EdD Student Testimonial – Alison Kreger
Alison Kreger, from Wheeling, West Virginia, has taught pediatrics and neuro in a Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) program for nine years. Wanting to continue teaching and move toward administrative roles, Alison chose the Doctor of Education (EdD) program at the University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences (USAHS) for its health science focus.
The EdD supports Alison as both clinician and faculty member. Its emphasis on scholarly work fits well with clinical practice, which supplies the material for that scholarship, while the degree adds the background to teach it and to produce the scholarly output accreditation requires. The program’s flexibility and the option to add a leadership certificate round out the appeal.
Alison hopes to direct a pediatric residency program one day, a useful example for health science educators considering an EdD to move into teaching or administration.
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EdD Student Testimonial – Alison Kreger
[00:00:00] Alison Kreger (EdD Student): My name’s Allison Kroeger, and I’m from Wheeling, West Virginia. I have been teaching for nine years in a DPT program up in Wheeling, and I teach pediatrics and neuro. And I was interested in my EdD so I can continue teaching and look at some administrative roles also. I chose the St. Augustine EdD program because of the health science focus, because I wanted to get an EdD in the field I was pertinent in and to help me with my goals. [00:00:25] The EdD program’s helping me with peds and neuro as a clinician and as a faculty member because of the productivity of scholarly work we have to do. I use a lot of my clinical practice to produce the scholarly work, but then the EdD is giving me the background to help teach it and produce the productivity with it that I need for accreditation. [00:00:41] I like the flexibility that the EdD program at St. Augustine gives us, and the fact that I can get a leadership certificate with it also. With the EdD degree in health sciences, I hope to direct a pediatric residency program eventually and continue teaching. I would recommend the EdD program at St. Augustine’s to others, especially if they’re trying to pursue a teaching career or administration degree in health sciences.
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