CBE in PT Symposium 2025
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h 7th & 8th\, 2025
Join us for the CBE in PT 2025 sympos ium\, a unique opportunity to connect with peers and share work and insight s across institutions. This event aims to foster collaboration and advance the implementation of CBE in the health professions.
Partici pants should come ready to share their experiences\, including lessons lear ned\, and engage in dynamic discussions on sustaining CBE in the health pro fessions.
Interested in attending? Please compl ete our Open Submission Form for our consideration by Friday\, January 31st\ , 2025. We will follow-up within a week of your submission. In addition to your basic information\, you will be asked to include a brief summary of yo ur CBE-related initiative and where you currently are in the process. Thank you!
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We are excited to welcome these keynote speakers and more:
Eva Aagaard\, MD\, FACP
Eva Aagaard\, MD\, FACP is the Carol B and Jerome T Loeb Profess
or of Medical Education\, Vice Chancellor for Medical Education\, and Senio
r Associate Dean for Education at WashU Medicine. A practicing general inte
rnist\, in her current leadership role\, she oversees medical education acr
oss the continuum including undergraduate (UME)\, graduate (GME) and contin
uing medical education as well as allied health professional and graduate t
raining. This includes spearheading a large scale curriculum reform effort
in the MD program\, and promoting the development of multiple initiatives t
o promote the career development and success of educators on campus. Nation
ally she led development of the Society of General Internal Medicine TEACH
Program and partnered to develop the MedEd Scholarship Faculty Development
Program. Internationally she developed the Health Education Advanced Leader
ship Program in Zimbabwe (HEALZ). Dr. Aagaard is a former member of the Ame
rican Board of Internal Medicine Specialty Board\, former Council Member fo
r the Society of General Internal Medicine\, and participates actively with
the National Board of Medical Examiners as a reviewer for licensing exam c
ontent. She served as a core member of the Milestones in Internal Medicine
Writing Committee and Milestones 2.0\, leading to the Next Accreditation Sy
stem at the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education. Her areas
of interest include curriculum reform\, competency-based education and ass
essment\, particularly as it relates to the UME to GME transition\, and rem
ediation. She is passionate about mentoring\, coaching and sponsorship and
speaks widely on these topics. She has won more than 16 awards for clinical
excellence\, teaching\, and humanism in medicine\, including the Universit
y of Colorado’s President’s Teaching Award\, the Society of General Interna
l Medicine Mid-Career Mentoring Award\, the Elizabeth Gee Award for the Adv
ancement of Women\, and the Washington University Distinguished Faculty Awa
rd.
Steven B. Ambler\, PT\, DPT\, PhD\, MPH
Ste
ven B. Ambler\, PT\, DPT\, PhD\, MPH is a Professor and Division Director o
f Education at WashU Medicine Physical Therapy. Dr. Ambler’s research inter
ests are focused on outcomes and the implementation of learning science pri
nciples in higher education. Specifically\, Steve is engaged in work relate
d to competency-based education and the return on investment in health prof
essions education. Steve holds leadership and committee positions within Wa
shU related to competency-based education\, training\, development\, teachi
ng and learning\, and student systems. He has also served on numerous state
association boards\, including the Missouri Physical Therapy Association\,
American Physical Therapy Association\, and advisory councils to DPT and e
xercise science programs.
