The Healthcare Education Transformation Podcast

Dr. Bronnie Thompson comes onto HET Podcast to chat about how she teaches the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) curriculum into a unique international interdisciplinary program along with discussing how she teaches pain to groups of patients in New Zealand.    Bronnie's Email Address: bronnietnz@gmail.com   Bronnie's Website & Blog: https://healthskills.wordpress.com/  Bronnie...

Dr. Ola Grimsby, Chief Consultant/Sole Proprietor of the Ola Grimsby Institute, comes onto HET Podcast to talk about Scientific Therapeutic Exercise Progressions (STEP). Ola talks about his encounters with Oddvar Holten, how STEP was created, how STEP is unique compared to other exercise paradigms, key principles of STEP, limitations of STEP, evidence of STEP, the current state of exercise prescri...

Rachel Jermann, Founder of Talus Media News, comes onto HET Podcast to talk about communication issues across the physical therapy profession and solutions to some of these issues. Brandon and Rachel also discuss social media, perception of women leaders in the profession, podcasting as a medium to improve communication within the profession, & much more. Talus Media Website: http://www.talusmedia...

Brandon speaks live with the audience at the Virginia Physical Therapy Association (VPTA) Central District November meeting at South University in Richmond, VA about their perspective being involved with VPTA and their ideas to improve healthcare education. Virginia Physical Therapy Association Central District Website: http://vpta.org/districts/detail.cfm?district=Central  Virginia Physical Thera...

Dr. Joshua Bailey (Current President of the Virginia Physical Therapy Association-VPTA) comes onto HET Podcast to share his perspective being involved within the VPTA. Josh shares insight regarding how the VPTA operates, what being the president entails, pros and cons of being the president, top issues that VPTA is working on, membership, and much more! VPTA Email Address: vpta@apta.org  VPTA Webs...

Alex Engar & Will Boyd, Founders of the Healthy Funnel LLC, chat with Brandon & F. Scott Feil at Smart Success PT LIVE in Clearwater Beach, Florida during the 2018 Memorial Day Weekend. Will & Alex chat about the evolution and importance of digital marketing, tips and common errors they commonly see, how digital marketing should be integrated into education, and much more. The Healthy Funnel Websi...

Mike Connors and Ricardo Fernandez come onto HET Podcast to discuss their experiences and perspectives serving overseas as physical therapy clinicians and educators. Mike & Ricardo provide tremendous and helpful insight and this is a must listen to anyone interested in pursing international service opportunities.   Ricardo's Email Address: fernandez23@usa.net   Ricardo's Twitter Page: https://twit...

Stephanie & Brandon chat with Dr. Shirley Sahrmann at the 2018 APTA NEXT Conference in Orlando, Florida. Shirley shares her story into how she has transformed to where she is today, discussing the movement system, education solutions, discussing her ideal vision for the physical therapy profession, and much more.   Shirley's Email Address: sahrmanns@wustl.edu  Shirley's Article on "The Human Movem...

Tim Fearon, Lead Faculty of Phoenix Manual Therapy & Owner of Fearon Physical Therapy, comes onto HET Podcast to talk about development and fostering psychomotor skill and clinical reasoning in healthcare professionals and much more! Tim is celebrating 40 years as a clinician.  Tim's Message to the PT Profession Physical therapy students enter their educational pursuits seeking the skill required...

Kyle Coffey, Program Director of the U Mass Lowell Exercise Physiology Program, comes onto HET Podcast to talk about a new undergraduate degree pathway that he helped create at U Mass Lowell focusing on population health. Kyle talks about the degree path and structure of exercise physiologists, how this program got implemented at the university, his perspective being involved with the university,...

Jamey Schrier, Author and Founder of the Practice Freedom Method, comes onto HET Podcast to discuss physical therapy business tips along with discussing business education in DPT Education and so much more!   CLICK HERE TO ACCESS A FREE STRATEGY CALL WITH JAMEY: https://thepracticefreedommethod.com/het-how-to-teach-business-owners-to-have-successful-businesses/  The Practice Freedom Method Website...

Stephanie chats with Dr. Julie Tilson, Director of the USC Hybrid DPT Program, regarding USC's Hybrid Program. Julie discusses how & why USC created a hybrid program, feedback from the program thus far, evidence with hybrid compared to traditional models, benefits and drawbacks to hybrid learning, and more. Julie's Email Address: tilson@usc.edu  Julie's CV: http://pt.usc.edu/uploadedFiles/USC_Phys...

