Dr. Mike Pascoe Interview: Episode 12

Today, we are incredibly honored to have as out first ever guest Dr. Mike Pascoe. Dr. Pascoe has a PHD in neurophysiology in human movement and is the anatomy instructor at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical campus. Show time line:

• 00:00 – Intro
• 00:22- Describe yourself in 3 words.
• 00:45 – 1 Word to describe your job.
• 01:10 – Dr Pascoe is not a Physical Therapist
  • Kinesiology, PHD neurophysiology in human movement
  • 1^st in family to graduate college
• 02:36 – What are you teaching right now?
• 04:10 – Anatomy education is specific to the field
• 04:50 – PTs have more anatomy on the musculoskeletal system then an MD
• 05:50 – What is your area of research?
  • Scholarship of teaching and Learning
• 06:20 – How is research conducted for scholarship of teaching and learning?
• 08:35 – Light field photography, Student wiki’s, live blogging, snapchat, E-books, Chat Bot (AI system)
• 09:35 – How does your research translate into real world applications?
  • Safe clinical practice and durable learning
• 10:30 – Has your research resulted in improved student outcomes?
• 11:35 – Study strategies: effective verse ineffective
• 12:30 – Cadaver based continuing education, what are you doing to make this more accessible?
• 15:30 – Piggybacking cadaver based anatomy onto functional dry needling education
• 17:20 – What is your biggest technology addiction?
• 18:10 – Reaching more individuals to promote physical therapy
• 19:00 – Most enjoyable, recent social media experience
  • Meet the student where they are – Snapchat
• 20:38 – What are you learning now?
• 23:05 – Best piece of advise for current PT’s, PT students or those wanting to be PT students?
  • Book recommendation: Making it stick
  • The learning scientists – 6 strategies to improve your learning
• 24:55 – Dr. Mike Pascoe proposed with the help of Pringles?
• 26:42 – CHIP TIME!! Ruffles Mozzarella and Marinara
• 28:15 – Trivia answer from last week:
• 29:10 – New Trivia provided by Dr. Mike Pascoe: What animal was dissected prior to human dissection becoming common to determine human anatomy?
• Follow Dr. Mike Pascoe at
  • Twitter: @Mpascoe
  • SnapChat: @Anatomysnap
  • Or search him on Google to find all his social media handles