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Letter From the Chair Greetings, everyone, and welcome toour third annual electronic alumninewsletter. I hope this finds you well aswe begin 2016. New DPT Curriculum Begins in

June Our new DPT curriculum uses an integrated modularapproach to presenting the foundational, clinical, andbehavioral sciences that underlie physical therapistpractice. Taking only one case-based, four week courseat a time, students are set up to approach both patientcare and their own learning holistically. With a heavyemphasis on small group work and self-directed learning,learning activities are structured to manage informationand solve problems as one would do in a patient/clientcare setting. MSPT Program Update After 35 years of excellence, the Master of Science inPhysical Therapy (MSPT) program will be closing. Thelast class to be admitted to the program matriculated infall 2015 and will graduate in January 2017. The master’sprogram was among the first offered by the Institute, andit produced hundreds of graduates until 2007 when theDPT became the preferred entry-level degree. At thattime, the program was changed to fit the somewhatdifferent needs of international students. After consideringenrollment trends, employment prospects, and how tobest serve the needs of both the Institute and ourcommunities of interest, the Institute’s Board of Trusteesvoted to close both the master’s program and theassociated CAS program. We are immensely proud of ourprogram and its graduates, and we look forward to astrong and continued relationship with our MSPT alumni. Faculty News Faculty continue to make their presence known in theprofessional community. During the 2015 calendar year,faculty published 9 papers in peer-reviewed journals andmade 35 presentations at state, regional, national, andinternational professional venues. An impressive 12 ofour 19 faculty are also serving on or leading professionalgroups within our large professional organization. Hope to See You at CSM! If you are going to be at the 2016 Combined SectionsMeeting (CSM) in Anaheim this month, please look forfaculty at their presentations. The Institute’s AlumniReception will serve double-duty this year as anopportunity to honor Associate Chair Dr. Diane Jette, whois giving this year’s Section on Education’s PaulineCerasoli Lecture, which occurs at 3 p.m. on February 19.

Faculty to Present at CSM 2016

Several Institute faculty will be presenting during theAPTA's Combined Sections Meeting in Anaheim onFebruary 17–20, 2016. They are: Tracy Brudvig and KellyMacauley, Jane Baldwin and Laura Plummer, MarianneBeninato, Keshrie Naidoo, Janet Callahan, and CaitlinFitzgerald. Complete list of presentations.

Jette to Give Cerasoli LectureAssociate Chair and Professor DianeJette will give the prestigious PaulineCerasoli Lecture at CSM 2016. Hertalk, which starts at 3 p.m. on Friday,February 19, is entitled “Unflattening.”It will examine the trends in highereducation and propose potential

future effects on health professions education,particularly physical therapist education.

Join Us at Our ReceptionOur annual Alumni Reception is on Thursday, February18, from 6:00–7:30 p.m. at the Hilton, Lido C. Thereception will serve double-duty this year as anopportunity to honor Associate Chair Dr. Diane Jette forbeing the Cerasoli lecturer.

PT Awards at 2015 Commencement

Janet Callahan '00, '13 (left) receives the Bette Ann HarrisDistinguished Alumni Award at 2015 Commencement from

President Jan Bellack.

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The Alumni Reception is on Thursday, February 18, from6:00–7:30 p.m. at the Hilton, Lido C. As always, we invite you to keep in touch about what youare doing, sending us any suggestions or ideas you mayhave for us or our programs. Have a great 2016! Best Regards,

Pamela K. Levangie, DPT, DSc, FAPTA Chair and Professor Department of Physical Therapy

April 9: Ionta Symposium to Focus on Technology

The focus of the 2016 Marjorie K. Ionta Symposium is"Working with Technology, and making Technology Workfor You!" Presented by the MGH Institute and theMassachusetts General Hospital Department of PhysicalTherapy, the day-long event at the IHP will give cliniciansan opportunity to explore and sample new technologies toenhance care and provide a framework for how to makedecisions about which technologies will best fit yourneeds. Keynote speakers are (l-r) Robert Latz, PT, DPT,CHCIO, Danielle Levac, PT, MS, PhD, and Karen Litzy,MS, PT. Register.

