Dr. Keshrie Naidoo is a Distinguished Teaching Assistant Professor of  Physical Therapy in the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences where she serves as the Director of the Academic Curriculum for the Doctor of Physical Therapy Program and the Director of the Clinical Residency in Orthopaedic Physical Therapy. She has taught at the MGH Institute as a lab instructor and term lecturer since 2002. 

Dr. Naidoo did her professional preparation in physical therapy as an undergraduate at the University of Cape Town in South Africa. She completed her MS, with an orthopedic specialization, and transitional DPT at the MGH Institute, and received her Ed.D from Johns Hopkins University. Her specialization is in Entrepreneurial Leadership in Education.

Dr. Naidoo has been a Certified Clinical Instructor since 2004 and is a Board Certified Specialist in Orthopaedics Emerita. She has more than 20 years of clinical experience, most recently as a Clinical Manager at Bay State Physical Therapy in Quincy.

  • BS, Physiotherapy, University of Cape Town, South Africa
  • MS, Physical Therapy, MGH Institute of Health Professions
  • DPT, MGH Institute of Health Professions
  • EdD, Johns Hopkins University

Research Interests

Educational equity, belonging, mentoring, social justice and health equity

Presentations

Quaynor L, Naidoo K. Transforming Writing Support Through Listening to Students: A Developmental Approach. Platform presentation. Carnegie Project on the Education Doctorate (CPED) Convening. Pittsburgh, PA. 2022

Naidoo K, Watkins-Liu C, Larson M, Rimmel L, Privett R, Washington K, Plummer L. Beyond Cultural Humility: Integrating Principles of Social Justice and Health Equity into Health Sciences Education. Education Leadership Conference. Milwaukee WI. 2022

Naidoo K, Plummer L, McKean M, Mack M, Bowdle G, Mullins M, Gore S. Virtual Faculty and Peer Mentoring to Promote Social Belonging Among Minoritized Physical Therapist and Nursing Students. Platform presentation. Eastern Sociological Society Annual Meeting, Boston, MA 2022

Naidoo, K, Plummer, L., Belgen Kaygısız, B., Pessoa Kuehner, C., Gore, S., Mercuro, R., Chatiwala, N. Teaching Online during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Phenomenological Study of Physical Therapist Faculty in Brazil, Cyprus, and The United States. Turkish Annual Conference, Istanbul, Turkey (Poster presentation) 2022.

Naidoo K, Clock C, Rimmel L, Wong J, Plummer L. Navigating Higher Education: The Experiences of Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Learners in a Doctor of Physical Therapy Program. Poster presentation. Best Practices in Health Sciences Education. 2021

Naidoo K, Plummer L, McKean M, Mack A, Bowdle G, Mullins M, Gore S. (2022) Virtual Mentoring from Faculty and Peers to Promote Social Belonging Among Minoritized Physical Therapist and Nursing Students. Healthcare. 10, 416. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10030416

Naidoo K, Yuhaniak H, Borkoski C, Levangie P, Abel Y. (2021) Networked Mentoring to Promote Social Belonging Among Minority Physical Therapist Students and Develop Faculty Cross-Cultural Psychological Capital. Mentoring and Tutoring: Partnership in Learning. 1-21. https://doi.org/10.1080/13611267.2021.1986794

Plummer, L., Belgen Kaygısız, B., Pessoa Kuehner, C., Gore, S., Mercuro, R., Chatiwala, N., Naidoo, K. (2021) Teaching Online during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Phenomenological Study of Physical Therapist Faculty in Brazil, Cyprus, and The United States. Education Sciences. 11, 130. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci11030130

Naidoo, K., Yuhaniak, H., & Abel, Y. (2020). An Ecological Systems Approach to Exploring Facilitators and Barriers to Success for Minority Students Enrolled in a Doctor of Physical Therapy Program. Health Professions Education, 6(3), 394-405. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hpe.2020.06.001

Naidoo, K., Clock, C.R., Rimmel, L., Wong, J., Plummer, L. (2020) Navigating Without a Compass: How Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Physical Therapist Students Persist in Higher Education. Journal of Best Practices in Health Professions Diversity, 13(2), 120-142.

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Awards and Honors

New Investigator Award, 2022

The purpose of this award is to honor an MGH Institute of Health Professions (IHP) faculty member who has achieved distinction in the early stages of a research career by developing a program of research that is recognized for 1) creating new knowledge that significantly impacts the scientific basis of his or her field of practice, and 2) advancing the research mission of the IHP.

Pillar of Excellence Individual Award for Integrating Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, 2022

Mass General Brigham and MGH Institute of Health Professions

2022 IHP Teaching Excellence Academy for Learning Fellow

The aim of TEAL is to: 

  • Promote the scholarship of teaching and learning
  • Honor Institute faculty who demonstrate sustained contributions to teaching excellence
  • Spread promising practices in health professions education
  • Provide mentorship for early career faculty members

Educator Influencer Award at the Education Leadership Conference, 2019

For abstract entitled ‘Supporting Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Learners in a Doctor of Physical Therapy Program’ awarded by Physical Therapy Learning Institute

Educator Influencer Award at the Education Leadership Conference, 2019

For abstract entitled ‘Development of Domains of Competence for Student Outcomes in a Doctor of Physical Therapy Program’ awarded by Physical Therapy Learning Institute