Physical Therapy Student Intern Welcome Letter

Dear Physical Therapy Student Intern,

We look forward to your clinical affiliation at The Johns Hopkins Hospital.

The Rehabilitation Therapy Department provides a wide range of inpatient and outpatient services. The specifics of services provided and hours of operation are included on the Clinical Site Information Form (CSIF). The department is open 365 days per year. Your schedule will depend upon patient care needs and your clinical instructor’s schedule, and may include weekend coverage. Students are responsible for arranging their own housing.   Please contact me if you are having difficulty with this.

While at the Johns Hopkins Hospital you will have access to the Welch Medical Library, located one block north of the Wolfe Street entrance of the hospital. Students with affiliations lasting eight weeks are longer will have the opportunity to act as a “clinical consultant,” and as such will be expected to create a tangible project often with an evidence based component. 

If you have not received information from the ACCE at your school please contact the Center Coordinator of Clinical Education, Gabrielle Shumrak, three to four weeks before your clinical affiliation begins to obtain the name of your clinical instructor and the name of the service to which you are assigned for your internship. Gabrielle can be reached via email at gshumra1@jhmi.edu.

We would like to tailor your clinical experience to your specific learning style, educational interests and requirements. In order that we may better understand your preferred learning style and previous clinical experiences, please complete and return the learning style questionnaire and skills self-assessment one month prior to your start date if you are a full time student; part time students can bring the forms their first day.  We recommend that full time students also include a resume.

On your first day park in the Orleans Street Garage.

Full time students should report to Phipps 340 for hospital orientation at 7:30 AM. At 1:00 PM. After which you will meet the CCCE, Gabrielle Shumrak, in the outpatient PT clinic in Meyer 1-130. Part time students should report directly to Meyer 1-130 unless instructed otherwise by their CI. The secretary will page the CCCE. Security guards are stationed at each entrance and can assist you with directions to any location in the hospital, call 410-955-6758 and ask to have Gabrielle Shumrak paged if you encounter any problems. If your clinical internship is at our outpatient offsite satellite office at Green Spring Station, please contact that office at 410-583-2665 for directions or visit this section for travel directions. Green Spring Station is approximately a 20-minute drive from the hospital. Shuttle bus transportation is available from the Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center (JHOC).   You will still attend the hospital orientation as described above on the main campus prior to the start of your internship.

The Johns Hopkins Hospital is located at 600 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21287. Travel directions are available here. The main entrance to the hospital is on Wolfe Street. The Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation is located on the first floor of the Osler Building, Room 159.

Please dress professionally. A white lab coat with professional dress or scrubs are recommended. Blue jeans are unacceptable. For additional information please review the contents of the Student Intern Information page.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to email Gabrielle.  We look forward to your arrival.

Sincerely yours,

The JHH Physical Therapy Staff