J. Kyle Covington, PT, DPT, PhD

kyle.covington@duke.edu
Interprofessional Education and Care Building (IPE)
919-684-9598

Dr. Covington is associate professor and Director of Educational Innovation and Director of Postprofessional Education for Duke University's Doctor of Physical Therapy Program and Director of Duke DPT’s Faculty Development Residency program which is accredited by the American Board of Physical Therapy Residencies and Fellowships. He received his bachelor of sciences degree from Wake Forest University in Health and Exercise Science. In 2004 he graduated from Duke University’s Doctor of Physical Therapy Program. He completed his PhD studies at North Carolina State University in 2015 focusing on Educational Research and Policy Analysis in Adult Education.

Dr. Covington has extensive experience in clinical and didactic curriculum and program development with a concentrated interest in integrated collaborative learning models. He has held several offices in the APTA North Carolina including President from 2016-2019. He has served 12 terms as a delegate to the American Physical Therapy Association’s national House of Delegates. He is an elected member of the American Physical Therapy Association’s Board of Directors and is the Vice Speaker of the APTA’s House of Delegates. Additionally, Dr. Covington is a board-certified neurologic specialist, emeritus.

Education

• PhD, Educational Research and Policy Analysis, North Carolina State University, 2015

• DPT, Duke University, 2004

• BS, Health & Exercise Science, Wake Forest University, 2001

Practice

Dr. Covington is a board certified by the American Board of Physical Therapy Specialists as Neurologic Clinical Specialist, Emeritus, since 2007.

Research

Dr. Covington's research focuses on professional development in the clinical learning partnership between instructors and students and on best practices of educational assessment and evaluation in the health professions.

Recent publications

• Rethorn, Zachary D., J Kyle Covington, Chad E. Cook, and Janet R. Bezner. “Identifying Factors That Influence Physical Activity Promotion in Outpatient Physical Therapist Practice Using the Theoretical Domains Framework.” J Geriatr Phys Ther, April 25, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1519/JPT.0000000000000353. More info
   
• Rethorn, Zachary D., J Kyle Covington, Chad E. Cook, and Janet R. Bezner. “Physical Therapists' Knowledge, Skills, Beliefs, and Organizations Impact Physical Activity Promotion: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.” Phys Ther 102, no. 3 (March 1, 2022). https://doi.org/10.1093/ptj/pzab291.
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• Covington, Jeffrey, and K. Brady. “Stroke SIG Roundtable: Using Innovative Functional Electrical Stimulation Technology to Assist Walking Post Stroke.,” n.d. More info
   

• Covington, Jeffrey. “Functional Electrical Stimulation: Clinical Applications for the Neurologically Impaired.,” n.d. More info
   
• Covington, Jeffrey, H. Dunfee, P. Gleeson, B. King, and C. J. Odom. “Structured and intentional teaching strategies for the clinical instructor: development and deployment of a clinical curriculum.,” n.d. More info
   
• Covington, Jeffrey, C. J. Odom, J. L. Gwyer, C. Nelson, E. Ross, and M. Roman. “Taking "STEPs" Toward a New Model of Early Clinical Education: The creation of a structured, technologically enhanced, team-based curriculum for physical therapist students.,” n.d. More info
   
• Covington, Jeffrey, H. Dunfee, and D. Brown. “Developing Your Facility’s Clinical Education Program: A Workshop for Center Coordinators of Clinical Education.,” n.d. More info
   
• Gwyer, J., Jeffrey Covington, M. Landry, J. Feld, A. Pastva, and A. Taylor. “Team-based learning as the signature pedagogy in a DPT curriculum,” n.d. More info
   
• Covington, Jeffrey, K. Turner, K. Cavanagh, and D. Engle. “Longitudinal Assessment of Student Attitudes about Interprofessional Learning Experiences: A Mixed Methods Approach,” n.d. More info
   
• Myers, K., and Jeffrey Covington. “Following the Map for Clinical Instructor Success in Integrated Clinical Education,” n.d. More info
   
