Laura Lee (Dolly) Swisher, United States of America

Session

Focused symposium:  Forging Links to Moral Action: Reaching Beyond Boundaries (Convenor)

Biography

Laura Lee (Dolly) Swisher, PT, MDiv, Ph.D. is Coordinator of Professional Education in the School of Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Sciences and Assistant Dean for Interprofessional Education in the College of Medicine at the University of South Florida. Dr. Swisher is a physical therapy graduate of the University of Tennessee, Memphis (1986) and received the M.Div. from Andover Newton Theological School (1978), and a PhD from Tennessee State University (1998).  She is a past chair of the Ethics and Judicial Committee of the APTA, and recently served as Co-Chair of the Task Force to Revise the Core Ethics Documents. Dr. Swisher is co-author of two books: Legal and Ethical Issues in Physical Therapy (1998) and Professionalism in Physical Therapy:  History, Practice, and Development (2005).  She is also author of book chapters and journal articles, and has presented at local, state, national, and international conferences on physical therapy ethics.  Most recent ethics-related publication:  Swisher LL, Hiller P. The revised APTA Code of Ethics for the Physical Therapist and Standards of Ethical Conduct for the Physical Therapist Assistant: Theory, purpose, process and significance. Physical Therapy. 2010;90(5):1-22.

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