Serving Our Community
USAHS Pro Bono Clinics
The USAHS Pro Bono Clinics provide our students with invaluable hands-on experience that elevates their clinical readiness while enabling underserved community members to benefit from innovative rehabilitative healthcare services.
625+
patients served each year
4,500+
pro bono clinical experiences each year
1,800+
telehealth pro bono sessions each year
Our Mission
Hands-on Learning
USAHS pro bono clinics provide exceptional learning opportunities for our physical therapy, occupational therapy and speech-language pathology students. All of our campuses offer multiple pro bono clinics, and the number of clinics is growing all the time.
You’ll have the opportunity to participate in a Pro Bono Clinic on your campus, guided by expert faculty and supporting treatment of real patients.In Fall 2024, the Dallas, TX campus will open it’s PT Pro Bono Clinic and San Marcos, CA will open it’s SLP teletherapy Pro Bono Clinic Through this journey, you’ll embrace culturally inclusive treatment models and foster invaluable interprofessional collaborations, all while making a meaningful impact on your local community.
USAHS is committed to making a lasting impact in the communities we serve, and we are proud to be a Certified B Corp institution since 2015, joining a global movement of people working as a force for good.
Our Pro Bono Clinics
- Each of our five campuses has at least one OT Pro Bono Clinic!
- Our Austin, Texas, campus features seven Pro Bono Clinics: four for OT, two PT clinics and one Speech-Language Pathology telehealth clinic.
- Our St. Augustine, Florida, campus features five OT, and two PT Pro Bono Clinics, including those for adult and pediatric community members.
- Our telehealth SLP Pro Bono Clinics are offered at our Austin and Dallas, Texas, campuses.
- Our St. Augustine, Florida, campus features our first OT stress management Pro Bono Clinic.
- Students at our San Marcos, California, and Miami, Florida, campuses can participate in PT and OT Pro Bono Clinics.
*The number of clinics available on each campus may vary per term based on classes offered each term
What Is Pro Bono Therapy?
Pro bono therapy is no-cost treatment that benefits both the patient and the student. We offer pro bono clinical services to members of the communities in which our five campuses are located. The provision of pro bono therapy allows us to utilize the skills of our healthcare professionals and students to deliver restorative healthcare to members of our communities who need it the most.
Our Pro Bono Clinics are fundamental to our efforts to give back to the communities in which we operate, and align with our B Corp values. We believe that providing pro bono services to underserved community members is not just a benefit but an obligation for the well-being of society.
Student Benefits
When you participate in one of our Pro Bono Clinics, you’ll have the opportunity to provide valuable services to community members, including evaluations and treatment, all under the close supervision of experienced faculty and staff. You’ll work alongside students and faculty from other disciplines, developing respect and interprofessional understanding of each other’s contributions as well as invaluable communication skills and learning opportunities.
Students have shared that they became more clinically confident. Having instructors available to provide feedback and assistance on a one-on-one basis is one of the most valuable aspects of students’ pro bono clinical experiences.
Did you know?
USAHS students, faculty and staff members and their families are eligible to receive treatment at any of our Pro Bono Clinics as a benefit of attending or working for the university!
Student Testimonials
“The experience was amazing. To see what the OT had to offer in terms of adaptive equipment. PT might tend to order braces—but this patient didn’t have money. OTs get a little more creative. You don’t realize how much the two fields are related. They play off each other. Now I’m more comfortable and confident working with people with prostheses.”
Allison E.
OT student
“It’s great to get some experience with patients and apply what we know. Professors are here to help us as well.”
Michai P.
PT Student
“The Pro Bono Clinic reaffirms my interest in becoming a neurological PT. Although I did not have the opportunity to work with a patient in this population, it helped me to see that MSK skills are needed no matter what career path I choose to pursue.”
PT Student
“The pro bono experience is an amazing way to begin to apply the therapeutic use of self and the knowledge we’ve learned thus far.”
Kaitlyn A.
OT Student
“The pro bono clinic experience has been transformative for both my confidence and clinical skills!”
Morgan M.
SLP Student
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