• Salahm, P., C. Cook, A. Beaty, A. Thompson, and Jeffrey Covington. “Academic Dishonesty: Do learners and faculty agree?,” n.d. More info
   
• Goldwasser, M., and J. K. Covington. “The influence of pre-professional curricula: What is the role of liberal arts education in preparing future comprehensive healthcare providers?” The Internet Journal of Allied Health Sciences and Practice 15, no. 2 (n.d.). More info
   
• Ross, Elizabeth, Anne Derouin, Brian Halstater, Kyle Covington, Victoria S. Kaprielian, Gwendolyn Murphy, and Patricia Dieter. “Can We Learn in the Sandbox Together? Interprofessional CaseConferences as Facilitation Tools.” Medical Science Educator 24, no. 1 (March 2014): 83–91. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40670-014-0005-6. More info
   
• Covington, J. “Developing a Professional Embodiment of Movement: A Situational Analysis of Physical Therapist Clinical Instructors' Facilitation of Students' Emerging Integration of Movement in Practice.” Edited by J. Barcinas, S, D. Akroyd, C. Figuers, and J. Gwyer, 2015. More info
   
• Cook, Chad E., Michel D. Landry, Jeffrey Kyle Covington, Christine McCallum, and Chalee Engelhard. “Scholarly research productivity is not related to higher three-year licensure pass rates for physical therapy academic programs.” Bmc Med Educ 15 (September 11, 2015): 148. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-015-0431-1. More info
   
• Riley, Sean P., Kyle Covington, Michel D. Landry, Christine McCallum, Chalee Engelhard, and Chad E. Cook. “Selectivity of physiotherapist programs in the United States does not differ by institutional funding source or research activity level.” J Educ Eval Health Prof 13 (2016): 17. https://doi.org/10.3352/jeehp.2016.13.17. More info
   
• Covington, Kyle, Christine McCallum, Chalee Engelhard, Michel D. Landry, and Chad Cook. “Do Differences in Programmatic Resource Investments Result in Different 3-Year Pass Rates on the U.S. National Physical Therapy Examination?” J Allied Health 45, no. 1 (2016): 27–32. More info
   
• Lardinois, Kara L., Dora Gosselin, Dana McCarty, Kathleen Ollendick, and Kyle Covington. “PEDIATRIC EDUCATION SPECIAL SERIES: A Collaborative Model of Integrated Clinical Education in Physical Therapist Education: Application to the Pediatric Essential Core Competency of Family-Centered Care.” Journal of Physical Therapy Education 31, no. 2 (2017): 131–36. https://doi.org/10.1097/00001416-201731020-00015. More info
   
• Covington, Kyle, Corrie Odom, Scott Heflin, and Jan Gwyer. “Student Team Learning in Practice (STEPs®): An Integrated Clinical Education Collaborative Model.” Journal of Physical Therapy Education 31, no. 2 (2017): 18–29. https://doi.org/10.1097/00001416-201731020-00004. More info
   
• Covington, Kyle, Katherine Myers, and Jennifer Rodriguez. “Exploring DPT Studentsʼ Perceptions of Team Function in a Collaborative Integrated Clinical Education Experience.” Journal of Physical Therapy Education 31, no. 3 (2017): 37–44. https://doi.org/10.1097/00001416-201731030-00010. More info
   
• Bullock, Garrett, Lynnea Kraft, Katherine Amsden, Whitney Gore, Bobby Prengle, Jeffrey Wimsatt, Leila Ledbetter, Kyle Covington, and Adam Goode. “The prevalence and effect of burnout on graduate healthcare students.” Can Med Educ J 8, no. 3 (June 2017): e90–108. More info
   
• Reiman, M. P., K. Thorborg, K. Covington, C. E. Cook, and P. Hölmich. “Important clinical descriptors to include in the examination and assessment of patients with femoroacetabular impingement syndrome: an international and multi-disciplinary Delphi survey.” Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc 25, no. 6 (June 2017): 1975–86. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00167-017-4484-z. More info
   
