Dr. Bilyeu is the Associate Director of Clinical Education and an Assistant Professor in the Physical Therapy Program at the University of Colorado. She received a Bachelor of Medical Rehabilitation in Physiotherapy from the University of Manitoba, Canada, followed by a transitional DPT from the University of South Dakota in 2013. She completed a PhD in Health Sciences with a focus on education from the University of South Dakota in 2024. Additionally, she is the Faculty Residency Program Coordinator at CU and also leads professional development programs for core, associated, and clinical faculty. Research interests include faculty development, assessment of CI teaching behaviors, innovative curriculum design, and support of novel clinical education models. She was recently recognized with the Excellence in Education award through the University of Colorado DPT program, acknowledging accomplishments in curriculum development, instructional design, and teaching.

Dr. Thomas completed her Doctorate in Physical Therapy at Creighton University and returned over a decade later to complete a Doctorate of Education with an emphasis in Interdisciplinary Leadership. Since then, her interest in interprofessional (IP) education has been heightened. This interest has led to positions on a National IP Education Committee, a mentor in the American IP Healthcare Collaborative, and as IP Coordinator at Regis University. Research interest lie in areas of IP practice and clinical education. Shelene holds a Geriatric Certified Specialist by APTA and is a Team Lead reviewer for the Commission on Accreditation In Physical Therapy Education.

Alice M. Davis is an Associate Professor at Regis University. Dr. Davis has been a part of an innovative clinical education team for twelve years that cultivates and implements programs to support education development of clinical partners as well as design planning to respond to the ever-changing nature of clinical education including site development and selection processes for students. Dr. Davis’s research focuses in two areas: leadership development and collaborative clinical education models. Her current work in leadership examines the change in leadership profiles and self-perceptions post intentional training in several groups including DPT students, fellows in training in an orthopaedic manual physical therapy program and clinical instructors. Her work in the 2:1 model emphasizes the importance of creating innovative partnerships between academic and clinical practice for the purpose of fostering high quality clinical experiences for students and clinical faculty. She has presented her research and scholarship at peer-reviewed national and regional conferences. Dr. Davis currently serves on the Northwest Intermountain Consortium for Physical Therapist Clinical Education Executive Committee. She is an established Trainer for the APTA Credentialed Clinical Instructor Program and is a Board-Certified Clinical Specialist in Orthopaedic Physical Therapy. Dr. Davis has held several chair and board positions for the CO APTA spanning over two decades and has been recognized by the Colorado Chapter via the Outstanding Physical Therapist Award.

Katie Myers is Director of Clinical Education and Assistant Professor at Duke University in Durham, NC. Dr. Myers graduated from Ithaca College in 2002 with a Master’s of Science in Physical Therapy and earned her Doctorate of Physical Therapy from the University of South Alabama in 2008. Research interests include best practices in clinical education and the development of teaching excellence of clinical instructors. Dr. Myers is an active member of the Education Section of the APTA, serves as the secretary to the Carolina Clinical Education Consortium, and is an Academic Director-at-Large with ACAPT’s National Consortium of Clinical Educators