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Getting on Board With Specialist Certification: Advice From PTs

Jul 8, 2025/Podcast

Colleen Ward, PT, DPT, board-certified clinical specialist in cardiovascular and pulmonary physical therapy, chats with three fellow APTA members about their experiences becoming board-certified clinical specialists.

Finding My Purpose — and Myself — Through Service

Oct 3, 2022/Perspective

When I first met Mr. Fernandez (name changed to conceal his identity) 10 years ago, he resided in an assisted living facility in Mexico.

The Physical Therapist Assistant Profession Turns 50

Jan 22, 2019/Article

  While APTA's centennial may be a couple years away, there's another cause for celebration right here, right now: 2019 marks the 50th anniversary of the first physical therapist assistant (PTA) graduates. Though a half-century may seem like a long time, the rise of the PTA from something that seemed

Foundation Grants Focus on ICU Survivors, Exercise Effects on Diabetes, Blood Flow Restriction, and More

Dec 17, 2019/News

An APTA-sponsored $40,000 Health Services Research Pipeline grant will support a project aimed at conducting the first-ever comprehensive evaluation of variability in rehabilitation delivery to older intensive care unit (ICU) survivors. The award was among several Foundation for Physical Therapy Research

Promoting a Culture of Health Within Business: PT Is Key

Mar 12, 2019/Perspective

Either we will change how we function as a society or we will face a growing decline in the health and well-being of Americans.

APTA Physical Therapy Outcomes Registry Is Qualified by CMS to Submit Quality Data

May 14, 2017/News

CMS has approved the resource as a qualified clinical data registry (QCDR).

A Direct Challenge

Oct 1, 2019/Column

When general supervision is legal but problematic.

Change Agents Domestically And Globally

Mar 1, 2021/Feature

There's a need for PTs to advocate for change both within and outside the United States.

Viewpoints

Oct 1, 2017/Magazine

A friend of mine, knowing I enjoy reading about World War II history, recommended that I read author Daniel James Brown's The Boys in the Boat.1 Assuming that "boat" meant submarine or destroyer, I eagerly downloaded this book onto my e-reader … and discovered the world of crew-a rowing sport about which

New Anthem UM Vendor in 5 States May be the Beginning of a Wider Shift

Jan 11, 2019/News

Physical therapists who bill Anthem Blue Cross-BlueShield (BCBS) in California, New York, Indiana, Wisconsin, and Louisiana, get ready for a change: there's a new utilization management (UM) vendor in town. APTA has learned that Anthem BCBS is migrating to a new UM vendor, starting with the 5 states