• Covington, Kyle, and Susan J. Barcinas. “Situational Analysis of Physical Therapist Clinical Instructors' Facilitation of Students' Emerging Embodiment of Movement in Practice.” Phys Ther 97, no. 6 (June 1, 2017): 603–14. https://doi.org/10.1093/ptj/pzx013. More info
   
• Roll, Marcus, Lara Canham, Paul Salamh, Kyle Covington, Corey Simon, and Chad Cook. “A novel tool for evaluating non-cognitive traits of doctor of physical therapy learners in the United States.” J Educ Eval Health Prof 15 (2018): 19. https://doi.org/10.3352/jeehp.2018.15.19. More info
   
• Cook, Chad, Christine McCallum, Gina M. Musolino, Michael Reiman, and J Kyle Covington. “What Traits Are Reflective of Positive Professional Performance in Physical Therapy Program Graduates? A Delphi Study.” J Allied Health 47, no. 2 (2018): 96–102. More info
   
• Salamh, Paul, Chad Cook, Carol Figuers, and Kyle Covington. “What Constitutes Academic Dishonesty in Physical Therapy Education: Do Faculty and Learners Agree?” J Allied Health 47, no. 1 (2018): e29–35. More info
   
• De Gagne, Jennie C., Kyle Covington, Jamie L. Conklin, Sandra S. Yamane, and Sang Suk Kim. “Learning Cybercivility: A Qualitative Needs Assessment of Health Professions Students.” J Contin Educ Nurs 49, no. 9 (September 1, 2018): 425–31. https://doi.org/10.3928/00220124-20180813-08. More info
   
• Myers, Katherine, and Kyle Covington. “Analysis of Clinical Education Situation (ACES) Framework: identifying the root cause of student Failure in the United States.” J Educ Eval Health Prof 16 (2019): 11. https://doi.org/10.3352/jeehp.2019.16.11. More info
   
• Salamh, Paul, Marcus Roll, Carol Figuers, and Kyle Covington. “The Development and Implementation of a Faculty Development Residency Within Physical Therapist Education.” Journal of Physical Therapy Education 33, no. 2 (June 2019): 103–7. https://doi.org/10.1097/jte.0000000000000085. More info
   
• Ballengee, Lindsay A., J Kyle Covington, and Steven Z. George. “Introduction of a psychologically informed educational intervention for pre-licensure physical therapists in a classroom setting.” Bmc Med Educ 20, no. 1 (October 23, 2020): 382. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-020-02272-5. More info
   
• Feld, J. A., B. R. Eubanks, K. D. Black, and K. Covington. “Doctor of Physical Therapy Student Perceptions of Domestic Versus International Service-Learning Experiences: A Mixed-Methods Approach.” J Allied Health 50, no. 3 (2021): 203–12. More info
   
• Harris, Rachel, Kyle Covington, Cristin Colford, Nancy Denizard-Thompson, Michael Contarino, Kimberley Evans, Aimee Zaas, M Suzanne Kraemer, and Diana McNeill. “Focusing on Diversity: A Regional Internal Medicine Residency Viewpoint on Underrepresented Minority Support, Retention, and Mentoring.” J Grad Med Educ 13, no. 2 (April 2021): 181–88. https://doi.org/10.4300/JGME-D-20-00729.1. More info
   
• Ross, Elizabeth, Timothy Faw, and Kyle Covington. “Does coaching in the 3^rd year of medical school affect stress, anxiety and depression?,” July 16, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.07.13.21260303. More info
   
• Rethorn, Zachary D., J Kyle Covington, Chad E. Cook, and Janet R. Bezner. “Physical Therapists' Knowledge, Skills, Beliefs, and Organizations Impact Physical Activity Promotion: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.” Phys Ther 102, no. 3 (March 1, 2022). https://doi.org/10.1093/ptj/pzab291.

Awards and honors

• APTA North Carolina Founder’s Lecturer, 2022
• APTA Board of Directors, 2019–2025
• American Physical Therapy Association education section Adopt-a-Doc award, 2014
• APTA Emerging Leader award, 2011
• NCPTA delegate to the APTA House of Delegates, 2006–2014