HPD Perspectives Magazine Summer/Fall 2019

28 | DR. PALLAVI PATEL COLLEGE OF HEALTH CARE SCIENCES A few years ago, Stanley Wilson, Ed.D., PT, CEAS, Dr. Pallavi Patel College of Health Care Sciences (PCHCS) dean, and Mary Blackinton, Ed.D., PT, GCS, CEEAA, associate director of the Hybrid Entry-Level Doctor of Physical Therapy (D.P.T.) Program–Tampa Bay, developed a Description of Specialty Practice (DSP) for the Physical Therapy Faculty Residency Program in the college. Jennifer Canbek, Ph.D., PT, NCS, professional D.P.T program director, Physical Therapy—Fort Lauderdale, was involved in the program’s initial design. Duke University offers the only other residency program for physical therapists (PT). Residents in the Duke program must live in the Duke area, because they are required to spend 80 percent of their time teaching in the Duke PT Program for two years. The PCHCS program offers PTs a fully online residency program. The proposed DSP was submitted to the American Board of Physical Therapy Residency and Fellowship Education (ABPTRFE) and was granted candidacy status in fall 2017. Melissa Tovin, Ph.D., PT, CEEAA, approached the Center for Academic and Professional Excellence (CAPE) to incorporate the PT Faculty Residency Program into the CAPE academies. Residents need exposure to content areas of teaching, scholarship, service, and governance. Consequently, Kathleen Rockefeller, Sc.D., PT, augmented content in the CAPE academies that specifically targets PT faculty residency scholarship requirements. The inaugural class of two PT resi- dents—Megan Kim, D.P.T., PT, ATC, and Stephanie Fullerton, D.P.T., PT—entered the Teaching and Learning Academy in winter 2019. The ABPTRFE will conduct an on-site review in July 2019 to determine if the residency program should be recommended for full accreditation. megan kim Kim, who is a Florida native, is a physical therapist with areas of interest in the acute care and pediatric settings. She is employed at the Cleveland Clinic and Our Kid’s Playground in Weston, Florida, and the Baudhuin Preschool in Davie, Florida. She holds a Doctor of Physical Therapy degree from NSU and is PROGRAM News Underthe New Faculty Residency Program Integrated into Academies BY ROBERT MCCALLA, M.S.L., AND BRIANNA BLACK KENT, PH.D., R.N. PROGRAM NEWS MEGAN KIM CAPE