Nancy N. Byl

"I believe in the Mission of PTLI because it is focused on innovation in education across the continuum. I support scholarship in teaching, learning and assessment as well as integration and transition of innovative ideas into action. I support all of the core values of the PTLI but I am especially interested in the PTLI serving as achange agent. I believe change comes from committed, directed, problem solvers who are willing to negotiate for agreement before processing to action. Being a change agent is also consistent with collaboration. To be a good leader, it is essential to have good interpersonal skills and facilitate collaboration within the profession as well as outside the profession. As a Board member of the PTLI, I see my role as a consultant. I have been a clinical preceptor, an educator, an academic program director and a clinical researcher who created a paradigm shift in the understanding of dystonia. I served as a change agent within the School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco innovating a joint academic program in physical therapy which transitioned from a baccalaureate to a masters to a doctoral program while getting approval to create a new Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science."