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Professor
Misericordia University
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Laurie Brogan, PT, DPT is a professor in the Physical Therapy department of Misericordia University. She is certified by the American Board of Physical Therapy Specialties in Geriatrics (GCS) and is also a Certified Exercise Expert for the Aging Adult (CEEAA). She also has certification in LSVT Big, which is a certification program for treating adults with Parkinson’s Disease. She has been a full- time faculty member since 2014, and served as an adjunct professor in 2013. Prior to entering the academic environment, she worked in a variety of practice settings before focusing on the home health arena and health promotion/treatment of movement disorders in the older adult population. She served as a Director of Rehabilitation for Gentiva Health Services, where she honed an interprofessional collaborative treatment model and continues to see patients on a regular basis.
As a faculty member at Misericordia University, she is responsible for teaching cardiopulmonary physical therapy, older adult focused electives and a professional issues course that has a leadership and business focus. She chaired a task force that was directed to explore interprofessional education and was instrumental in the formation of the committee and continuing presence of a collaborative educational presence within the College of Health Science and Education, which includes the first interprofessional health care simulation activities on campus. Her professional interests and areas of research focus on functional improvement in older adults as well as the impact of interprofessional education on quality practice, interprofessional socialization, and how hierarchy perceptions impact interprofessional group structure.
