{"id":14,"date":"2026-04-17T14:50:27","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T14:50:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/faculty.tarleton.edu\/rpruitt\/?page_id=14"},"modified":"2026-04-29T14:30:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T14:30:20","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/faculty.tarleton.edu\/rpruitt\/","title":{"rendered":"Overview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Dr. Renee Pruitt is a dedicated educator and clinician with over 30 years of experience in\u00a0physical therapy practice, education, and healthcare administration. She currently serves as a\u00a0clinical assistant professor at Tarleton State University, contributing to the development of the\u00a0university\u2019s Doctor of Physical Therapy program. Her professional expertise spans clinical\u00a0practice, program leadership, and healthcare administration, with a passion for student development, curriculum innovation within the field of physical therapy education, and rural\u00a0healthcare resilience. Her commitment to student success, rural health advocacy, and\u00a0interdisciplinary education makes her an integral part of Tarleton State University\u2019s mission to\u00a0advance healthcare in rural communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Pruitt\u2019s clinical background includes extensive experience across multiple settings, including&nbsp;outpatient rehabilitation, home health, acute care, and skilled nursing. She has also served in&nbsp;leadership roles such as a Program Director, Interim Dean, CAPTE On-Site reviewer and&nbsp;Commissioner, and FSBPT item writer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-advgb-accordions advgb-accordions-8a88020d-6e88-4ab6-a124-e64e8b97516f advgb-accordion-wrapper\" data-collapsed=\"true\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-advgb-accordion-item advgb-accordion-item\" style=\"margin-bottom:15px\"><div class=\"advgb-accordion-header\" style=\"background-color:#4f2d7f;color:#fff;border-style:solid;border-width:1px;border-radius:2px\"><span class=\"advgb-accordion-header-icon accordion-state\"><svg class=\"advgb-icon-closed\" fill=\"#fff\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\"><path fill=\"none\" d=\"M0,0h24v24H0V0z\"><\/path><path d=\"M12,2C6.48,2,2,6.48,2,12s4.48,10,10,10s10-4.48,10-10S17.52,2,12,2z M17,13h-4v4h-2v-4H7v-2h4V7h2v4h4V13z\"><\/path><\/svg><svg class=\"advgb-icon-opened\" fill=\"#fff\" 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She currently serves as a\u00a0clinical assistant professor at Tarleton State University, contributing to the development of the\u00a0university\u2019s Doctor of Physical Therapy program. Her professional expertise spans clinical\u00a0practice, program leadership, and healthcare administration, with &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/faculty.tarleton.edu\/rpruitt\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Overview<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":149,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-14","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"coauthors":[],"author_meta":{"author_link":"https:\/\/faculty.tarleton.edu\/rpruitt\/author\/sw_ttremaintarleton-edu\/","display_name":"Tremain, Taylor"},"relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 3 weeks ago","modified":"Updated 1 week ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on April 17, 2026","modified":"Updated on April 29, 2026"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on April 17, 2026 2:50 pm","modified":"Updated on April 29, 2026 2:30 pm"},"featured_img_caption":"","featured_img":false,"series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/faculty.tarleton.edu\/rpruitt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/faculty.tarleton.edu\/rpruitt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/faculty.tarleton.edu\/rpruitt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faculty.tarleton.edu\/rpruitt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/149"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faculty.tarleton.edu\/rpruitt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/faculty.tarleton.edu\/rpruitt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27,"href":"https:\/\/faculty.tarleton.edu\/rpruitt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14\/revisions\/27"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/faculty.tarleton.edu\/rpruitt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}