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Adams, Cheryl, P.T., D.Sc., M.H.S., O.C.S.

Associate Professor, School of Physical Therapy

340 O'Donnell Commons

(207) 941-7145(o)
(207) 941-7883(f)
adamsch@my.husson.edu

Adams, Cheryl, P.T., D.Sc., M.H.S., O.C.S.

Associate Professor, School of Physical Therapy

340 O'Donnell Commons

(207) 941-7145(o)
(207) 941-7883(f)
adamsch@my.husson.edu

Associate Professor, School of Physical Therapy

Bio
Personal Statement
Research

Cheryl received her physical therapy education at Florida International University, Miami, Florida and recently completed a post-professional M.H.S. in Orthopedic Physical Therapy from the University of Indianapolis. She is certified as an Orthopedic Clinical Specialist by the American Board of Physical Therapy Specialties. She has practiced for over 17 years in the Bangor area and was a co-owner and co-founder of SPORT, Inc.; a private practice specializing in sports medicine and orthopedic therapy. Her areas of teaching are Physical Agents and Musculoskeletal courses.

As a member of the Admissions Committee for the Physical Therapy Program, I may be one of the first physical therapy faculty members to view your application file, especially if you are considering transferring into our program after completing a degree elsewhere. I believe what sets us apart from other programs are two major issues: the open door availability of faculty members for question clarification, and the emphasis on hands-on learning that begins with anatomy lab and extends through the curriculum to the beyond entry-level skills of advanced electives.

Cheryl Adams

Cheryl is establishing a research record in the area of examination of the psychometric properties of the Clinical Performance Instrument, an outcome tool used to assess physical therapist student performance while working with patients in the clinical environment. She is also currently interested in examining the use of physical agents in today's physical therapy practice.  
Recent Publication
• Adams, C.L., Glavin, K., Hutchins, K., Lee, T., & Zimmermann, C. (Fall 2008). An evaluation of the internal reliability, construct validity, and predictive validity of the Physical Therapist Clinical Performance Instrument (PT CPI). Journal of Physical Therapy Education: 22(2), 42-50.
Recent Presentations
• Adams, C., Hollins, S., Dyer, J., & Young, G. Interrater reliability of the physical therapist clinical performance instrument. Presented at the APTA's Combined Sections Meeting, San Diego, CA, February, 2006.
• Adams, C., Hilt, J., Stinson, T., & Smalley, N. A reliability study of the physical therapist clinical performance instrument utilizing videotaped student performance. Presented at the APTA's Combined Sections Meeting, New Orleans, LA, February, 2005.
• Adams, C. An evaluation of the reliability and validity of the physical therapist clinical performance instrument. Presented at the APTA's National Clinical Education Conference, Philadelphia, PA, April, 2003.
• Adams, C. A Descriptive study evaluating the reliability and validity of the APTA clinical performance instrument. Presented at the APTA's Combined Sections Meeting,Boston, MA, February 2002.

Adams, Chrystal, MSN, FNP-BC

Director of Family and Community Nurse Practitioner Program, School of Nursing

238 Commons

(207) 941-7080(o)
adamsc@my.husson.edu

Adams, Chrystal, MSN, FNP-BC

Director of Family and Community Nurse Practitioner Program, School of Nursing

238 Commons

(207) 941-7080(o)
adamsc@my.husson.edu

Director of Family and Community Nurse Practitioner Program, School of Nursing, College of Health & Education

Assistant Professor, School of Nursing

Bio
Personal Statement

Chrystal, Chrys, is a native of Maine who received her Bachelor of Science of Nursing as well as her Master of Science in Nursing/Family Nurse Practitioner degree from Husson College. She has nearly 20 years of nursing experience. Her past roles have included bedside nursing in ICU, neurology, CCU, and Radiology. In the most recent past, she worked as a Nurse practitioner at a large cardiology practice. During that time she cared for acute as well as chronic cardiac patients, and assisted in establishing an Outpatient Congestive Heart Failure program including infusion therapy. Before leaving the practice in 2011, Chrys was the Clinical and Administrative Director of a very busy Cardiovascular Research Program. This included national as well as international research with research center such as Brigham and Women's, Harvard, and Duke University. Chrys is currently working on a Doctor of Nursing Practice degree at Gonzaga University.

Husson has encouraged and prepared me for the wonderful career that I have experienced so far. Now that I have been given the opportunity to be an Assistant Professor and Director of the Family and Community Nurse Practitioner track, I hope to inspire and prepare my students to take the next step and become the absolute best professionals they can while maintaining the "art" of nursing. I am married and have 2 grown daughters. I have one grandson and one granddaughter arriving very soon. My hobbies are my family, my dogs, knitting and quilting.

Allen, Travis, M.Ed.

Instructor, School of Education

126D Living Learning Center

(207) 941-7130(o)
allentr@my.husson.edu

Anderson, Therese, M.S.

Instructor, School of Science and Humanities

225 Peabody Hall

(207) 992-4916(o)
andersont@my.husson.edu

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