][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1527858038636{padding-right: 80px !important;}&#8221;]<div class=\"evc-section-title evc-shortcode mainHomeTitle\" style=\"text-align: left\">\n\t<div class=\"evc-st-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"evc-st-title\" style=\"color: #000000\">\n\t\t\t\tMission &amp; Goals\t\t\t<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"evc-section-title evc-shortcode mainHomeSubtitle\" style=\"text-align: left\">\n\t<div class=\"evc-st-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"evc-st-title\" style=\"color: #ffffff\">\n\t\t\t\tUCF Division of Physical Therapy\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n[\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][\/vc_section][vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1528478285673{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-right: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;margin-left: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-right: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;padding-left: 0px !important;background-color: #fecb2f !important;}&#8221;][vc_column css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1528478351304{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1528478366376{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221;]\t\t<nav class=\"sections-menu-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"navbar navbar-toggleable-md navbar-light bg-primary sections-menu\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"navbar-toggler collapsed ml-auto\" type=\"button\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-target=\"#sections-menu\" aria-controls=\"#sections-menu\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-label=\"Toggle navigation\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"navbar-toggler-text\">Skip to Section<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"navbar-toggler-icon\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"navbar-collapse collapse\" id=\"sections-menu\" data-selector=\".auto-section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"nav navbar-nav\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/nav>\n\t[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_raw_html]JTNDc2VjdGlvbiUyMGlkJTNEJTIybWlzc2lvbiUyMiUyMGNsYXNzJTNEJTIyYXV0by1zZWN0aW9uJTIyJTIwZGF0YS1zZWN0aW9uLWxpbmstdGl0bGUlM0QlMjJNaXNzaW9uJTIwJTI2JTIwR29hbHMlMjIlMjByb2xlJTNEJTIycmVnaW9uJTIyJTIwYXJpYS1sYWJlbCUzRCUyMk1pc3Npb24lMjAlMjYlMjBHb2FscyUyMiUzRQ==[\/vc_raw_html][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row el_class=&#8221;pt-0&#8243;][vc_column]<div class=\"evc-section-title evc-shortcode mb-3 heading-underline\" style=\"text-align: left\">\n\t<div class=\"evc-st-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"evc-st-title\" >\n\t\t\t\tMission\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n[vc_column_text]The mission of the <a href=\"https:\/\/healthprofessions.ucf.edu\/physicaltherapy\/\"><strong>University of Central Florida\u2019s Doctor of Physical Therapy Program<\/strong><\/a> is to cultivate excellence in physical therapist practice through innovative, comprehensive and focused doctoral education. 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