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We recognize outstanding achievements by our members through an annual honors and awards program.
APTA is led by a national Board of Directors, which is elected by the House of Delegates, a policy-making body made up of APTA members from across the country.
PTCAS, the physical therapist centralized application service provided by APTA, allows you to apply to multiple physical therapist education programs with one application and set of resources.
Jan 19, 2023/Article
Some APTA chapters and section have student special interest groups to increase involvement.
The Physical Therapy Fund (PT Fund) was established in 1993. It includes the Minority Scholarship Fund and the Dimensions of Diversity Fund.
PTs are using a variety of cash-based practice models to meet their patients' needs.
Words matter. The use of "physical therapy," "physiotherapy," and the PT, DPT, and PTA titles should be restricted to qualified professionals.
Apr 1, 2019/Feature
The largest physical therapy conference in the country took over the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in the nation's capital city of Washington, DC, in January. The APTA Combined Sections Meeting (CSM) brought together more than 16,000 attendees-most of them physical therapists (PTs), physical
May 1, 2018/Feature
These PTs have widened their possibilities by narrowing their patient and client base.
Dec 1, 2018/Feature
The career arc of a PT or PTA often spans many decades. And while the endpoints are separated by age and experience, the lessons learned along the way can be instructive at any point in the journey.