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Feb 12, 2018/Podcast
Mike Connor, PT, DPT, shares practical tips and advice for avoiding burnout during and after PT or PTA school.
APTA has created and curated educator resources to help you develop professionally and personally and to enhance your efforts to further the profession through PT and PTA education.
May 1, 2019/Article
Learn how to keep your PT/PTA team in peak condition.
Sep 20, 2017/News
In the middle of packed semesters, students from dozens of schools across the country participated in a nationwide effort to press for repeal of the therapy cap. In four days, more than 10,000 emails, letters, faxes, and phone calls went out to members of Congress
Licensure is required in order to practice as a PT or work as a PTA in the United States. Licensure is managed by individual state regulatory boards.
Nov 4, 2020/News
This year's winners of APTA's community service contest are helping to increase mobility around the world.
May 7, 2019/News
Turns out 1969 wasn't all Woodstock and moonwalks: the year was also an important date for what has become a crucial part of the physical therapy profession—the physical therapist assistant (PTA). This year marks the 50th anniversary of the first graduates of PTA education programs. To honor that milestone,
Aug 13, 2018/Perspective
I felt like we could do a better job as a profession to collaborate and include PTAs, but that also meant more PTAs had to be involved.
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