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Includes articles, courses, and CPGs. Unlimited access for APTA members.
The scope of practice for physical therapists is dynamic, evolving with evidence, education, and societal needs.
Feb 9, 2023/Website
The Guide is the description of physical therapist practice for use by PT and PTA educators, students, and clinicians.
Access resources provided to facilitate academic program curriculum development, review, and enhancement.
APTA has created and curated educator resources to help you develop professionally and personally and to enhance your efforts to further the profession through PT and PTA education.
Effective Aug. 30, 2024, at the conclusion of the 2023-24 application cycle, the Physical Therapist Assistant Centralized Application Service ended. APTA thanks the PTACAS work group — PTA program faculty, admissions committee chairs, and program directors — who helped create application content, set
Postpandemic life has presented us both challenges and opportunities. Take time to fortify your practice health with education and resources.
APTA's Residency and Fellowship Physical Therapist Centralized Application Service (RF-PTCAS) offers a centralized and simplified process for physical therapists applying for residency and clinical fellowships.
Wherever you treat patients, we have content to support you.
Jun 3, 2020/Author
Nancy R. Kirsch, PT, DPT, PhD, FAPTA, a former member of APTA's Ethics and Judicial Committee, is the program director and a professor of physical therapy at Rutgers University in Newark. She also practices in northern New Jersey, and her book "Ethics in Physical Therapy: A Case-Based Approach" compiles
Elise Latawiec, PT, MPH, is lead senior practice management specialist at APTA. Her primary responsibilities include the development of resources related to all areas of practice management as well as the impacts of health care reform. Before joining APTA she was the national director of quality assurance
