Education:
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Health Sciences, Northern Illinois University
Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT), Creighton University
Bachelor of Science (BS), Psychology, University of Iowa
Certifications/Fellowships:
Board Certified Clinical Specialist in Orthopedic Physical Therapy
Experiential Education Certificate, Society for Experiential Education
Certificate in Clinical Anatomy, Hardin-Simmons University – In Progress
Academic and Scholarly Overview:
- Opening: Dr. Lindsey Kojich, PT, DPT, PhD is an Assistant Professor in the Doctor of Physical Therapy Program at Marian University. She serves as the lead instructor for Gross Anatomy and teaches across the Professional Identity Formation and Integrative Clinical Practice tracks. Her teaching emphasizes experiential education through community-engaged learning, providing opportunities for students to integrate professional identity formation with service, advocacy, and reciprocal community partnerships.
- Career Highlights: Prior to joining Marian University, Dr. Kojich served as a Senior Program Manager for Experiential Education, where she supported university-wide assessment of experiential education and faculty and staff professional development initiatives. She also has more than 10 years of teaching experience in higher education, including five years teaching at the undergraduate level and five years teaching in entry-level Doctor of Physical Therapy education. A board-certified clinical specialist in orthopedic physical therapy, she has over a decade of experience spanning clinical practice, higher education, clinical education, and experiential learning. While her primary area of clinical practice has been outpatient orthopedics, she has also worked in home health and acute care settings, bringing a broad perspective on physical therapist practice and education.
- Scholarly Agenda: Dr. Kojich's scholarly agenda centers on health professions education with a focus on learning by concordance, uncertainty tolerance, clinical reasoning, and competency-based assessment. Her scholarship has resulted in multiple peer-reviewed publications and more than 15 national and international scholarly presentations. Notably, she co-led the development of a Script Concordance Test for first-year DPT students to assess clinical reasoning in physical therapist education. Recently, the assessment has been utilized by researchers at MIT and Harvard to benchmark clinical reasoning performance in large language models. She currently collaborates with colleagues across multiple institutions on projects examining DPT student outcomes across curricular, clinical, and behavioral variables.
Selected Presentations and Publications:
- Johnson, P., & Kojich, L.* (2025). Simulation-based acute care elective enhances DPT studentconfidence and interest in acute care without improving clinical decision-making. Journal of Acute Care Physical Therapy, 16(4), 129–133. https://doi.org/10.1097/jat.0000000000000263
- Kojich, L.,* Miller, S. A., Axman, K., Eacret, T., Koontz, J. A., & Smith, C. (2024). Evaluating clinicalreasoning in first year DPT students using a script Concordance BMC Medical Education, 24(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-024-05281-w
- Kojich, *, Henry, B., Thomas, R., Harris, L., Beyond the Comfort Zone: Exploring Uncertainty Tolerance toDevelop Adaptive Clinicians; educational session; APTA Education and Leadership Conference, Kansas City, KS, October 2025.
- Kojich, L.*, Miller, S., Johnson, R., Calibrating Clinical Reasoning: Best Practices in Learning by Concordance. Accepted educational session; APTA Education and Leadership Conference, Kansas City, KS, October 2025.
- Kojich, *, ExEd Spaces: Building Connections in Experiential Learning Through a Community ofPractice Series. Accepted Roundtable Presentation; Society for Experiential Education Annual Conference, Ontario, Canada, September 2025.
- Miller, , Kojich,L.*, Early academic predictors of first-time pass rate on the National Physical Therapy Examination. Platform Presentation; APTA Education and Leadership Conference, Oakland, CA, October 2024.
- Johnson, , Kojich, L.*. Evaluating the impact of a simulation based acute care elective course on DPT student perception of clinical decision-making. Poster Presentation; Forging Ahead: The Future of Clinical Reasoning Symposium, Phoenix, AZ, April 2023.
- Kojich, *, Axman, K., Eacret,T., Koontz, J., Smith, C., Miller, S. Evaluating Clinical Reasoning in First Year DPT Students Using a Novel Script Concordance Test. Platform Presentation; APTA Combined Sections Meeting, San Antonio, TX, February 2022.
Awards and Honors:
2025 Adopt-a-Doc Award, APTA Academy of Education
2024 Dissertation Completion Fellowship, Northern Illinois University
Service and Engagement:
- Professional Service: Dr. Kojich is actively engaged in service to the physical therapy and health professions education communities. She serves on the Community Engagement Task Force for the American Council of Academic Physical Therapy (ACAPT) and previously contributed to ACAPT Clinical Reasoning Toolshed initiatives focused on clinical reasoning assessment. She also serves as a peer reviewer for multiple journals including Physical Therapy Reviews and the International Journal of Sports Physical Therapy and maintains active membership in the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA), the Academy of Education and APTA Orthopedics.
- Community Engagement: Dr. Kojich’s community engagement activities have included providing physical therapy services through pro-bono and student-led clinics, consulting as a physical therapist with performing arts organizations, and supporting service-learning initiatives in health professions education.
Personal Information: Dr. Kojich enjoys spending time with her husband, daughter and mini aussie, Shadow. In her free time, she can be found reading, exercising, or traveling.
