Development of an Online Learning Program for Physical Therapy Clinical Instructors
Client: Kathleen Buccieri

Kathleen Buccieri, Assistant Professor and Director of Clinical Education in the department of Physical Therapy, has developed the Clinical Instructor Development Program (CIDP), which is an unique distance learning program designed to develop clinical teaching skills for physical therapists affiliated as clinical instructors with our academic program. The innovative program includes a clinical instructor questionnaire, online learning modules, and mechanisms for participants to provide feedback to the course designers. The CIDP is available to the clinical instructors prior to student participation in clinical education placements to identify the individual clinical instructors and to provide the preceptor knowledge intended to enhance effectiveness as a clinical teacher.

During this project, Doctor Buccieri designed her content modules in PowerPoint with audio voice-over of the lectures recorded on digital tape. The instructional design specialist then created the technical structure of the course, the visual environment, navigation tools and feedback mechanisms, and managed the maintenance and modifications of the program’s electronic, audio and visual needs.

Participants complete modules, submitting feedback for each module. The faculty member tracks user participation, provides ongoing communication to participants and utilizes feedback received for program modification.

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