MSPT Students Get Pinned

The following awards were presented during the PTAwards and Hooding Ceremony at 2015Commencement: Faculty: Assistant Professor Janet Callahan ’00, ’13, PT, DPT,received the Bette Ann Harris Distinguished AlumniAward, the highest honor bestowed to an alumna. Lynn Krisko, OTR/L, an occupational therapist atSpaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, received theOutstanding Clinical Educator Award. Students: Murray Cohen: Marjorie K. Ionta Award for ClinicalExcellence – Professional Fatema Kanchwala: Marjorie K. Ionta Award for ClinicalExcellence – Post-Professional Elizabeth Nelson: Adams Fellow Award – Professional Hameed Adewole: Adams Fellow Award – Post-Professional Lauryn Slipp: Mary Mankin Prize for OutstandingDirected Research

Alan Jette Named Journal Editor CIPSI Professor Alan Jette wasnamed editor-in-chief of PhysicalTherapy (PTJ), the monthly scientificjournal of the American PhysicalTherapy Association (APTA). Hebegan his five-year term in January.

Annual Infant Development Day

Interprofessional Infant Development Day last fall broughtmore than 20 young children ages 12 weeks to 3 years –a majority of whose parents are IHP alumni – to campuswhere students observed the kids and focused onunderstanding the roles and responsibilities of the varioushealth care professionals in developmental assessment.

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Former faculty member Lieke Dirkes gave the keynoteaddress to first-year Master of Science in PhysicalTherapy students at the annual post-professional pinningceremony on November 18. Facebook album.

Annual DPT Pinning Ceremony

First-year Doctor of Physical Therapy student ValerieRucker (right) receives her pin from third-year studentMarissa Rewak during the Department of PhysicalTherapy’s pinning ceremony on July 8. The pinssymbolize the beginning of the new students’ 30-montheducation at the Institute. Facebook album.

Applebaum to Investigate Clinical Education Trends

Director of Clinical Education DonnaApplebaum is one of fourcollaborators awarded a $10,000grant from APTA’s Section onEducation to support their projecttitled: Trends, Issues and Challengesand the Director of Clinical Education:

Preparing for a New Direction in Physical TherapistClinical Education.

The yearly event, also known as Baby Day, was originallydeveloped by Drs. Kathy Gill-Body and Anne McCarthyJacobson as part of their Clinical Management ofNeuromuscular Disorders course for second-year DPTstudents. Infant Development Day now includes studentsfrom CSD, OT, PA, and NS. Faculty organizers from each program work closely withPT faculty member Dr. Laura Plummer, who oversees theevent each year. Facebook album.

McCarthy Jacobson in UAEAssistant ProfessorAnne McCarthyJacobson (left) recentlytravelled to Abu Dhabito help teach coursesat the CambridgeMedical RehabilitationCenter. Working withSpauldingRehabilitation Hospitaloccupational therapistNadia D’Artista, thepair taught the lab-based coursesIntroduction to Serialand Bivalve Casting(for Pedi and AdultNeurologicalPathologies), and

NMES in Neurological Pathologies in the United ArabEmirates’s capital city.

Faculty Receives Parkinson’s GrantPhysical Therapy Assistant ProfessorJanet Callahan was recently honoredby the National Parkinson Foundationwith a 2015 Community Grant Award,“Web-based exercise and educationprogram for individuals newlydiagnosed with PD.”

IHP NewsNew Library and Study Commons

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Students Go to Central AmericaEight second-year DPTstudents travelledto Guatemala, ElSalvador, andHonduras withthree licensedPTs from the U.S.They were part ofa service learningexperience thatwas acollaborationbetween ATIphysical therapyin Chicago andFundacionQuique Ceron inEsquipulas,

Guatemala. Over the course of nine days, the students– Laura Vinci de Vanegas, Ian Macmurdie, BennettShake, Haley Tasaico, Eileen Kirk, Rebecca Allis,Margaret Reiss, and Sarah Morehouse – worked withpatients alongside local clinicians at multiple sites.

Giving Keynote at SpauldingProfessor MarianneBeninato gave a keynotepresentation at theSpaulding StrokeRehabilitation andRecovery ResearchSymposium on November19. She presented “ThePower of the ClinicallyImportant Difference inEvaluating OutcomesMeasures.”

Dean Portney Honored on Ether Day for 25 Years of Service

Students (l-r) Sam Sawicki, Tulsi Patel, and Dillon Young cut theribbon at official Library opening.

The Institute recently opened a new Library and StudyCommons for students. The 9,000-square-foot space islocated on the top floor of Building 38.

Making a Community Impact

More than 350 first-year students volunteered at 40 non-profits in Charlestown and surrounding communitiesduring the IHP’s fourth annual Community Impact Day onSeptember 18. Facebook album.