Steven Chesbro\, PT\, DPT\, EdD
Dr. Steven Chesbro is Vice President of Education at the America
n Physical Therapy Association. He received a BA in psychology and an MS in
college teaching from Northeastern State University\, a BS in physical the
rapy from Langston University\, a MHS in neurologic physical therapy from t
he University of Indianapolis\, a graduate certificate in gerontology and a
n EdD in occupational and adult education from Oklahoma State University\,
and a DPT from the MGH Institute of Health Professions. Prior to his appoin
tment at APTA in 2016\, he served as Dean of the College of Health Sciences
and Founder & Executive Director of the Center to Advance Rehabilitative H
ealth and Education and professor of physical therapy at Alabama State Univ
ersity\, and faculty at Howard University and the University of Oklahoma He
alth Sciences Center. Dr. Chesbro is a Board-certified Geriatric Clinical S
pecialist Emeritus through the American Board of Physical Therapy Specialti
es and is a Fellow of the National Academies of Practice. Dr. Chesbro has m
ade numerous invited and peer-reviewed presentations at national and intern
ational conferences\, has been published in several peer-reviewed journals\
, including Physical Therapy and the Journal of the National Medical Associ
ation\, and received grant funding for his work and research related to edu
cation from various sources including the Agency for Healthcare Research &
Quality\, and the Health Resources and Services Administration. Dr. Chesbro
has served the profession at various levels throughout his career in elect
ed leadership positions\, including serving as a chapter board member\, vic
e president\, and chief delegate for the APTA District of Columbia chapter\
, and as a board member and delegate for the APTA Academy of Geriatrics. He
has been recognized with the APTA Diversity Award and the APTA Academy of
Geriatrics’ Distinguished Educator Award.
Amanda R. Emke\, MD
\, MHPE
Amanda R. Emke\, MD\, MHPE is the Assistant Dean for
Assessment and has led the development\, implementation\, and oversight of
the medical school’s competency-based assessment system. In her role\, she
oversees the development of individual assessments\, approaches to aggregat
e that information in support of individual review of student performance i
n each educational program objective\, and the competency committees that r
eview the information to make decisions of competency attainment and promot
ion recommendations.
Chalee Engelhard\, PT\, EdD\, MBA\, FNAP
Chalee Engelhard\, PT\, EdD\, MBA\, FNAP is a Board-Certifie
d Clinical Specialist in Geriatric Physical Therapy Emeritus\, Graduate of
the Fellowship in Higher Education Leadership and a Fellow for the National
Academies of Practice. She earned her Bachelor of Health Science degree in
Physical Therapy from the University of Kentucky\; Masters of Business Adm
inistration from Thomas More University and Doctor of Education in Curricul
um and Instruction from the University of Cincinnati. She is a tenured\, fu
ll professor at the University of Cincinnati and currently serves as the Vi
ce Department Head and Doctor of Physical Therapy Program Director. Nationa
lly\, she serves as the President for the APTA Academy of Education. She ha
s served as the Cincinnati VA Medical Center Academic Director for the Geri
atric Residency for well over a decade and serves as academic faculty for t
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Jody S Frost\, PT\, DPT\, PhD\, FAPTA\, FNAP
Jo
dy S Frost\, PT\, DPT\, PhD\, FAPTA\, FNAP is an Education Consultant and F
acilitator working with healthcare professions in higher education to advan
ce competency-based education\, strategic planning\, assessment\, and inter
professional education and collaborative practice. Dr. Frost has served as
a consultant to the American Association of Veterinary Medical Colleges (AA
VMC) since 2017 facilitating profession-oriented transformation to competen
cy-based education (CBE). In addition\, she was a consultant to Washington
University’s Program in Physical Therapy in their transition to CBE. Dr. Fr
ost serves as co-chair of the National Academies of Sciences\, Engineering\
, and Medicine Global Forum on Innovation in Health Professional Education
(IHPE)\, an accreditor for the American Board of Physical Therapy Residency
and Fellowship Education\, and member of the American Physical Therapy Ass
ociation (APTA) Awards Committee. After 25 years of service\, Dr. Frost ret
ired from the APTA as Lead Academic Affairs Specialist\, founding Program D
irector of the accredited Fellowship in Higher Education Leadership\, devel
oper of APTA’s Clinical Instructor Credentialing Programs\, Clinical Perfor
