Scholars@Duke
Grant Bitzer

Grant Bitzer

Instructor, Medical Center in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Orthopaedic Surgery
grant.bitzer@duke.edu
Box 104002, DUMC, Durham, NC 27710
40 Duke Medicine Circle, Durham, NC 27710

Presentations, Performances & Exhibitions

STEP UPP: Incorporating Student Feedback - STEP UPP Session · July 2026 Lecture Duke DPT

Post-step 3 session with early clinical educators for STEPs
STEP UPP: Preparing for Clinical Learning - STEP UPP Session · June 2026 Lecture Duke DPT

Pre-step 3 session with early clinical educators
Professionalism: What were they thinking? - STEPs Meet and Greet · May 2026 Lecture Duke DPT
Empowering Clinicians in a Learning Health System for Acute Care Practice - APTA Acute Care Conference · May 2026 International Meeting or Conference APTA, Northwestern DPT
STEP UPP: Developing Professional Identity, Now & Beyond - STEP UPP Session · April 2026 Lecture Duke DPT

Post-step 2 session with early clinical educators
STEP UPP: Creating Space for Feedback and Reflection - STEP UPP Session · March 2026 Lecture Duke DPT

Session with early clinical educators pre-step 2
STEP UPP: Incorporating Student Feedback - STEP UPP Session · December 2025 Lecture Duke DPT

Session post-step 1 with early clinical educators
STEP UPP: Planning for Clinical Learning · October 2025 Lecture

Lecture with early clinical educators prior to STEP 1
EdD Immersion · June 2025 Keynote/Named Lecture Baylor EdD As an alumni of the EdD program, I was an invted keynote speaker for first year EdD students
Exploring the experiential learning of patient Education for doctor of physical therapy students at an academic medical center: A qualitative single case study. - Dissertation Defense · November 2024 Other Baylor EdD
What are they thinking?: Clinical Reasoning in Clinical Education - Clinical Education Symposium · October 2024 Keynote/Named Lecture Duke Health, Durham, NC
What are they thinking?! Facilitating Clinical Reasoning in Students · April 2024 Keynote/Named Lecture Cone Health Hospital, Greensboro, NC
Gross Motor Development · February 2024 Invited Talk University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Doctor of Physical Therapy Program, Chapel Hill
Educating students on the post-COVID or COVID-recovered patient - APTA Bridge the Gap: Acute Care Clinical Education Conference · May 2022 Other APTA, Madison, WI Poster Presentation
PT Advocates Assembly - NC Student Conclave · March 2022 Invited Talk Campbell University
More harm than good? When safety measures create bigger problems - APTA NC Annual Conference · October 2021 International Meeting or Conference APTA NC
Adapting physical therapy management of patients with covid-19 in the acute care setting - NC Student Conclave · March 2021 International Meeting or Conference APTA NC, virtual
Access to physical therapy in Chicago's Austin community - APTA, Combined Sections Meeting · February 2016 National Scientific Meeting APTA, Anaheim, CA Platform Presentation

Service to the Profession

Peer Reviewer · July 2026 Editorial Activities Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health
Clinical Instructor/Educator/Volunteer, UNC DPT Service Learning Trip · September 2017 - September 2018 Other Guatemala provide care to medically underserved populations. Activities include clinical rehabilitation, screenings for disabilities, and local health fairs. Also provide clinical instruction to DPT students.
Volunteer, UNC Helping Kids with Hemiplegia · June 2017 - July 2025 Other Assist with setup and breakdown of camp

Service to Duke

Facilitator, IPEC FLIP Workshop 2 · February 2026 Administration IPEC Center
Facilitator, IPEC FLIP Workshop 1 · September 2025 Administration IPEC Center
Facilitator, IPEC FLIP Workshop 2 · February 2025 Administration IPEC Center
Facilitator, IPEC FLIP Workshop 1 · September 2024 Administration IPEC Center
Facilitator, IPEC FLIP Workshop 2 · February 2024 Administration IPEC Center
Facilitator, IPEC FLIP Workshop 2 · February 2023 Administration IPEC Center
Facilitator, IPEC FLIP Workshop 1 · September 2022 Administration IPEC Center
Facilitator, IPEC FLIP Workshop 2 · February 2022 Administration IPEC Center
Coordinator, DUH PT Journal Club · January 2020 - December 2023 Administration Organized monthly PT journal club at DUH

Leadership & Clinical Positions

Physical Therapist - Critical Care Specialist, Duke University Hospital

D2K Subcommittee Chair, Learning Lab at Duke Rehab (LLaDR)

FLIP Facilitator, The Duke Interprofessional Education and Care Center

STEP UPP Director

Academic & Administrative Activities

Learning Lab at Duke Rehab (LLaDR), Subcommittee Chair

 

Duke University Hospital

 

2024-Present

 

Acute Care Physical Therapy Residency, Creator, Co-Coordinator, and Consultant

 

Duke University Hospital

 

2022-Present

 

FLIP Facilitator

 

IPEC, Duke University

 

2022- Present

 

 

REmotely Monitored, Mobile health supported High Intensity Interval Training for COVID-19, Interventionist

 

Duke University Hospital,

 

2023

 

 

CYCLE (Critical Care Cycling to Improve Lower Extremity Strength) RCT: An International, Multicenter, Randomized Study of Early Cycle Ergometry for Mechanically Ventilated Patients

 

Screener

 

Duke University Hospital

 

2021-2023

 

Journal Club Coordinator

 

Duke University Hospital

 

2020-2023

 

 

COVID Team

 

Duke University Hospital

 

2020-Present

 

 

Advisory Committee: Professional Development

 

Duke University Hospital

 

2020-Present

Clinical Summary

Primary MICU PT - Critical Care Specialist