Christine Salmon – PT, DPT, EdD – Physical Therapy Profiles, USAHS
Christine Salmon, PT, DPT, EdD, is a physical therapy faculty member at the University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences (USAHS) campus in Miami, Florida. Christine’s path into the profession started at home. Christine’s mother, who had lupus, needed physical therapy at several points in life, and tagging along to those sessions sparked the curiosity and research that led to PT school.
As an educator, Christine aims to bring her best self to every class, because students who care about their work give more to the people they treat. Teaching, in this view, goes well beyond delivering material. It’s a way to change lives and leave a lasting mark on the world through clinicians who carry that care forward.
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Christine Salmon – PT, DPT, EdD – Physical Therapy Profiles, USAHS
[00:00:00] Christine Salmon (PT Faculty): When I learned about what physical therapy is, what it was about, I fell in love with it. My mother, she had lupus and so she fell very ill and required physical therapy, in different instances of her life, to recover. And so by tagging along with my mom to get physical therapy services, I became more intrigued about it and I started to research it before applying to physical therapy school. [00:00:31] Christine Salmon (PT Faculty): I try to give them my best self because I want them to care about what they’re doing, because when you care about what you’re doing, you’re going to give more to those who you care for. And that is so important to me beyond, I, it’s beyond measure. Like, that is my most important thing. [00:00:49] Christine Salmon (PT Faculty): My role as an educator is beyond teaching, like teaching material. I want to… I believe it’s a power to change, and that’s how I feel that I can make… leave my imprint on the world.
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