The Healthcare Education Transformation Podcast

Janet Bezner, who is the ACAPT Chair of the Leadership Development Committee Team, comes onto HET Podcast to talk about the ACAPT Leadership Academy including why the academy was formed and what it entails, what the Leadership Committee has learned from starting, the barriers encountered, future directions for the Leadership Academy, and more!   Resources: Janet Bezner ACAPT Website: https://www.a...

F. Scott Feil talks with Mike Reinold and Lenny Macrina to talk about key clinical considerations for working with the baseball athlete, helpful resources for the clinician treating baseball players, solutions to improve baseball and sports education in DPT programs and more.   Mike Reinold Website: https://mikereinold.com/  Mike Reinold's Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/mikereinold.pt  Mi...

Greg Hartley, Assistant Professor of Clinical Physical Therapy in the Department of Physical Therapy, Miller School of Medicine at University of Miami, comes onto HET Podcast to talk about PT Residency and specifically Geriatric Residency, thoughts on having a national standardized clinical skills exam for PTs, his perspective working and being involved with ABPTRFE, and much more! This is Part 2....

Jojo Sayson, PT, DMT, MOMT, FAAOMPT  is a fellowship trained PT from the Ola Grimsby Institute who is a consultant/co-investigator (with Dr. Alan Hargens) for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Human Research program at the University of California, San Diego. He comes onto HET Podcast to talk about how he became a PT and got involved with NASA, space's effects on the body, w...

Greg Hartley, Assistant Professor of Clinical Physical Therapy in the Department of Physical Therapy, Miller School of Medicine at University of Miami, comes onto HET Podcast to talk about PT Residency and specifically Geriatric Residency, thoughts on having a national standardized clinical skills exam for PTs, his perspective working and being involved with ABPTRFE, and much more! This is Part 1....

Brandon & Stephanie engage in a discussion on the Step 2 Clinical Skills Examination controversy with three special guests: Dr. Hillary Johnson a dermatologist from University of Iowa, Dr. Deland Weyrauch a resident physician at Yale University, and James Price a medical student from the Medical College of Wisconsin. They discuss the history of the exam, the layout of the exam, pros and cons of th...

We welcome to the podcast Dr. Francisco Maia PT, DPT, CCRT,  the K9PT!!  Dr. Maia talks about his introduction into canine rehabilitation, the path to certification, his need to educate others about the specialty, and how physical therapists and other rehab professionals can advocate for the ability to provide canine rehabilitation nationally.    Biography: Dr. Francisco Maia PT, DPT, CCRT Dr. Fra...

This is Part 2 of our chat with Lisa Dorsey, Chair of the ACAPT Graduate Outcomes Task Force & Assistant Professor at the Doisy College of Health Sciences at Saint Louis University, as in this part 2 she discusses issues and solutions with K-12 education, how should we best triage children into the appropriate educational path, her solution to healthcare education and more! ACAPT Website: https://...

Lisa Dorsey, Chair of the ACAPT Graduate Outcomes Task Force & Assistant Professor at the Doisy College of Health Sciences at Saint Louis University, comes onto the show to talk about how and why the task force was created, how the task force collected the data, what they learned from being on the task force, the reasoning behind the task force's recommendations to the ACAPT Board of Directors, an...

Barbara Sanders, Current President of the American Council of Academic Physical Therapy (ACAPT), comes onto the show to talk about her story and how she got involved with ACAPT, What ACAPT is, the history and mission of ACAPT, ACAPT's role in DPT education, ACAPT organizational barriers, work ACAPT has done thus far, future direction of ACAPT, and more!   Barbara Sanders Biography: Education PhD,...

Columbia University Medical Center Program in Physical Therapy has created a student run elective within their DPT program and we have the pleasure of talking with student and faculty pioneers of this program featuring Mahlon Stewart, Joe Lipsky, James Sinodinos & Shaun Whited about this student run elective! They discuss what the elective specifically entails, pros and cons of this elective, chan...

Steve Tepper and Carol Davis come onto the show to talk about reduction in variation and the flipped classroom model in healthcare education including where DPT programs stand as a whole on this, why these issues exist, pros and cons of flipped classroom and reduction in variation along with the evidence regarding this and Steve talks about Rehab Essentials and how it is contributing to improving...

