Laura Plummer

Biographic Data

ID9974896
NAMELaura Plummer
GIVEN NAMESLaura
FAMILY NAMEPlummer
SIGNATUREPLUMMER L
AFFILIATIONSMGH Institute of Health Professions
ORCID0000-0003-3258-1949
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS6
TOTAL CITATIONS0
AUTHOR COUNT6
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2021
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2023
H-INDEX0

  • Perceptions of Interprofessional Identity Formation in Recent Doctor of Physical Therapy Graduates

    Open AccessLaura Plummer, Keshrie NaidooARTICLEEducation Sciences2023

    This study examined how recent Doctor of Physical Therapy graduates from a health professions graduate school with an interprofessional curriculum conceptualize their professional and interprofessional identity (i.e., dual identity). Theoretical frameworks included social identity theory, intercontact group theory, and the interprofessional socialization framework. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 12 graduates in their first 1–2 yea…

  • How Doctor of Physical Therapy Students Overcome Academic Challenges to Achieve First-Attempt Success on the National Physical Therapy Examination

    Open AccessJane Baldwin, Catherine Schmidt et al.ARTICLEEducation Sciences2023

    The purpose of this mixed methods study was to identify Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) students with markers of potential challenges on the National Physical Therapy Examination (NPTE) and evaluate their outcomes. The qualitative arm, framed by social cognitive theory, identified strategies students used to achieve first-attempt success. Of the 143 students from one DPT program who had markers of potential NPTE challenges, 79% overcame challeng…

  • Three Stressed Systems

    Open AccessKeshrie Naidoo, Sarah Kaplan et al.ARTICLEEducation Sciences2022

    The purpose of this study was to explore the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the academic productivity of health sciences faculty members in one graduate school in the United States. Thirty-two faculty members completed an electronic survey comparing academic productivity in the year prior to the pandemic to a year during the pandemic. In total, 90.7% of respondents agreed or strongly agreed that time dedicated to teaching increased, and 81.2%…

  • Students Tele-All

    Open AccessAmanda Worek, Kathryn K Sabo et al.ARTICLEEducation Sciences2022

    With an increasing demand for telepractice services, the need for telepractice education is more important than ever. In addition to learning how to deliver these services, certain clinical and technological skills learned through telepractice apply more broadly to in-person care. Evaluating students’ abilities to master these skills is necessary to ensure clinical skill competence. We utilized self-efficacy ratings and self-reflections to determ…

  • Teaching Psychomotor Skills in a Virtual Environment

    Open AccessLaura Plummer, Lesley Smith et al.ARTICLEEducation Sciences2021

    In March 2020, most physical therapy schools across the globe transitioned to online learning in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. This change posed unique challenges not only because it required adapting to new technology in a short period but, more importantly, it involved developing ways to teach hands-on psychomotor and clinical skills virtually while maintaining the quality of instruction. In response to the rapid transition, the physical t…

  • Teaching Online during the Covid-19 Pandemic

    Open AccessLaura Plummer, Beliz Belgen Kaygısız et al.ARTICLEEducation Sciences2021

    The COVID-19 pandemic led to a global transition from in-person to online instruction leaving many higher education faculty with little time or training for this responsibility. Physical therapist education programs were especially impacted since a large part of the development of skills rely on face-to-face onsite practice. This phenomenological study explored the perceptions of physical therapist educators in three countries—Brazil, Cyprus, and…