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Are You Waving or Drowning?

KF Shepard, PT, PhD, FAPTA, is Professor Emeritus, Department of Physical Therapy, College of Health Professions, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19140 (USA)

Address all correspondence to Dr Shepard at: kshepard@temple.edu

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	Katherine F Shepard, PT, PhD, FAPTA

 
Dr Shepard has made remarkable contributions to the profession of physical therapy through her accomplishments across all areas of practice, education, research, publication, and service. She was one of the pioneers who introduced qualitative research methods to the profession and, with her colleagues, went on to apply the principles of these methods to study differences between "master" and "novice" clinicians. Her work in this area has been vital as the profession continues to grapple with effective ways to prepare professional students, clinical specialists, interns, and residents in physical therapy.

Her scholarly work includes more than 60 papers and book chapters and coauthorship of 3 textbooks. She has been invited to speak at state, national, and international professional meetings and has held visiting professorships in Sweden and South Africa. She was the "first" for several invited lectures, including the Polly Cerasoli Lecture at APTA's Combined Sections Meeting and the Eleanor Branch . . . [Full Text of this Article]

	Introduction

 

	Personal and Professional History

 

	Role of the Social Sciences in Physical Therapy

 

	Expertise in Practice

 

	The Best Research Evidence

 

	Objectivity and Subjectivity

 

	Combining Quantitative and Qualitative Research

 

	Closure of the Physical Therapy Program at Stanford University

 

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