Background and Purpose. Changing accreditation standards continue to place greater
demands on physical therapy (PT) faculty. The 2016 accreditation standards implemented …

Background and Purpose. Physical therapist education has long been a professional
degree program, the primary emphasis of which has been placed upon teaching, service …

Background and Purpose: Recent changes to the standards of accreditation implemented by
the Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education require that a minimum …

Objective Graduation rates and first-time National Physical Therapy Examination (NPTE)
pass rates among Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) programs have ranged from 30% to …

Background and Purpose. Physical therapist education has entered a new phase of
development with the initiation of the first entry-level doctoral degrees in the early 1990s …

Background and Purpose. With the rapid transition in professional (entrylevel) educational
preparation from the master's degree to the doctoral degree in physical therapist education …

Abstract Objective The Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education has
introduced a requirement that 50% of core faculty members in a physical therapist education …

A study of the scholarly activities of physical therapy faculty members in selected schools of
allied health was conducted through a mailed questionnaire survey. The analysis of the data …

Background and Purpose. While clinically trained educators are critical to the success of our
educational endeavors, many new physical therapist faculty are not academically prepared …

Background and Purpose. As part of the accreditation process, physical therapist education
programs are required to identify expected outcomes for their graduates. According to …