Kimberly A . Beran-Shepler, PT, DPT, OCS, FNAP

Assistant Professor

CIPER Co-Director of IPE Passport

Contact

KimberlyBeran@creighton.edu
Physical Therapy
School of Pharmacy and Health Professions
Physical Therapy Faculty
Faculty - Pharmacy, OT, PT
Physical Therapy Clinical Education Faculty
PT Orthopedic Residency
Doctor of Physical Therapy - Omaha
CRISS I - Criss 1 - 119C

Kimberly A . Beran-Shepler, PT, DPT, OCS, FNAP

Assistant Professor

CIPER Co-Director of IPE Passport

Kimberly is a 2006 graduate of Creighton University's DPT program and 2007 graduate of the Orthopedic PT Residency.  She is a Board Certified Specialist in Orthopedics through the American Board of Physical Therapy Specialists.  She also is on the Accreditation Services Committee for Residency and Fellowship Program for the American Board of Physical Therapy Residency and Fellowship Education. 
 
Kimberly began her career as an outpatient orthopedic physical therapy in the Denver area.  She practiced and managed a private practice clinic for about 7 years before making the switch to academia.  Most recently, she was the founding Director of Clinical education for a DPT program in Northeast Indiana.  During her time in Indiana, she became very passionate about Interprofessional Education and has presented on international and national forums.

Kimberly and her husband, Dustin, have two sons.  The family spends a lot of time deciphering best practices for traveling with two children.  

Teaching Interests

  • Board Certified Specialist in Orthopedics through the American Board of Physical Therapy Specialists

Research Focus

  • Best practices for clinical education
  • Development and implementation of IPE into curriculums 

Department

Physical Therapy

Position

Assistant Professor

Publications

  • American journal of pharmaceutical education
    Begley Kimberley J., Surveying the Landscape: Determining National Interprofessional Programs’ Curricular Processes and Assessment Practices
    88:9 2024
  • Journal of interprofessional education & practice
    North Sara E., A multi-institutional framework for building, sustaining, and evaluating a comprehensive interprofessional education curriculum
    35 2024
  • Health, Interprofessional Practice and Education
    Jessen Jennifer, Exploring the Development of an Interprofessional Situational Judgment Test
    5 2023
  • Journal of Physical Therapy Education
    Reilly Michelle, Pedagogy for Effective Learning of Clinical Skills: An Integrated Laboratory Model
    34:3, p. 234 - 241 2020
  • Medical Science Educator
    Packard Kathleen, Design and Implementation of the Interprofessional Education Passport Curriculum in a Multi-campus University with Distance Learners
    28:4, p. 749 - 755 2018
  • Journal of interprofessional education & practice
    Beran-Shepler Kimberly, BATHE: An Interprofessional Educational Approach to Promoting Patient-Centered Care
    1:2, p. 49 - 49 2015