mance Instruments (CPI)\, and Professionalism Self- and Patient- Profession
alism Assessments. Dr. Frost has a passion for advancing interprofessional
education and collaborative practice for all health professions. In 2014\,
she was inducted as a distinguished scholar and fellow of the National Acad
emies of Practice (NAP) and served as founding member and Vice Chair of the
NAP Physical Therapy Academy. From 2019-2021\, she served as NAP’s Preside
nt and in 2023 was honored with the Nicholas Cummings Award\, the highest d
istinguished fellow award. In addition\, Dr. Frost is a founding member of
the Interprofessional Professionalism Collaborative (IPC)\, dedicated to de
fining\, measuring\, educating\, and integrating the construct of interprof
essional professionalism in practice\, education\, and research. In 2024\,
the IPC received NAP’s Interprofessional Group Award. In support of her sch
olarship\, Dr. Frost serves as a manuscript reviewer for a variety of scien
tific journals and is an active member of Interprofessional Research Global
. Dr. Frost has provided numerous invited presentations and published resea
rch on topics such as clinical education\, education outcomes assessment\,
competency-based education\, leadership\, and interprofessional organizatio
nal partnerships. Dr. Frost was awarded APTA’s Academy of Education Stanfor
d Award (co-authors)\, distinguished President’s Award\, and Polly Cerasoli
Lectureship. She received the Liaison’s International Leadership Award for
her innovative contributions to the CPI. AAVMC awarded the Council on Vete
rinary Education and its consultant\, the AAVMC President’s Award for Merit
orious Service. Dr. Frost was named a Catherine Worthingham Fellow of the A
PTA\, the highest honor bestowed to a member. Dr. Frost received her BS in
physical therapy from Ithaca College\, MA in counseling and personnel studi
es from Rowan University\, PhD from Temple University\, and DPT from Marymo
unt University. She was a tenured faculty member\, Director of Clinical Edu
cation and Assistant Chair at Temple University and former Physical Therapy
Department Director\, Center Coordinator of Clinical Education\, and clini
cal instructor at pediatric and sports medicine centers.
Jenn
ifer Furze\, PT\, DPT\, FAPTA
Dr. Furze is a Professor and In
terim Chair of the Department of Physical Therapy at Creighton University i
n Omaha\, NE. She is a board-certified clinical specialist in pediatric phy
sical therapy and the director of the Creighton University Pediatric Physic
al Therapy Residency program. Nationally\, she is active as a leader in the
Academy of Pediatric Physical Therapy serving in previous roles as the Dir
ector of Academic and Clinical Education and in the American Board of Physi
cal Therapy Specialties. She has taught pediatrics in a systems-based lifes
pan approach model of the curriculum for over 15 years. Her national publis
hed educational research agenda centers around clinical reasoning in profes
sional and residency education\, effective teaching methods\, and pediatric
physical therapy education. She is a Catherine Worthingham Fellow of the A
merican Physical Therapy Association\, given to those whose leadership\, in
fluence\, and achievements have advanced the profession. Dr. Furze received
her entry-level Doctor of Physical Therapy degree from Creighton Universit
y in 1998 and her bachelor’s degree from the University of Scranton.
Peggy Blake Gleeson\, PT\, PhD
Peggy Blake Gleeson\,
PT\, Ph.D. is professor emeritus in the School of Physical Therapy at Texas
Woman's University in Houston\, Texas. She served for over 35 years as the
Director of Clinical Education and for 8 years as the Associate Director o
f the School. She is a past President of the Academy of Education and past
Chair of the Texas Consortium for Physical Therapy Clinical Education\, Inc
. Dr. Gleeson has served on the American Council of Academic Physical Thera
py (ACAPT) task force that developed the Domains of Competence framework fo
r physical therapist education. She has served several terms as a Texas del
egate to the APTA House of Delegates and is an author of the recently publi
shed Blueprint for Excellence in Physical Therapy Education. Dr. Gleeson ha
s been a CAPTE on-site reviewer for physical therapist programs since 1997.
Since 2022\, she chaired the Reimagination of CAPTE\, which has made signi
ficant modifications to all processes involved in program reviews for both
physical therapist and physical therapist assistant programs. She has serve
d as the Chair of the Revision task force for the 2024 Standards and Requir
ed Elements of CAPTE. Dr. Gleeson has served on both the PT panel and the C
entral panel and was Chair of CAPTE from 2021-2024.
