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. Defining excellence and assessing quality in physical therapist
education are challenging for many reasons, including the variable nature of curricular …

Background Many factors affect student learning throughout the clinical education (CE)
component of professional (entry-level) physical therapist education curricula. Physical …

Background and Purpose. Partnerships need to exist between the clinical and academic
communities in order to maintain the quality of clinical education. This qualitative study …

Abstract Background The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching
commissioned the Preparation for the Professions Program, a qualitative study of …

Background and Purpose. Clinical education experiences (CEEs) provide physical therapist
(PT) students with opportunities to be immersed in clinical practice to develop professional …

This perspective shares recommendations that draw from (1) the National Study of
Excellence and Innovation in Physical Therapist Education research findings and a …

The Preparation for the Professions Program by the Carnegie Foundation for the
Advancement of Teaching focused on education in five professions (clergy, law …

Education research has been labeled the “hardest science” of all, given the challenges of
teaching and learning in an environment encompassing a mixture of social interactions …

Abstract Background The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care
and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 contain provisions specific to health care quality …