Dr. Alice M Davis, a Board-Certified Clinical Specialist in Orthopaedic Physical Therapy and a Fellow of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Manual Physical Therapists has a strong presence in outpatient practice. Her clinical experience informs her teaching and scholarship, which is critical in today’s rapidly changing healthcare environment, ensuring students develop relevant, contemporary skills for optimal patient care.
Dr. Davis values teaching in higher education not only for the knowledge it yields to prepare students to engage in careers that fuels their sense of meaning and purpose in their chosen life’s work but more importantly to appreciate learning as a lifelong process and the great potential if offers to develop the mind, body, spirit as well as to understand the positive impact an education can have to make the world in which we live a better place. Her philosophy in teaching is that it is a lifelong endeavor that requires an inquisitive and humble mind to improve one’s on-going ability to teach; creativity to engage today’s learners; and a large dose of listening skills to understand and to connect to the needs of the individual learner to unleash their highest learning potential.
Her commitment to service in the profession is demonstrated through advocacy efforts, education and professional development roles within the American Physical Therapy Association and the American Academy of Orthopaedic Manual Physical Therapists. Her scholarship includes publication and multiple peer-reviewed presentations on leadership development focused on enhancing the professional growth and advancement of recent DPT graduates, clinical instructors, residents, and fellows in post-professional orthopaedic programs.