Kendra L.
Harrington\, PT\, DPT\, MS
Kendra L. Harrington\, PT\, DPT\,
MS is the Director of Residency & Fellowship Education at the American Phy
sical Therapy Association (APTA). In this current position\, she oversees t
he development and accreditation of approximately 800 physical therapist re
sidency and fellowship programs as well as create tools and resources to su
pport residency and fellowship education. In addition\, Dr. Harrington is a
clinical physical therapist specializing in pelvic floor conditions\, as w
ell as being an educator\, lecturer\, and researcher. From 2003 to 2009 she
was the exclusive pelvic floor physical therapist at Walter Reed Army Medi
cal Center in Washington\, D.C. At Walter Reed\, she served as a clinical s
pecialist to family members\, colleagues\, medical students\, residents\, a
nd fellows. During that time\, she was appointed as a faculty member of the
F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine\, Uniformed Services University of the
Health Sciences. She is currently a published author and continues to be i
nvolved in numerous research protocols. Dr. Harrington graduated from Russe
ll Sage College/Sage Graduate School in Troy\, New York with her bachelor’s
and master’s degrees\, later return to earn her Doctor of Physical Therapy
.
Gail M. Jensen\, PT\, PhD\, FAPTA\, FNAP
Dr.
Jensen is Vice Provost for Learning and Assessment\, Dean Emerita\, and Pro
fessor of Physical Therapy and holds a secondary appointment in the Departm
ent of Medical Humanities at Creighton University. She is known nationally
and internationally for scholarly contributions in expert practice\, clinic
al reasoning\, professional ethics\, and interprofessional education. Dr. J
ensen is author or coauthor of over 90 publications in peer-reviewed journa
ls and has coauthored 14 books including Educating Physical Therapists\, Cl
inical Reasoning and Decision Making in Physical Therapy and in 2025\, the
fifth edition of Clinical Reasoning in the Health Professions (Higgs\, Jens
en\, Loftus\, Trede\, Grace). She led the research team that completed a Na
tional Study of Excellence and Innovation in Physical Therapist Education f
unded by the American Physical Therapy Association and several APTA compone
nts. Findings from the research were published in the Physical Therapy and
Rehabilitation Journal) and a book (Educating Physical Therapists-Slack Pub
) similar to the Carnegie studies in medicine and nursing from the Preparat
ion for Professions Program. Key recommendations included the critical need
to develop more education researchers in the profession and the developmen
t of continuum of professional performance standards as seen in competency
based education. Dr. Jensen chaired the education research panel for the CB
EPT work in physical therapy education. She is a Catherine Worthingham Fell
ow of the American Physical Therapy Association\, a Distinguished Scholar f
ellow in the Physical Therapy Academy of the National Academies of Practice
\, recipient of the APTA’s Rothstein Golden Pen Award\, Lucy Blair Service
Award and was the APTA’s 2011 Mary McMillan Lecturer and in 2022 gave the 2
4th Annual Cerasoli Lecture for the Education Academy. She is past chair of
the APTA’s Ethics and Judicial Committee. Dr. Jensen received her PhD in e
ducational evaluation with a minor in sociology from Stanford University. S
he holds a master’s degree in physical therapy from Stanford University and
a bachelor’s degree in education from the University of Minnesota.
<
strong>Jean Fitzpatrick Timmerberg\, PT\, PHD\, MHS\, OCS
Dr.
