Gail Jensen, PhD, PT, FAPTA, Administrative Liason
Dean of the Graduate School and Associate Vice President
for Faculty Development in the Office of Academic Affairs;
Faculty Associate, Center for Health Policy and Ethics;
Professor of Physical Therapy, School of Pharmacy and Health Professions
PhD, 1987, Stanford University
MA, 1978, Stanford University
BS, 1973, University of Minnesota
Dr. Gail Jensen
Creighton University Medical Center
Graduate School, Creighton Hall, Rm 132
2500 California Plaza
Omaha, NE 68178
(402) 280.3727 tel
gjensen@creighton.edu
Biography
Dr. Jensen is Dean, Graduate School and Associate Vice President in Academic Affairs, Professor of Physical Therapy, School of Pharmacy and Health Professions and Faculty Associate, Center for Health Policy and Ethics at Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska. She came to Creighton University in 1993 when the clinical doctoral program began in physical therapy. From 1999 to 2002, she served as the first program director for the distance-based pathway for the DPT for practicing physical therapists and from 2002 to 2006, she was the Associate Dean for Faculty Development and Assessment in the School of Pharmacy and Health Professions.
Jensen’s research interests, publications, and presentations span the areas of clinical reasoning, development of expertise, qualitative research, interprofessional education and assessment. Jensen has been principal or co-investigator for several federal interdisciplinary grants that focus academic-community partnerships working with Native American communities in northeast Nebraska. She has experience in both specialized and institutional accreditation, serving as a team leader and team member for the Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education and as a consultant evaluator and member of the readers panel for the Higher Learning Commission/NCA. She currently serves as a member of the HRSA Federal Advisory Panel on Interdisciplinary and Community-Based Linkages and as chair for the Ethics Committee for the Nebraska Physical Therapy Association.
Areas of Research
Clinical reasoning/development of expertise
Novice development
Ethical reasoning in clinical practice
Scholarship of teaching/learning in ethics education
Assessment/interprofessional education
Reflective/mindful practice
Selected Publications
Articles
Hughes M, Laubscher K, Black L, Jensen GM.Use of Deconstructed Cases in Physical Therapist Ethics Education : An Assessment of Student Learning. Journal of Physical Therapy Education (in press).
Jensen GM. Invited Commentary on: Wottrich AW, Koch L, Tham K. The meaning of Rehabilitation in the home environment after acute stroke from the perspective of a multiprofessional team, Physical Therapy. 87: 788-791, 2007.
Jensen GM, Richert A. Reflection on the Teaching of Ethics in Physical Therapist Education: Integrating Cases, Theory and Learning. Journal of Physical Therapy Education. 19(3): 78-83, 2005.
Haddad A, Jensen GM. Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Physical Therapist Education. Guest editorial. Journal of Physical Therapy Education. 19(3): 3,4, 2005.
Edwards I, Jones M, Higgs J, Trede F, Jensen GM. What is Collaborative Reasoning? Advances in Physiotherapy Practice,6:70-83, 2004.
Edwards I, Jones M, Carr J, Braunack-Mayer A, Jensen GM. Clinical reasoning strategies in physical therapy. Physical Therapy. 84: 312-335, 2004.
Jensen GM. Editorial: Wisdom of Practice. Advances in Physiotherapy. 2004; 6:1-2.
Resnik L, Jensen GM. Use of Clinical Outcomes to Explore the Theory of Expert Practice in Physical Therapy. Physical Therapy. 83: 10990-1106, 2003.
Jensen GM, Paschal KA, Habits of Mind: Facilitating Student Transition Toward Virtuous Practice. Invited paper. Journal of Physical Therapy Education. Special issue on Moral and Ethical Development in Physical Therapy Education & Practice. Journal of Physical Therapy Education. 14(3):42-47, 2000.
Jensen GM, Wharton MA. Guest editors, Gerinotes, Special issue on Ethics and Contemporary Practice. Section on Geriatrics, American Physical Therapy Association. GeriNotes: 8 (2), 2001.
Jensen GM, Wharton MA. Reflections on Geriatric Practice: Collaboration, Context and the Moral Community. Guest editorial, GeriNotes, 8(2):5,6, 2001.
Wharton MA, Jensen GM. Ethical Issues in Geriatric Physical Therapy Practice. GeriNotes. 8 (2):11-16, 2001.
Jensen GM, Gwyer J, Shepard KF, Hack LM. Expert Practice in Physical Therapy. Physical Therapy, 80 (1): 28-43, 2000.
Books/Book Chapters
Royeen C, Jensen G, Harvan R. (eds). Leadership in Interprofessional Education, Research and Practice. Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Boston, MA. (in press, 2009) (author/co-author: 5 chapters out of 27 chapter text).
Jensen G, Resnik L, Haddad A. Expertise and Clinical Reasoning. Invited chapter. In Higgs J, Jones M, (eds). Clinical Reasoning in the Health Professions. 3rd edition, Elsevier Pub, 2008, pp. 123-136.
Jones M, Jensen G, Edwards I. Book Chapter- Clinical Reasoning in Physiotherapy, In: Clinical Reasoning in the Health Professions, Higgs J, Jones M(eds).3rd ed. Elsevier Pub, 2008, pp. 245-256.
Purtilo R, Jensen G, Royeen C. (eds). Educating for Moral Action: A Sourcebook in Health and Rehabilitation Ethics. FA Davis Company, 2005
Shepard K, Jensen G (eds): Handbook of Teaching for Physical Therapists, 2nd ed; Butterworth-Heinemann Pub, Boston, MA, 2nd ed, 2002.
Jensen G, Gwyer J, Hack L, Shepard K. Expertise in Physical Therapy Practice: Applications for Professional Development and Life Learning. 2nd ed. Elsevier Publishing Company. (in press;fall 2006).
Honors
American Physical Therapy Association, Golden Pen Award
American Physical Therapy Association, Catherine Worthingham Fellow
American Physical Therapy Association, Lucy Blair Service Award
Alpha Sigma Nu
Memberships
American Physical Therapy Association
American Society for Bioethics and the Humanities
American Educational Research Association
Chair, Ethics Committee, Nebraska Physical Therapy Association
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