HPD Perspectives Magazine Summer/Fall 2019

NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY | 29 also a licensed athletic trainer and a former two-sport collegiate athlete. She also has a strong desire to enter academia. “The faculty residency and CAPE have provided me with an immense amount of resources and opportunities to achieve my goals.” Kim said. “The residency provided me one-on-one faculty mentoring, which has been instrumental in my growth as an educator.” Heather Hettrick, Ph.D., PT, CWS, CLT, CLT-LANA, physical therapy professor at the Fort Lauderdale/ Davie Campus, is Kim’s primary mentor in the program. Kim also noted that participating in the CAPE Teaching and Learning Academy gave her “a platform for learning and dialogue” that aided her transition from the clinical world into education. Her future goal is to “become a faculty member at a program that will allow me the opportunity to focus on acute care, pediatrics, and clinical education.” The faculty residency and CAPE Teaching and Learning Academy have provided Kim with the resources to enter the next phase of her career in education “with a strong foundation and a plan to develop further as an academician,” she said. stephanie fullerton Fullerton, who graduated from the University of South Florida with a Doctor of Physical Therapy degree, is an assistant professor and pre-physical thera- py coordinator for the Department of Human Performance and Sports Studies at Southeastern University in Lakeland, Florida. She also works in an outpatient clinic, is certified in Lee Silverman Voice Treatment, and enjoys working with the geriatric population. Her professional experience includes outpatient geriatrics, orthopedics, and neurology. Fullerton stated that she was drawn to the PCHCS PT Faculty Residency Program because of its “focus on four different areas of academia—teaching, scholar- ship, service, and governance.” As a new faculty member, she realized the importance of “being involved in all these areas. I didn’t have the experience to understand what they truly meant,” she explained. The PT Faculty Residency Program and the CAPE Teaching and Learning Academy have given Fullerton greater understanding of these areas and “examples on how to become more involved” as an educator. In the future, she would like to pursue PT board certification in geriatrics and ultimately “teach in a D.P.T. program.” The faculty residency and CAPE Teaching and Learning Academy have provided Fullerton with the “foundational knowledge that is necessary to be successful in academia.” She said the teaching and learning course taught her valuable information about assessment, curriculum, and information technology that she may have never learned on her own. There are two PT clinical residencies offered at the college—neurological, with two sites in Fort Lauder- dale, and an orthopedic residency in development. The orthopedic residency will be based in Fort Lauderdale and in Tampa Bay, Florida. o Robert McCalla is the professional development manager, and Brianna Black Kent is the assistant dean of professional development and education for the Dr. Pallavi Patel College of Health Care Sciences. STEPHANIEFULLERTON