Mayo’s Chambers named Educator of the Year

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — Lesley Chambers of Mayo Regional Hospital’s Rehabilitation Services department will receive the Clinical Educator of the Year award from the New England Consortium of Academic Coordinators of Clinical Education.

    Chambers, who earned her doctorate in Physical Therapy from Husson University, will receive the award in recognition of the skills and commitment she has demonstrated while helping to educate physical therapy students. She has served as a clinical instructor since 2007 for many Husson physical therapy students during their training at Mayo. Since that time, she has also arranged contracts with Kennebec Valley Community College and Quinnipiac University. She has acted as a clinical instructor for 11 Student Physical Therapists and Physical Therapist Assistants since beginning this role six years ago.
    Chambers received her award March 21 in Tewksbury, Mass., at the annual awards ceremony.