Professional Bio
Cheryl Babin PT, DHS, MHA, CAGS, FNAP, is Associate Director of Clinical Education, Associate Professor for the School of Physical Therapy at MCPHS. She earned her Certificate in Physical Therapy, Master of Science in Health Care Administration, and Certificate of Advanced Graduate Study in Health Professions Education from Simmons University. She earned her Doctor of Health Science degree from MCPHS. She’s presented at Collaborating Across Borders, NEXUS Summit 2020, and the Educational Leadership Conference on IPE. She has also published peer reviewed articles and chapters relating to IPE.
Cheryl, a licensed PT for over 40 years, is also an APTA national/state level member, and serves as an APTA of MA Northern Metro District Assembly Rep. She is the Communications Committee Chair for the APTA’s Academy of Education’s Interprofessional Practice and Education (IPEP) Special Interest Group (SIG), and is a Distinguished Fellow of the National Academies of Practice (NAP) in Physical Therapy, for her outstanding achievements in Physical Therapy and in interprofessional care. She is a founding leader of MCPHS’s Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education, which is responsible for IPE curriculum for over 800 learners from 9 different health professions.
Dr. Babin has been a physical therapist for over 40 years, and has worked mostly in post-acute practice settings as a practitioner, director, vice-president, educator and consultant. For the past 10 years she’s been teaching in academia at the DPT program at MCPHS as part of the Clinical Education faculty. Her research and service interests are clinical education, interprofessional education, and higher education.
Cheryl, a licensed PT for over 40 years, is also an APTA national/state level member, and serves as an APTA of MA Northern Metro District Assembly Rep. She is the Communications Committee Chair for the APTA’s Academy of Education’s Interprofessional Practice and Education (IPEP) Special Interest Group (SIG), and is a Distinguished Fellow of the National Academies of Practice (NAP) in Physical Therapy, for her outstanding achievements in Physical Therapy and in interprofessional care. She is a founding leader of MCPHS’s Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education, which is responsible for IPE curriculum for over 800 learners from 9 different health professions.
Dr. Babin has been a physical therapist for over 40 years, and has worked mostly in post-acute practice settings as a practitioner, director, vice-president, educator and consultant. For the past 10 years she’s been teaching in academia at the DPT program at MCPHS as part of the Clinical Education faculty. Her research and service interests are clinical education, interprofessional education, and higher education.
Physical Therapist (PT)
Special Interest Groups
AFSIG, CESIG, IPEPSIG