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Keep Track of Your Professional Development Activities with aPTitude

Aug 15, 2017/News

FSBPT offers aPTitude, a free, online system for you to store your professional development activities.

Finding My Way: “Go set the world on fire”

Nov 14, 2017/Perspective

As a DPT student, Efosa Guobadia imagined he might spend his career as the physical therapist for a professional football team, tending to famous athletes. Instead, he spends a significant amount of time trending to those in need in developing countries.  In this episode of "Finding My Way," Efosa quotes

Viewpoints

Aug 1, 2021/Column

View letters to the editor, online comments from readers, and answers to timely questions that APTA poses for member response.

2018 Presidential Address

Jun 24, 2018/Statement

Watch or read the annual address by APTA President Sharon L. Dunn, PT, PhD, at APTA’s House of Delegates, June 25, 2018.

Transformative Dialogues: The Use of Motivational Interviewing in Physical Therapy

Jul 11, 2018/Perspective

Patient-centered care is the hallmark of physical therapist practice. Individualized patient and client assessment helps us tailor treatment to support effective self-management and optimal independence. PTs and physical therapist assistants often underestimate the powerful impact of our patient relationships;

Changes to the Blood Pressure Guidelines: Is It a Change for Physical Therapists?

Mar 26, 2018/Perspective

How does the 2017 guideline affect physical therapist practice and the patients we treat?

Blunt Conversations: Setting Realistic Patient Expectations for Pain

Apr 22, 2018/Interview

Clinicians need to give patients realistic expectations for pain and pain relief. But how?

Why Member Advocacy Is Crucial: Reflections From the Federal Advocacy Forum

May 7, 2018/Article

Policymakers make decisions every day that impact the physical therapy profession—everything from state scope of practice and licensure issues, to payment under Medicare, to the regulations practitioners must adhere to. They need to understand and appreciate what physical therapists do so that they don't

Keeping It Real: Finding the Missing Link Between Our Patients and Research

May 24, 2018/Perspective

There is wide recognition of the value of using data to improve patient care—as it is actually delivered.

Yes, We Can: How a Millennial Mindset Can Help PTs Improve the Health of Society

May 14, 2018/Perspective

We need to see the need, address it with creativity, and attack challenges without fear of failure.