DOCTOR OF PHYSICAL THERAPY DIVISION

Academic Appointments

Professor

 

Education

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, PhD 1984
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, MACT, 1977
Medical College of Virginia, BS, 1971 

 

Teaching Responsibilities

PT 306 Professional Development Seminar

PT 405 Evidence-based Practice II

PT 504 Prosthetics & Orthotics Elective

PT 317 Evidence-based Practice I

PT 415 Posthetics & Orthotics Unit

PT 507 Professional Practice Development and Evaluation

PT 508 Evidence-based Practice III

Practice

Adults and children with limb amputation 

Research

Development of expertise in physical therapy practice; Career patterns of physical therapists and workforce supply, need and demand; Clinical education and curriculum development.

Selected Publications

• Gwyer, J., Barr, J.S., et al: Selection of Clinical Education Centers in Physical Therapy. J. Allied Health, November, 1982
• Gwyer, J: Resources for Clinical Education: Current Status and Future Challenges. J. Phy Ther Ed, Fall 1990
• Jensen, G., Shepard, K., Gwyer, J., and Hack, L.: Attribute dimensions which distinguish between the master and novice clinician in orthopedic settings. Phys Ther, October 1992.
• Gwyer, J.: Rewards of teaching physical therapy students in the clinic: The clinical instructor's perspective. J Phys Ther Ed. Fall 1993.
• Gwyer, J.: Personnel resources in physical therapy: An analysis of supply, career patterns and methods to enhance availability. Phys Ther, January, 1995.
• Shepard, K, Hack, L, Gwyer, J. Jensen, G: Grounded Theory Approach to Describing the Phenonenon of Expert Practice in Physical Therapy. Qualitative Health Research, November , 1999
• Jensen, G. Gwyer, J. Shepard, K, Hack, L: Expert Practice in Physical Therapy. Phys Ther January, 2000
• Jensen, GM, Gwyer, J, Hack, LM, Shepard, KF. Expertise in Physical Therapy Practice. Butterworth-Heinemann. Boston ,  2nd Edition, 2007.

Awards and Honors

Foundation for Physical Therapy Graduate Traineeship, 1981, 1982

 

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Division of Physical Therapy, Mabel M. Parker Award for Clinical Education, 1991

 

Outstanding Alumnus, 1995. Medical College of Virginia, Department of Physical Therapy.

 

Margaret L. Moore Lecture, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Division of Physical Therapy, 1996

 

American Physical Therapy Association, Lucy Blair Service Award, 1998

Founder’s Lecture Award, North Carolina Physical Therapy Association,  October, 2007

 

 

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