Professional Bio
Dr. Ruckert has a passion for teaching and educational research. Her research interests relate to education pedagogy, instructional design in both online and face-to-face environments, clinical reasoning and mindset. She has over 10 years of experience in entry-level physical therapy programs related to neurology, aging, clinical reasoning and differential diagnosis.
Dr. Ruckert also has extensive physical therapy residency education expertise. She is a graduate of the USC-Rancho Los Amigos neurlogic residency program in 2008. She later created and directed the MedStar-George Washington University neurologic physical therapy residency program for 7 years. She served on the Accreditation Services Council of the American Board of Physical Therapy Residency & Fellowship Education for over 5 years. Currently, she also serves on the Academy of Neurologic Physical Therapy’s Online Education Committee.
Dr. Ruckert teaches in the second year of the DPT curriculum in the neurologic course content.
