Closing the Loop: Providing Effective Student Feedback
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One of the most challenging roles for both academic and clinical faculty is providing feedback to students. From an educational standpoint, feedback is vital to guiding the student in developing an accurate evaluation of their clinical and professional skills so they can make appropriate adjustments to be successful. Without effective feedback, the student does not have the ability to determine if their skills meet the required standards of the profession. Although academic and clinical faculty have been trained in their clinical skills, sometimes the skill of providing effective feedback to students is lacking. Recognizing student communication styles must also be assessed to create a successful environment to provide effective feedback. The lack of knowledge in effective strategies to provide effective feedback to students can create a frustrating learning environment for both the student and the academic or clinical faculty. The purpose of this course is to provide clinical and academic faculty with strategies for providing effective feedback to students in both the clinical and classroom environment.
Learning Objectives:
- the participant will identify evidence-based feedback strategies to promote successful student progression.
- the participant will examine communication strategies for the physical therapy student to improve ability to provide effective feedback.
- the participant will formulate strategies for implementation of effective student feedback within an academic and/or clinical setting.
Angel Holland
PT, DPT, Ed.D
Dr. Angel Holland is a native of Clarksville, AR and completed her undergraduate Biology
degree from Oklahoma Christian University, followed by her Masters in Physical Therapy from
Hardin Simmons University in Abilene, Texas. She later completed her Clinical Doctorate in
Physical Therapy from Arcadia University and her Doctor of Education in Adult and Lifelong
Learning from the University of Arkansas. She has been a physical therapist for 27 years,
where she has spent the majority of her clinical career in the field of home health and served as
the Director of Therapy for a home health agency in Northwest Arkansas. Dr. Holland has also
served as a documentation auditor since 2009. She is an ABPTS Board Certified Clinical
Specialist in Geriatrics. Dr. Holland also completed the APTA Fellowship in Higher Education
Leadership in 2025.
In 2014, Dr. Holland was hired by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences as the
Director of Clinical Education, where she developed the curriculum for the clinical education
program for the Doctor of Physical Therapy program. She was promoted to the Associate
Program Director in 2018, focusing on student wellness and progression and overseeing the
program curriculum and assessment, leading CAPTE self-study reporting for the department.
She was promoted to Department Chair and Program Director in 2023. From 2017-2023, she
served in a campus leadership role as the Associate Director of Inter-professional Education.
In this role, she developed the Inter-professional education (IPE) curriculum for all healthcare
students enrolled on the Northwest Campus for UAMS and led faculty facilitators for campus
IPE events.
Dr. Holland’s areas of research focus include generational learning styles for healthcare
students, student success strategies, and faculty development. Dr. Holland has served as the
Vice-Chair for the ACAPT Student Success Task Force and recently completed a consulting
role for the APTA Academy of Education’s Excellence in Education Certificate program. She
has authored and developed four online CEU courses for the APTA Learning Center and has
had the privilege of sharing her knowledge as a national speaker at various medical and
education conferences, continuing education events, and faculty development workshops.
Course Instructions
- Click on the Contents tab to watch the course recording.
- Click the Take Quiz button to complete the assessment. Learners will have 3 attempts to pass and must answer at least 70% of questions correctly.
- Click Fill Out Survey under the Evaluation listing to provide valuable course feedback. Scroll down on all questions as there may be answer options that expand past the size of the window.
- Click the View/Print Your Certificate button under the Certificate listing. You can view/print your certificate at any time by visiting the APTA Learning Center and clicking the CEU Certificate/Transcript link on the left-hand side of the page.
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