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 …

Vol 25, No 2, Spring 2011 Journal of Physical Therapy Education 5 ignated representative
from each academic program. Typically this individual will be the program director or chair …

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

BACKGROUND: Preparing students for today's healthcare environment requires visionary
leadership and strategic implementation at the grassroots level. This paper describes the …

INTRODUCTION The American Council of Academic Physical Therapy (ACAPT) is a
component of the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) and represents the …

Physical therapist education faces headwinds from many fronts, including faculty and
leadership vacancies, declining applicant pool, rising student debt, and continued growth in …

In 2013, the American Council of Academic Physical Terapy (ACAPT), in collaboration with
the Physical Terapy Learning Institute, established the development of a Forum where …

Background and Purpose. Strong academic–clinical partnerships have been advocated to
optimize the training of the next generation of health professionals and to best meet the …

Background and Purpose. Advances in medical science and shifts in the structure of health
care have required adjustment of the realities of practice to fit the changing demographics of …

Building upon the observations of others, 10–14 this health policy perspective provides
additional evidence that our profession must evolve beyond the tenets of Vision 2020 …