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Diversity, Equity, Inclusion Resources for Educators

Use these resources to help your students expand their understanding of cultural, ethnic, and gender differences and how they impact their physical therapy practice.

Membership Dues and Payment Plans

Our payment options and dues discounts make it easier to become and stay an APTA member.

Becoming a Physical Therapist

Physical therapists are licensed doctors who work with multiple patient populations impacted by disease, injury, and movement dysfunction. Are you ready to be a physical therapist?

Moving Toward Understanding Closing the Gap Between Educators in Physical Therapy Education

Apr 28, 2021/Perspective

How do we address the "disconnect" between the academy and the clinical environment?

Lessons in Strength and Community

Dec 12, 2024/Perspective

My life experiences as a Native American have enriched my professional abilities as a PT — and vice versa.

2026 Lynda D. Woodruff Lecture by Tiffany Adams, PT, DPT, PhD, MBA

Tiffany Adams, PT, DPT, PhD, MBA, will deliver the seventh Lynda D. Woodruff Lecture on June 18 at 7 p.m. ET.

Children and Adolescents: Standards of Care in Diabetes—2024

Jan 1, 2024/CPG

This guideline offers recommendations for managing 10- to 18-year-old patients who have been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Diabetes in Pregnancy: Management of Diabetes and its Complications from Preconception to the Postnatal Period [NICE NG3]

Dec 16, 2020/CPG

This guideline aims to improve the diagnosis of gestational diabetes and help women with diabetes to self-manage their blood glucose levels before and during pregnancy.

Direction And Supervision Of The Physical Therapist Assistant

Oct 26, 2022/Policies & Bylaws

House position: Physical therapist practice and the practice of physical therapy are synonymous. Both phrases are inclusive of patient and client management, and direction and supervision. Direction and supervision apply to the physical therapist assistant, who is the only individual who assists a physical

Population Health: Where Do PTs and PTAs Fit?

Apr 7, 2021/Podcast

While one-to-one care is the main focus of most physical therapy providers, looking at the health of a population — however you define it — can reveal patterns and obstacles that can be addressed. The topic is especially timely, as this week is National Public Health Week, and April 7 is World Health