Todd Davenport, Full Professor at the University of the Pacific Doctorate of Physical Therapy Program, comes on The Healthcare Education Transformation Podcast again to discuss the organizations that play a role in DPT education and the economics of universities. Todd also brings the perspective on DPT program directors who not have a terminal academic degree and he makes the case to consider the...

Tawny Chamberlain & Shannon Herrin, Program Directors for the Richmond & Austin PTA Program with South University, come onto HET Podcast to talk about an overview of PTA education. They discuss PTA program structure, issues & solutions to PTA education, the PTA program accrediting process, barriers from being a PTA program director, and much more.   Shannon's Email Address: sherrin@southuniversity...

Ken Olson, President of IFOMPT, comes onto the show to share his insight about IFOMPT along with discussing residency and fellowships. Ken shares what IFOMPT is currently working on internationally, IFOMPT's role in Residency/Fellowship Education, barriers that IFOMPT encounters, and much more! IFOMPT Website: http://www.ifompt.org/  IFOMPT Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/IFOMPT-1567753943...

We welcome Dr. Nancy Kirsch (Current President of the Federation of State Boards of Physical Therapy-FSBPT) and Dr. Richard Woolf (Current FSBPT Assessment Content Manager) onto HETPodcast to talk about their perspective from the US PT Licensing Organization. Nancy and Richard discuss their backgrounds and how they got involved with FSBPT, history and transformation of FSBPT to its current status,...

Jim Hoyme comes on HETPodcast for an in-depth discussion into leadership in healthcare discussing where we are from a leadership perspective in physical therapy, how can we foster leadership in students and ourselves, and so much more valuable information that everyone needs to hear.   "Mindset: The New Psychology of Success" by Carol Dweck: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0345472322/ref=dbs_a_d...

Jason Myerson (Adjunct Faculty), Ellen Wetherbee (Director of Clinical Education at Quinnipiac University), and Mario Paredes (A recent student of Quinnipiac's academic/clinical readiness program) come onto HETPodcast to talk about Quinnipiac's DPT Academic & Clinical Readiness Program to better enhance student readiness prior to entering their clinical rotations and entering the work force as a c...

Dr. Kendra Gagnon and Mark Shepherd are a part of the faculty teaching at Evidence in Motion (EIM). Kendra and Mark come on HET Podcast to share their insight on EIM's and South College/Baylor DPT hybrid learning curriculum. They further elucidate what a hybrid program is, what are the benefits to this approach, the critiques of the program, and some theories behind how this approach can change th...

Dr. Julie Whitman, Director of Evidence In Motion's Orthopedic Manual Physical Therapy Fellowship Program , comes on HET Podcast to share her insight about being an Orthopedic Manual Physical Therapy Fellowship Director. Julie talks about what is required to be a fellowship director, the responsibilities that directors have, pros and cons of being a fellowship director, residency/fellowship resear...

Susie Deusinger, Professor Emeritus at Washington University School of Medicine & Catherine Worthingham Fellow of the APTA, comes onto HET Podcast to talk about her perspective being a DPT program director. Susie discusses what are the essential characteristics of a successful program director, roles and responsibilities of being a director, balance of job duties, pros and cons of being a director...

For Part 2 of Brandon Poen's podcast mini series through the Healthcare Education Transformation Podcast, Brandon chatted with 3 members of the Education Leadership Partnership (ELP) which has the mission of "reducing unwarranted variation in practice by focusing on best practices in education" in which they discuss how the ELP was formed, diving into topics that the ELP has been researching and w...

Greg Lehman comes onto HET Podcast to talk about how to teach and treat people with persistent pain. Greg discusses how he developed this thought processes on pain science from initially going through school, what pain is, what we've learned from research about pain, his thoughts on posture and it's relationship to pain, dosage of interventions, explaining pain, and much more!   Greg Lehman's Webs...

Jody Frost & Anne Reicherter come onto the show to talk about the Education Leadership Institute Fellowship (ELI) Program that is designed to develop physical therapist and physical therapist assistant education program directors with leadership skills to facilitate change, think strategically, and engage in public discourse to advance the physical therapy profession. Jody and Anne talk about the...

Janet Bezner, who is the ACAPT Chair of the Leadership Development Committee Team, comes onto HET Podcast for Part 2 of her interview to talk about effective behavior change in education, her thoughts on variance in academics and clinical education, her experience and lessons learned from being on the APTA Board of Directors, pros and cons of working within the APTA, addressing population health n...