Keshrie Naidoo, PT, DPT, EdD
- Distinguished Teaching Assistant Professor
- Director of Curriculum
- Coordinator of the Clinical Residency in Orthopaedic Physical Therapy
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.