A graduation requirement of the GW DHSc program is the submission of an approved article to a peer-reviewed journal in lieu of the submission and approval of a dissertation. The article typically addresses a narrow problem or question in professional practice and/or health profession education that requires investigation and solutions.
Included below are various published original manuscripts and conference presentations that GW DHSc students have been involved in. Each one of these pieces of work stems from the work completed in the seminar course series.
Peer-reviewed Publications
- BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
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- Physical therapist perceptions and use of clinical pain mechanism assessment in the musculoskeletal setting: a survey analysis. (2023). Jayaseelan, Dhinu J; Scalzitti, David A; Courtney, Carol A.
View Online - Computers, Informatics, Nursing
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- Effects of a Modified Nurse Training Program on Completion Rate of Forms and Assessments in the Electronic Medical Record (2025). Ware, Andon M. MSHI, DHSc, RHIA; Murray, Donal PhD; Gill, Norman W. PT, DSc
View Online - Journal of Acute Care Physical Therapy
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- Using simulation-based learning experience to prepare student physical therapy assistants for first-time inpatient clinical experience: a case report (2024). Dunnivan-Mitchell, Sharon; Maring, Joyce; Curry-Greenwood, Kristin.
View Online - Journal of Allied Health
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Medical Laboratory Sciences Preceptors: Perceptions of Benefits and Challenges in Clinical Education. Terekhina, Olga; Maring, Joyce; Firmani, Marcia. Publication Pending - Journal of Clinical Medicine
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- Time to Total Knee Arthroplasty (TKA) Post Intra-Articular Injection. Journal of Clinical Medicine, (2024). Gesheff, M. G., Scalzitti, D. A., Bains, S. S., Dubin, J., & Delanois, R. E.
View Online - Journal of ExtraCorporeal Technology
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- Barriers and Facilitators to Online International Health Professions Education. (2023). Dell'Aiera, Laura; Fitzgerald, David; Fisher, David; Gill, Norman W.
View Online - Journal of Physical Therapy Education
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- Predictive validity of performance tests for future clinical education performance in physical therapy education: an exploratory study. (2023). Birkmeier, Marisa; Maring, Joyce; Pinkus, Rebecca; Costello, Ellen.
View Online - Journal of Transcultural Nursing
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- Perspectives of Health Care Providers in Rural Côte d'Ivoire on the Influence of Traditional Beliefs on the Management of Rheumatic Heart Disease: A Qualitative Study. (2025). Kobon Sissoko G; Paganotti L, Scalzitti DA.
View Online - Supportive Care in Cancer
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- From Evidence to Practice: Early Integration of Palliative Care in a Comprehensive Cancer Center. (2022). Lakhani, Shamsah; Scalzitti, David A.; Padrone, Laura; Martins-Welch, Diana.
View Online - The Permanente Journal
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- Survey of Orthopedic Surgeons’ Perceptions of Adopting an Initiative With Cemented Hip Hemiarthroplasties for Fractures. Curiel, Ivette T; Navarro, Ronald A.; and Gill, Norman W.
View Online - Simulation in Healthcare
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- Reflective Learning as a Pathway to Professional Self-Actualization in Simulation-Based Learning: A Qualitative Case Study (2025). Marchi, Anthony J. DHSc, CPHQ, CPTD; Paganotti, Lisa PhD, PA-C, CHSOS.
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Conference Presentations
- American Physical Therapy Association Combined Sections Meeting
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- Implicit Weight Bias Amongst Students in the Health Professions. 2024. Patel, Soniya.
- Do in-Program Academic Variables Predict Future Clinical Education Performance in Physical Therapist Education? 2025. Birkmeier, Marisa C.
- Pain Neuroscience Education (PNE) with Standard Physical Therapy Following Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Case Series. 2025. Byrne, Catherine J.
- Predictive Factors for Recovery in Patients with Prolonged Symptoms Post Mild Traumatic Brain Injury. 2025. Kress, Seth J.
- Building Healthy Academic Communities National Summit
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- Promoting Faculty and Staff Well-being through Sustainable Changes in Workplace Culture - Presentation, 2025. Varghese-Joseph, Preethi.
- Carolina Perfusion Symposium
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- Barriers and Facilitators to Online International Health Professions Education - Presentation, 2023. Dell'aiera, Laura.
- Military Health System Research Symposium
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- Health Risks and Utilization Associated with Opioid Use in the TRICARE Population - Poster. Michael, Heather.
- PA Education Association Forum
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- Immersive Virtual Reality as an Interactive Neuroscience Learning Tool - Poster, 2025. Bloom, C., Nevins A., Silverman A., Jameson S., Maring J.
- The Clinical Laboratory Educators Conference
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- MLS Program Success Predictors - Poster, 2023. Cymrot, Clifford.
- Benefits and Challenges of Clinical Instruction in Medical Laboratory Sciences Education - Poster. Terekhina, Olga.