Susan B Bastable Author

Susan B. Bastable, EdD, RN, currently serves as Chair and Professor of the Department of Nursing, which she founded in 2004, at Le Moyne College, Syracuse, NY. She has 25 years of teaching and administrative experience in higher education at the bachelor’s, master’s, and post-master’s levels. Her area of expertise is in principles of teaching and learning, curriculum and program development, and educational assessment and evaluation. She was inducted into the 2001 Nursing Hall of Fame, Teacher's College, Columbia University. She is the recipient of the 2001 NEAA Nursing Education Award, Teacher's College, Columbia University. She is also the author of Nurse as Educator: Principles of Teaching and Learning for Nursing Practice (6th edition, 2022), Essentials of Patient Education (2nd edition, 2017), and Health Professional as Educator: Principles of Teaching and Learning (2nd edition, 2020). Pamela Gramet, P.T., Ph.D., is currently Associate Professor in the Department of Physical Therapy Education at Upstate Medical University. During her tenure at Upstate, she has also served in a variety of administrative positions including Department Vice-Chair, Department Chair, and Academic Coordinator of Clinical Education. Dr. Gramet earned her Ph.D. in Child and Family Studies from Syracuse University, her M.S. in Education from Stony Brook University and her B.S. in Physical Therapy, magna cum laude, from Ithaca College. She holds advanced certifications in neurodevelopmental treatment, teaching improvement, clinical instruction, and board leadership. Dr. Gramet has over 30 years of teaching experience and her areas of expertise include education theory and practice, clinical education, neurologic physical therapy, professionalism and complimentary and alternative medicine. Dr. Gramet was a member of the American Physical Therapy Association task force that developed the first national Clinical Performance Instruments (CPI’s) for assessment of physical therapist and physical therapist assistant student clinical performance. She was also a founding member of the New York Physical Therapy Clinical Education Consortium. Over the years, Dr. Gramet developed and taught numerous workshops on clinical teaching skills for clinical instructors. She was instrumental in developing the curriculums for both the Master’s Degree Program, and the Professional and Post Professional Doctoral Physical Therapy Programs at Upstate Medical University. She has served as a curriculum consultant for several graduate physical therapy programs. Dr. Gramet is a recipient of the President’s Award for Excellence in Teaching, and received Certificates of Appreciation from the New York Physical Therapy Association and the American Physical Therapy Association. She is also a recipient of the Outstanding Academic Coordinator of Clinical Education Award and a Certificate of Excellence from the Clinical Education Consortium. Dr. Gramet’s research interests include education, clinical teaching, and the professional and psychosocial aspects of physical therapy.