Gail
Jensen,
PT, PhD, FAPTA
Vice Provost for Learning and Assessment
Creighton University
Dr. Gail Jensen is Vice Provost for Learning and Assessment, Dean Emerita, and Professor of Physical Therapy at Creighton University. Internationally recognized for her scholarship in expert practice, clinical reasoning, ethics, and interprofessional education, she has coauthored over 100 peer-reviewed publications and 14 books. She led APTA-funded national research on excellence in PT education and is past chair of APTA’s Ethics/Judicial Committee. Dr. Jensen has received multiple APTA honors, including the Mary McMillan Lecture. She holds a PhD in educational evaluation from Stanford, an MS in physical therapy from Stanford, and a BS in education from the University of Minnesota.
Presenting at the Nexus Summit:
Management reasoning—the cognitive and contextual processes that guide patient care decisions after a diagnosis—is an essential yet underdeveloped element of interprofessional education. It connects treatment planning, care progression, patient preferences, and resource use with the realities of collaborative clinical decision-making. Aligned with the Nexus Summit 2025 theme of preparing students for interprofessional collaborative practice, this 60-minute seminar introduces management reasoning as a critical mindset that bridges clinical reasoning and interprofessional team-based care.While…