Event Title
You Can’t Learn to Dance Sitting Down: Applying the Science of Motor Learning to Promote Psychomotor Skill Development in Health Professions Education
Location
Terry
Format
Keynote
Start Date
26-1-2013 3:20 PM
End Date
26-1-2013 4:00 PM
COinS
Jan 26th, 3:20 PM
Jan 26th, 4:00 PM
You Can’t Learn to Dance Sitting Down: Applying the Science of Motor Learning to Promote Psychomotor Skill Development in Health Professions Education
Terry
Speaker's Credentials
Mary T. Blackinton, PT, EdD, GCS: Dr. Mary Tischio Blackinton is an Associate Professor and Associate Director of the Hybrid Entry Level DPT Program at Nova Southeastern University in Tampa, Florida. Her research interests include the scholarship of teaching, especially outcome assessment in physical therapy education; balance/fall prevention in older adults, and the integration of active instructional strategies in PT education. Her past presentations related to physical therapist education include the use of portfolios in program outcome assessment, designing rubrics to assess student learning, bridging didactic and practical knowledge in physical therapy labs, and the use of laboratory notebooks to enhance student engagement in a neurologic physical therapy class. Mary is the co-chair of NSU's Health Professions Educational Research Symposium (HPERS) and coinvestigator of an educational research grant.