Perspectives Inaugural Issue (Winter 2013)

PERSPECTIVES • WINTER/SPRING 2013 36 PRESENTATIONS Several faculty abstracts were accepted for the Amer- ican Physical Therapy Association’s Annual Com- bined Sections Meeting, which convened in San Diego, California, in January 2013: “A Qualitative Needs Assessment for Interventions to Prevent and Manage Exposure to Workplace Violence in Physical Therapy Practice” Authors: Chu-Hsiang Chang, Ph.D., Department of Psy- chology at Michigan State University; Juliya Golubovich, M.A., Department of Psychology at the University of South Florida; Stanton Mak, B.A., Department of Psychology at Michigan State University; Erin Eatough, M.A., Department of Psychology at Michigan State University; and Kathleen Rockefeller, Sc.D., M.P.H., associate professor and re- search coordinator in the Physical Therapy Department at Nova Southeastern University-Tampa. “Using Collaborative Web Tools to Achieve Affective and Psychomotor Objectives in Hybrid Physical Therapy Education” Authors: Melissa Lazinski, D.P.T., PT, OCS, assistant professor, and Keiba Shaw, Ed.D., associate professor. HPD RESEARCH GRANT RECIPIENTS Four HE-D.P.T. faculty members along with four D.P.T. faculty members from Fort Lauderdale partic- ipated in an educational research study entitled “Where Does the Time Go? AWork Sampling Study Comparing Faculty Activities in Traditional and Hy- brid D.P.T. Programs.” The study was awarded an NSU Health Professions Division (HPD) Educa- tional Research Grant in January 2012. The principal investigator was Dr. Kathleen Rockefeller and the co-investigators were Drs. Mary Blackinton, Lance Cherry, Melissa Lazinski, and Keiba Shaw. PT • TAMPA PT-TAMPA Campus Life Faculty Research HE-D.P.T. faculty and staff members showcased their Shark Pride at the Tampa SEC’s Shark Spirit Day, representing more than half of the Shark fin. The Tampa CHCS welcomed the incoming classes for Anesthesiologist Assistant, Cardiovascular Sonography, Occupational Therapy, and Physical Therapy during the May 19-20, 2012, orientation weekend. Pictured are the HE-D.P.T. class of 2016 students with the program’s faculty members.