Background In physical therapist education, the National Physical Therapy Examination
(NPTE) is the predominant measure of student success. Because the NPTE is a high-stakes …

Background. The clinical instructor (CI) plays a significant role in a physical therapist (PT)
student's clinical education (CE) experience. Authors have reported previous systematic …

Background and Purpose. The current state of clinical education curricula in physical
therapist education programs across the United States reflects disparate approaches to …

Background and Purpose. The integrated model of clinical education has been incorporated
into the educational curricula of various professions for decades. Currently, however, there …

Our department has adopted action research (AR) projects as the culminating task for our
master's degree candidates. This article presents our work on mentoring graduate students …

Background: Guidelines and general recommendations are available for multiple sclerosis
rehabilitation, but no specific guidance exists for physical therapists. Describing aspects of …

A practice owner is on a morning run. He counts 20 emails from academic programs by the
end of his run. He's confused, then realizes,“It's March 1st, the annual clinical education …

Methods. A qualitative grounded theory design was used. Two rounds of surveys with
focused questions about the impact of task-fit misalignment. Qualitative content data …

Methods. This study utilized a longitudinal, retrospective design. Productivity data of 20 PTs
was examined over a 3-year timeframe (8,981 days of productivity). Productivity of each PT …

Methods. A non-experimental, qualitative descriptive study design was used. A constructivist
theoretical framework guided the work. Eleven teams of DCEs and program directors (PD) …