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Feb 3, 2021/News
APTA pressed for updated descriptions of PTA qualifications and skills. The change led to a raise in pay ranges.
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.
Feb 12, 2018/Podcast
Mike Connor, PT, DPT, shares practical tips and advice for avoiding burnout during and after PT or PTA school.
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
May 1, 2019/Article
Learn how to keep your PT/PTA team in peak condition.
Nov 4, 2020/News
This year's winners of APTA's community service contest are helping to increase mobility around the world.
Mar 1, 2025/Column
A PTA enjoys using creative problem-solving skills to improve the lives of patients with lower limb prostheses.
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.
Mar 13, 2018/Perspective
I have been fortunate to work in a facility that values and has mastered the utilization of the PT–PTA intraprofessional team.
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,