Today we welcome Dr. Brent Brookbush for a discussion on novel ways to provide student centered education and how technology can improve learning within the realm of the movement professions. Dr. Brookbush discusses his views on current human movement science education, how he has changed the way this is approached, and describes the best way to evaluate the current research.   Biography: Dr. Broo...

Terry Pratt, Faculty Member for the North American Institute of  Orthopaedic Manual Therapy (NAIOMT), comes onto the show to share his insight from teaching within a major physical therapy fellowship program. Terry shares his journey into how/why he pursued fellowship training and teaching with NAIOMT, who should do fellowship training, strengths and limitations of fellowship training, his thought...

Dr. Adriaan Louw, Physical Therapist/Pain Science Researcher/Founder of the International Spine & Pain Institute, comes onto the show today about teaching children about pain. He talks about how children form beliefs, behavior change in children,  research looking into pain education in middle schools, how a PT can get into schools to teach kids about pain and overcoming the potential barriers, wh...

Terry Phillips (Driveline’s in house Physical Therapist)  and Sam Briend (Driveline’s Lead Floor Trainer) of Driveline Baseball come onto the show to talk about Driveline and considerations for teaching and training the baseball athlete. They discuss their backgrounds and how they got involved with Driveline, what Driveline is and what they do within it, most common clinical conditions seen in bas...

For this episode we will be re-sharing a podcast episode released in November 2015 from the Creativity in Healthcare Podcast which is Hosted by Matthew Taylor as this episode features Dr. Staffan Elgelid in which they discuss Systems Constraints on Creativity in Academia and Associations    Link to Staffan's original episode on Itunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/4-staffan-elgelid-pt-phd-g...

Today we welcome Dr. William Padula and Jeremiah Jorgensen for a a discussion on neuro-optmetric rehabilitation in which this is part 2 of this discussion. They discuss their stories on how they got to where they are now, what neuro-optometric rehabilitation is and what it can treat, the evidence behind this approach and the limitations of that evidence, top clinical pearls regarding vision rehab...

Today we welcome Dr. William Padula and Jeremiah Jorgensen for a a discussion on neuro-optmetric rehabilitation in which this is part 1 of this discussion. They discuss their stories on how they got to where they are now, what neuro-optometric rehabilitation is and what it can treat, the evidence behind this approach and the limitations of that evidence, top clinical pearls regarding vision rehab...

Erik Meira comes on the show today to talk about LE and knee clinical rehabilitation along with how to improve DPT education. Erik discusses the key things with examining and treating the knee, his thoughts on regional interdependence valgus with landing from a jump, role of orthotics, limitations of the research and publication process, pros and cons of clinical practice guidelines, his message t...

Christine Walker, Owner of Christine Walker Physical Therapy, comes on the show to discuss her experience, education, and perspective working in various pediatric rehabilitation settings. She discusses her journey that led her to pediatrics, what she learned from school regarding pediatrics, pros and cons of her pediatrics training in school, how to overcome the most difficult aspects of working i...

Adam Meakins comes onto the show today to talk about his personal journey  and how his clinical beliefs have changed since he first started as a physiotherapist, most important aspects to consider when it comes to shoulder rehab, the overall limitations of the research process and limitations of how research is being conducted/published, how to best ensure that evidenced based practice principles...

Hosts Brandon Poen, F. Scott Feil, & Stephanie Weyrauch along with audio editor, Kulwinder Singh, talk about their personal reflections on how they've changed since being involved with HET podcast. Unfortunately, Ryan Maurer (Social Media Manager) and Dustin Passigli (new Libsyn/Canva  Manager) were not able to join us for this episode. HET Podcast Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/HETPodcas...

F. Scott Feil sits down with Sandy Hilton, Sarah Haag, & Karen Litzy while they are all at CSM 2018 in New Orleans to talk about international conferences. They talk about the benefits of going to international conferences, how to navigate international conferences, how to navigate which conference is best for you to attend, differences between conferences in the U.S and conferences outside of the...

Karen Litzy, owner of Karen Litzy Physical Therapy, host of the Healthy Wealthy and Smart podcast and co-founder of the Women In Physical Therapy Summit,  comes on the show to talk about why and how she started her own podcast and business, advice for prospective business owners and podcasters, what inspired the Women in PT Summit and what the Summit entails, issues for women in healthcare, and mu...