Educational History
University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill, PhD 1984
University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill, MACT, 1977
Medical College of
Virginia, BS, 1971
Professional Membership
American Physical Therapy Association, 1971 - present
American Heart Association, 1988 - present
Teaching
Responsibilities
Scientific Inquiry I (PT 317), Scientific Inquiry II (PT
405), Scientific Inquiry III (PT 508), Musculoskeletal
Practice Management II/ Prosthetics and Orthotics unit (PT
403), Advanced Practice Elective/Prosthetics and Orthotics (PT
504), Professional Practice Development and Evaluation (PT508)
Clinical
Interests
Adults with neurological
dysfunction
Adults and children with limb amputation
Research
Interests
Development of expertise in physical
therapy practice; Career patterns of physical therapists and
workforce supply, need and demand; Clinical education
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, 1999. |