Jean Fitzpatrick is the Director of the Programs in Physical Therapy\, Pro
fessor and Vice Chair of the Department of Rehabilitative & Regenerative Me
dicine\, and Assistant Dean in the Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeo
ns at Columbia University in New York. Her prominent role in the educationa
l research community is evident in numerous service projects and collaborat
ions resulting in more than 20 invited and/or peer-selected presentations a
t regional\, national or international levels. She served as the Co-Chair o
f the National Outcome Strategy Committee for the Education Leadership Part
nership\, Chair of the Entrustable Professional Activity Working Panel\, Me
mber of the Domains of Competence Working Panel\, the Co-Editor and Chief o
f the Journal of Clinical Education in Physical Therapy and is currently th
e Co-Director of a competency-based educational program for licensed physic
al therapists working with patients with spinal muscular atrophy. In additi
on to her role at Columbia\, Dr. Fitzpatrick is a member of the faculty of
the International Ins and Outs of EPAs course. Her research has focused on
student readiness and competency-based education frameworks for physical th
erapist education. The sum of her scholarly work has had a substantive impa
ct in the field of physical therapist education. She is recognized national
ly and internationally as a leader in health education research and compete
ncy-based education.
Kimberly Varnado\, PT\, DPT\, DHSc
Kimberly Varnado\, PT\, DPT\, DHSc\, is the founding Program Direc
tor and Associate Professor of the hybrid Doctor of Physical Therapy Progra
m at the College of Saint Mary in Omaha\, Nebraska. With 19 years of experi
ence as a physical therapist and over a decade in physical therapy educatio
n\, Dr. Varnado brings extensive expertise to her leadership and teaching r
oles. Dr. Varnado earned a BS from Tennessee State University\, a DPT from
Indiana University\, and a DHSc with an Education Certification from A.T. S
till University. She completed orthopedic residency and manual orthopedic p
hysical therapy fellowship programs at Kaiser Permanente in West Los Angele
s\, California. Dr. Varnado\, a board-certified orthopedic clinical special
ist (emeritus) and a Fellow of the American Academy of Orthopedic Manual Ph
ysical Therapists\, exemplifies excellence in advanced clinical practice an
d education. Dr. Varnado graduated from the Fellowship in Higher Education
Leadership Program\, where she also served as a mentor from 2022 to 2024. H
er research interests include hybrid learning models\, inclusive teaching a
nd learning initiatives in health professions programs\, and faculty develo
pment. In addition to her academic and research responsibilities\, Dr. Varn
ado holds several leadership positions\, including President of the Board o
f Directors for the American Council of Academic Physical Therapy (ACAPT)\,
Candidacy Review Council Member for the American Board of Physical Therapy
Residency and Fellowship Education (ABPTRFE)\, and District Three Represen
tative for the Arizona chapter of the American Physical Therapy Association
.
Richard Woolf\, PT\, DPT
Richard Woolf joined
the Federation of State Boards of Physical Therapy (FSBPT) in 2008 and beg
an to serve as Chief Professional Officer at the FSBPT in 2019. Prior to jo
ining FSBPT he worked as the Director of Rehabilitation at a hospital in Ar
izona. He received a Master of Physical Therapy from Northern Arizona Unive
rsity\, a Doctor of Physical Therapy from A.T. Still University-Arizona Sch
ool of Health Sciences\, and a Master of Business Administration from the R
aymond A. Mason School of Business at William & Mary. He is also a Certifie
d Strength and Conditioning Specialist with the National Strength and Condi
tioning Association.
Kathryn Zalewski\, PT\, PhD\, MPA
Kathryn Zalewski\, PT\, PhD\, MPA is a professor and founding Progr
am Director of the Doctor of Physical Therapy Program at the University of
Wisconsin-Stevens Point and the Chair of the Commission on Accreditation in
Physical Therapy Education. Dr. Zalewski has over 30 years of experience a
nd leadership in higher education including with the American Council of Ac
ademic Physical Therapy and as an on-site team leader and commissioner for
CAPTE for over 10 years. Dr. Zalewski has a commitment to developing physic
al therapists for primary care with a focus on readiness for clinical pract
ice within rural communities. As part of the growth of the UWSP DPT program
\, the faculty has implemented a competency based model for developing prim
ary care practice skills guided by principles of self-paced mastery. Dr. Za
lewski brings to this conference a voice of an educator and academic leader
with practical experience in developing competency-based education.
Stay tuned for a detailed agenda.
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