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The Student Advocacy Challenge is a contest for PT and PTA students and programs to participate in advocacy activities as a first step in career-long advocacy engagement. Programs compete against each other by conducting advocacy activities throughout the year.
APTA offers videos that range from discussions of some of the hottest topics in the profession to instructional presentations, and more.
Jun 25, 2025/Report (Open Access)
APTA’s "State of Direct Access to Physical Therapist Services" report is a strategic resource designed to equip health care leaders with the scientific evidence they need to address opposition to direct access and drive meaningful change.
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
Aug 13, 2018/Perspective
Are you a student who is just happy to be finishing school and never thought you had the time or capability to get involved in your state physical therapy association? I can speak from experience in saying that I was one of those students, and despite my professors in physical therapy school telling
Jun 24, 2019/Perspective
I realized that APTA is a family, and I was hooked for life.
Jan 5, 2017/News
It's all a part of the current PT Practice Profile and PTA Profile surveys that have been disseminated to members.
Sep 20, 2023/Event
Students are the future of our profession, but they are an even more meaningful voice in our advocacy efforts right now.
May 9, 2020/Column
What you need to know about offering health and wellness services at gyms and public pools.
Mar 23, 2020/News
It's not enough to ask if telehealth is permitted by a state agency or payer: You need to ask specific questions to understand what you can and can't do.