Perspectives Winter/Spring-2017

COLLEGE OF HEALTH CARE SCIENCES • 47 During the past year, faculty members in the Tampa Doctor of Physical Therapy Program doubled their number of scholarly publications and presentations. This is no small feat, because academics must balance the three-legged stool of teaching, scholarship, and service. For the Tampa team, this stool was uneven initially, because faculty members spent the first four years creating and delivering the hybrid curriculum. What changed? In part, completing the curriculum in its entirety provided the faculty members with more time to pursue scholarship. The program also has a champion research coordinator, Kathleen Rockefeller, Sc.D., M.P.H., PT, who reminds everyone about presentation deadlines and grant opportunities and consults as needed. The program is also focused on the scholarship of teaching and learning as related to hybrid instruction. Below are some examples of how the faculty members are moving in the “write” direction. PRESENTATIONS • Mary Blackinton , Ed.D., PT, GCS, CEEAA, served as a copresenter on the topic “Brave New World: A Case for Variance Reduction in Instruction” at the 2016 Education Leadership Conference in Phoenix, Arizona, on October 8. • Robin Galley , D.P.T., OCS, presented a lecture, “Skating on Thin ICE: Clinical Performance of Students with Minimal ICE Prior to Terminal Clinical Internships,” at the 2016 Education Leadership Conference in Phoenix, Arizona, on October 8. • Tim Miller , D.P.T., GCS, presented his coauthored research project, “Making it Real: Can Simulation Improve Physical and Occupational Therapy Student Confidence and Skills for Inpatient Environments?” on October 9 at the 2016 Education Leadership Conference in Phoenix, Arizona. Miller coauthored the project with Mary Blackinton , Ed.D., PT, GCS, CEEAA; Dennis McCarthy , Ph.D., OTR/L; and Dixie Pennington , B.S., EMET. • Kathleen Rockefeller , Sc.D., M.P.H., PT, participated in planning and presenting an all-day seminar on “Creative Use of Mobility Equipment to Improve Outcomes in Function and Safety” at the American Physical Therapy Association’s Combined Sections Meeting on February 17, 2016. PUBLICATIONS • Mary Blackinton , Ed.D., PT, GCS, CEEAA, coau- thored the study, “Identification of Balance Deficits in People with Parkinson’s Disease: Is the Sensory Organization Test Enough?” which was published in the International Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation . • Joann Gallichio , D.Sc., PT, NCS, coauthored an article, “Concordance and Discordance Between Measured and Perceived Balance and the Effect on Gait Speed and Falls Following Stroke,” in Clinical Rehabilitation . • Kathleen Rockefeller , Sc.D., M.P.H., PT, authored an article, “Appraising Evidence About Safe Patient Handling and Mobility,” which was published in the American Journal of Safe Patient Handling & Mobility . • Lynda Ross , D.H.S., D.P.T., PT, coauthored an article, “Test-Retest and Interrater Reliability of the Video Head Impulse Test in the Pediatric Population,” which was published in the June 2016 issue of Otology and Neurotology . GRANTS • Keiba Shaw , D.P.T., Ed.D., PT, was the recipient of a 2016 NSU President’s Faculty Research and Develop- ment Grant for her project, “Walk ‘N Roll: A Pilot Physical Activity Program for People with a Disabil- ity.” The $15,000 grant will assess the impact of using walking monitors on people with disabilities. n Paving the Road to Scholarship, Grants, and Publications BY MARY BLACKINTON, ED.D., PT, GCS, CEEAA, ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, DOCTOR OF PHYSICAL THERAPY HYBRID PROGRAM