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Dr. Pam Macfarlane
Northern Illinois University
Anderson Hall 224
DeKalb, IL 60115
815-753-3909
Oak Crest Retirement Center
The Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education has partnered with Oak Crest Retirement Center in DeKalb, Illinois to offer
an exercise program
for the residents
while providing students
with clinical experience.
Program Highlights
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A full-time graduate assistant is funded by Oak Crest.
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Equipment is supplied and maintained by the Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education.
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Students work individually with one or two clients per semester under the guidance of the graduate assistant.
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1-3 hours of upper-division or graduate credit may be earned per semester.
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This clinical experience is required of all majors in the Preventive and Rehabilitative Exercise area of study.
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Non-majors may sign up for the class, which is an elective in the gerontology minor.