Alumni CornerAlumni Award NominationsAccepted Through March 20Know an alumnus who’s doing extraordinary things? If so,please nominate him/her for either the Bette Ann Harris’83 Distinguished Alumni Award or the Emerging LeaderAlumni Award, both of which will be presented during2016 Commencement ceremonies on May 9.

Join The IHP's Online Community

We invite you to become part of our expanding onlinealumni community by joining IHP's LinkedIn, Facebook,

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School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences Dean LesliePortney, right, is congratulated by President Janis Bellackfor her 25 years of service at the 2015 Ether DayCeremony. 24 other employees were honored as well.

New on The Pulse: To Watch UsDance is to Hear Our Hearts Speak

Dan Kelleher, DPT '14, recountshis experience as a physicaltherapist at Mass GeneralHospital where he helped aterminally ill patient dance againin "To Watch Us Dance is to HearOur Hearts Speak," the latestpost on the Institute's blog ThePulse. Contact us if you are

interested in blogging for the IHP.

Saying Goodbye to Our ColleaguesIt’s with a great deal of sadness that we say goodbye tothree of our faculty colleagues. Dr. Linda (Lin) Steiner officially retired from the Instituteat the end of December. Lin started teaching in thePhysical Therapy program just over 25 years ago.Serving at first as a part-time lecturer and lab instructorwhile on the PT staff at Mass General, she joined thefaculty full-time as a Clinical Assistant Professor in 1995.Lin continued to work one day per week at Mass General,most recently as their women’s health expert. Lin led ourSpine courses for both the PT and MSPT programs forthe last decade. Lin’s retirement should be very busy asshe is continuing to serve the women’s health needs ofpatients seeking care as MGH on a part-time basis,teaching a course for us this spring, and consulting withus on spine content in our new curriculum. In the realspirit of retirement, she is also taking time to pursue longdeferred leisure activities. Dr. Angelique (Lieke) Dirkes has moved to adjunctfaculty status after 10 years as a Clinical Instructor in ourprograms. Dr. Dirkes, who previously split her timebetween the Institute and Partners Healthcare at Home,is returning to her homecare clinical practice full time. The leadership of our Residency in Orthopaedic PhysicalTherapy program passed from Dr. Stephanie JonesGreenspan to Dr. Keshrie Naidoo, after Dr. Greenspanand her family relocated to California last fall. We areconfident the orthopaedic residency and associatedcontinuing education courses will continue to grow underDr. Naidoo’s leadership.

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and other social media to keep up with your MGHInstitute classmates and fellow graduates.

Library Resources for AlumniMGH Institute alumni have access to journals, databases,and other research resources at the Institute’s AlumniLibrary Resources section. This robust section is sure tomeet many of your research needs. Contact IHP LibrarianJessica Bell with questions or for assistance.

Live Career Support Now AvailableMaking a career move? Needyour resume updated? Need toprepare for an upcominginterview? Want to chat “live”with IHP’s Career Counselor?Check out IHP’s careerresources website and startmoving forward now.

Wanted: Lab Instructors, TeachingAssistants, and Clinical InstructorsWe are seeking physical therapists to assist in clinicalskills laboratories, to serve as facilitators for small groupdiscussions, or to supervise students in the Institute's pro-bono PT Center for Clinical Education and HealthPromotion. Most (but not all) activities require weekly timecommitments of two to six hours per week during a 13-week semester. While needs vary by semester, we arelooking for practitioners with experience in a variety ofcontent areas including Neuro, Cardiopulmonary, andMusculoskeletal, among others. Contact ProgramManager Richard Cranford for more information.

Tell Us About Your Life!We invite you to submit a class note to share with yourfellow alumni what is happening in your world. Thisincludes such things as new jobs and promotions,professional presentations given, and awards, along withmarriage photos, and photos of you with your new baby.We’ll include them in an upcoming issue of the MGHInstitute magazine.

Feedback, Tips, Ideas, Etc.Please forward items of interest to PT News editor JohnShaw.

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Richard Cranford Program Manager

Angela Cruz-Guzman Program Coordinator

Promoted Marianne Beninato, DPT, PhD Professor

Please submit suggestions or comments about anyissue at the IHP to President Bellack's onlinesuggestion box, Institute Input.

IHP Ducks and Dives, Raising$2,700 at Dodgeball Tournament

The PT Club hosted its 10th Annual Pittsburgh-MarquetteChallenge Dodgeball Tournament on January 23 at theJudge Baker Children’s Center in Boston. $2,700 wasraised for the Foundation for Physical Therapy. Facebookalbum.

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