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Apr 1, 2021/Feature
APTA's new workforce analysis projects PT supply and demand through 2030. The imbalances offer opportunities for the profession.
Jun 1, 2015/Column
Can PTs be compelled to provide clinical education? Should they be?
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.
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
May 11, 2021/News
The community service initiative had to pivot from a single APTA CSM-based event to multiple locally based projects — and it worked.
Feb 23, 2021/Roundup
The fight to improve direct access continues, use of the licensure compact grows, and telehealth is being discussed just about everywhere.
Nov 10, 2022/Review
An RCT compared knee function and osteoarthritis progression five years after physical therapy or arthroscopic partial meniscectomy.
May 1, 2016/Column
A clinical instructor identifies disturbing student behaviors.
Licensure is managed by individual state regulatory boards and is required to practice as a PT or work as a PTA in the United States.
Jun 14, 2022/Perspective
Duke's Joint Health Program offers high-value, whole-person care for treatment of hip and knee OA. And PTs are serving as the primary providers.
