Mission
The Department of Physical Therapy-PETAL Lab is an interdisciplinary group of health and wellness educators aimed at promoting excellence in the scholarship of teaching and learning while preparing professionals to effectively translate evidence into practice and embrace the responsibility of serving diverse communities and evolving professions.
Collaboration
The interdisciplinary members of the DPT-PETAL Lab include those with backgrounds in physical therapy, medicine, athletic training, exercise science, leadership, education, and psychology.
DPT-PETAL Lab members welcome opportunities for collaboration, with individuals pursuing various educational research topics including but not limited to:
- Academic Coaching
- Clinical Education
- Community-Based Health and Wellness Programs
- Faculty Development
- Health Literacy
- Interprofessional Education
- Pain Science Education
- Simulation Education
Please contact individual lab members directly to discuss collaborative opportunities and specific areas of interest or email lab coordinator Brad Willis, PT, PhD at willisbw@umsystem.edu with questions.
DPT-PETAL Lab Members
Rebecca Bliss PT, DPT, DHSc, NCS
- MU Health Care – Mizzou Therapy Services
- Program Coordinator of the University of Missouri’s Neurological Physical Therapy Residency Program
- Areas of Interest: Metacognition, Self-Directed Learning, and Academic Coaching
- Email: rebecca.bliss@umsystem.edu
- Associate Professor
- Area of Interest: Pain Science Education
- Email: danneckere@health.missouri.edu
Janelle Engel PT, DPT, NCS
- MU Health Care – Mizzou Therapy Services
- Area of Interest: Mentorship
- Email: jfod39@health.missouri.edu
- Assistant Teaching Professor, Assistant Director of Clinical Education
- Areas of Interest: Clinical Education, Motivational Interviewing
- Email: krfbhb@health.missouri.edu
Laura Korte, PT, DPT, MHA, OCS
- MU Health Care – Mizzou Therapy Services
- Program Director of the University of Missouri’s Orthopedic Physical Therapy Residency Program
- Areas of Interest: Clinical Reasoning, Program Assessment
- Email: kortell@health.missouri.edu
- Teaching Professor
- Areas of Interest: Service Learning, Interprofessional Education, Health Literacy
- Email: martindan@umsystem.edu
- Associate Extension Professor
- Areas of Interest: Community-based Program Assessment
- Email: millerkris@missouri.edu
- Associate Adjunct Professor
- Areas of Interest: Ageism, Intergenerational Relations
- Email: proste@missouri.edu
Kelsey Weitzel, MS, PhD(c), ACSM-EP
- Associate Extension Professor
- Areas of Interest: Community-based Program Assessment, Faculty and Student Mentorship
- Email: weitzeljk@missouri.edu
- Professor of Clinical Family and Community Medicine, University of Missouri School of Medicine
- Medical Director, Shelden Clinical Simulation Center
- Areas of Interest: Simulation, Faculty Development, Clinical Assessment
- Email: wellsjack@umsystem.edu
- Associate Teaching Professor
- DPT-PETAL Lab Coordinator and Director of Scholarly Activity
- Areas of Interest: Faculty Development, Interprofessional Education, Leadership
- Email: willisbw@umsystem.edu
DPT-PETAL Lab: University of Missouri Campus Partners
