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Three Years of Physical Therapy in a Public Health Emergency: The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Physical Therapy Profession

May 9, 2023/Report

Over the course of the public health emergency, APTA surveyed its members to monitor how the pandemic was affecting the physical therapy profession.

Daniel Pink on Motivation

Feb 13, 2019/Podcast

What motivates us? That’s the question Daniel Pink asked in his best-selling book Drive and in his 2009 TED talk “The Puzzle of Motivation.” APTA physical therapist member Steve Anderson interviewed Pink at for his podcast Profiles in Leadership, here’s a taste of that discussion—a conversation that’s

Instructive Queries

Jun 1, 2015/Column

Can PTs be compelled to provide clinical education? Should they be?

Opportunities Exist in Projected Workforce Demand

Apr 1, 2021/Feature

APTA's new workforce analysis projects PT supply and demand through 2030. The imbalances offer opportunities for the profession.

The Perils of Posting

Mar 1, 2019/Column

A PT gets exercised, with problematic results.

Outcomes Measurement

Outcomes are important in direct management of individual patient care and for the opportunity they provide the profession in collectively comparing care and determining effectiveness.

Defining Moment: I See Me in You

Jun 1, 2021/Column

A PT reflects on opening a clinic in an underserved neighborhood.

What to Know About the New Code of Ethics for the Physical Therapy Profession

Jan 6, 2026/Podcast

In this episode, ethics experts discuss the development of the Code of Ethics for the Physical Therapy Profession, which went into effect Jan. 1, 2026.   

Anita Bemis-Dougherty, PT, DPT

Jun 3, 2020/Author

Anita Bemis-Dougherty, PT, DPT, is vice president of practice at APTA. She has been involved in APTA initiatives including clinical documentation and peer review; fall risk reduction and prevention; scope of practice; PT practice in acute care, the ICU, and the emergency department; revisions to the

Physical Therapy Licensure Compact

Aug 1, 2019/Article

The compact creates a way for PTs and PTAs to practice or work in multiple states.