MEGAN BURWELL
Chicago,IL
Summary
Collaborative and compassionate physical therapist with appreciable experience at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, adept at enhancing patient care through strong interpersonal skills and attention to detail. Proven track record in developing educational resources and improving departmental processes, while proficiently managing complex ICU cases. Bilingual in Spanish, fostering effective communication with diverse patient populations.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
Work History
Physical Therapist
Northwestern Memorial Hospital
Chicago, IL
07.2024 - Current
- Working on HUB service line, floating to all units within the hospital
- Member of Professional Promotion and Advocacy committee, currently assisting with developing a departmental resource for professional development opportunities
- Assisting with updating Acute Care Physical Therapy Residency curriculum for medical intensive care unit and pulmonary education
- Supported new hire orientations on Medicine 2 service line
Physical Therapist
Parkland Health and Hospital System
Dallas, TX
12.2022 - 05.2024
- Worked on medicine, plastic surgery, podiatry, cardiac and pulmonary progressive care, trauma progressive care, and neurological services
- Served as Epic super user and led departmental trainings on EMR updates to increase efficiency of documentation processes
- Organized a restructure of departmental orientation education to hospital services, led staff in-service to educate on this
- Served as a clinical instructor for a 1:1 student experience for 6 weeks
Physical Therapist
Northwestern Memorial Hospital
Chicago, IL
06.2019 - 07.2022
- Worked on primary service of general medicine including medical ICU and pulmonary step down unit; managed caseload of 9 patients per day while meeting productivity expectations
- Performed new therapist and rehab aide orientation training.
- Served as clinical instructor for 3 student clinical experiences
- Lead student educator for lift equipment training as member of Equipment committee (2019-2021); member of Clinical Practice and Quality committee (2021-2022)
- Assisted in updating early mobility ICU safety screen for nursing staff for entire Northwestern Medicine system
- Assisted in authoring restructure to ECMO educational guidelines and competency to streamline training to rehab department
- Instructor for monthly exercise class for patients with Parkinson's Disease
- Served as rehab representative for Outpatient Falls Committee (2021-2022)
Education
Doctorate of Physical Therapy -
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, TX12.2018
Bachelor of Science - Exercise Science
University of Texas At Austin
Austin, TX05.2016
Skills
- Strong interpersonal skills and motional intelligence
- Experienced in conflict resolution with patients, families, students, and staff
- Attentive to detail, organized
- Proficient in reading, writing, and speaking Spanish at advanced level
- Experienced with ICU population, specifically patients on ventilator and requiring high level oxygen support, ECMO, and critical lines
Timeline
Physical Therapist
Northwestern Memorial Hospital
07.2024 - Current
Physical Therapist
Parkland Health and Hospital System
12.2022 - 05.2024
Physical Therapist
Northwestern Memorial Hospital
06.2019 - 07.2022
Doctorate of Physical Therapy -
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Bachelor of Science - Exercise Science
University of Texas At Austin
Similar Profiles
Michaela HirdMichaela Hird
Clinical Coordinator, Postpartum at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Prentice Women's HospitalClinical Coordinator, Postpartum at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Prentice Women's Hospital
Latasha JohnsonLatasha Johnson
Peer Support Specialist at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Prentice Women's HospitalPeer Support Specialist at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Prentice Women's Hospital
Jennifer AvilesJennifer Aviles
Patient Care Technician at Northwestern Memorial HospitalPatient Care Technician at Northwestern Memorial Hospital
Londyn MartinLondyn Martin
Event Volunteer at South Shore International College Preparatory High SchoolEvent Volunteer at South Shore International College Preparatory High School
Mariyam KarimMariyam Karim
Cloud Engineer at Grindr LLCCloud Engineer at Grindr LLC