NEWSLETTER

HIGHLIGHTS

• CSM Advanced Rates
• FHEL Applications Are Open
• Professional Development Needs Assessment
• Physical Therapy Shark Tank

The APTA Academy of Education Fellowship in Higher Education Leadership provides current and aspiring directors in physical therapy education programs with the skills and resources they need to be innovative, influential, and visionary leaders who can function within a rapidly evolving, politico-sociocultural environment.

The award-winning fellowship was first accredited by the American Board of Physical Therapy Residency and Fellowship Education (ABPTRFE) in 2012 and reaccredited in 2017 through 2027. With over 160 alumni, the FHEL looks forward to welcoming its 13th cohort for 2024-2025.

Accepted candidates will begin the fellowship July 1, 2024 and take part in three trimesters of coursework, a mentorship program, and a leadership project. The 2024-2025 cohort will conclude in July 2025.

The APTA Academy of Education looks forward to helping current and aspiring leaders in Fellowship in Higher Education Leadership achieve their professional goals and advancing the physical therapy education community.

Applications close on March 1, 2024.

Dear Colleague,

If you are involved at all in academic or clinical teaching of DPT students, PTA students, residents or fellows, I know that the end of the year is particularly busy. So, for those of you who are interested in completing the professional development needs assessment survey and can finally take bit of a breath to do so, I am including the link here: Needs assessment survey  

If you have completed the survey already, thank you for taking the time! If not, please take this opportunity! The survey will close at the end of January and results will be available to all later in the year.  

Thank you so much for your help. Your participation is vital in assuring a comprehensive representation of members’ professional development needs.  

Diane U. Jette, PT, DPT, DSc, FAPTA

The APTA Academy of Leadership & Innovation and the Innovation Lab present The 1st Physical Therapy Shark Tank on Tuesday, January 30, 2024 at 2:30-3:30pm EST. Save the Date!



Here’s your chance to dive deep into PT innovation! Are you a game-changer in the world of physical therapy? Are you developing groundbreaking products and solutions that can revolutionize the field?

Showcase your innovations at the First Annual Physical Therapy Shark Tank, January 30, 2024. The Grand Prize: $25,000 in Innovation Lab Services! Winner revealed in-person at APTA Combined Sections Meeting in Boston on Feb 14, 2024.

The confirmed judges included:



• Jaime Stoffer, PT, DPT, MBA (Medline)
• Drew Contreras, PT, DPT, SCS (APTA)
• David Putrino, PT, PhD (Director of Rehabilitation Innovation for Mount Sinai Health System-and implementation of clinical trials for novel technologies)
• Judy Deutsch, PT, PhD (APTA TechSIG and Professor, Rutgers University)
• Conor Walsh, PhD (Professor, Harvard University)

Happy Holidays from the APTA Academy of Eduction team. We wish you and your family a holiday season filled with joy, community, and happiness!

As a reminder, our office will be closed starting at noon on December 22nd through January 1st. We look forward to connecting with you when we return on Tuesday, January 2nd.

The Novice Director of Clinical Education/Site Coordinator of Clinical Education for a Doctoring Profession

This pre-conference course is designed to develop and engage novice DCE/SCCE’s faculty development for the scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL) excellence within their administrative, academic, service and research responsibilities for a doctoring profession. Expert discussion is focused on the key roles of the DCE/SCCE, including: a) serving as communication liaison between the academic institution and affiliated clinical education (CE) sites; b) providing CE program planning, implementation and assessment; and c) facilitating clinical site development and clinical faculty development. The course addresses functions of the DCE/SCCE’s to serve as the bridge between academic and clinical environments while meeting the needs of the CE Team (SCCE/CI/Developing Health Care Professionals), and CE program learning outcomes. Through CE case examples, participants investigate linkages to ethical, compliance and regulatory issues and best practice for CE. Consideration of methods to assess and evaluate the CE program and DCE/SCCE for the many constituent stakeholders are examined. Individualized CE plans are examined related to exceptional learners. Those interested in considering the DCE/SCCE role as their next career opportunity or novice DCE/SCCE’s adjusting to the new demands of their roles and responsibilities will not want to miss this session designed to specifically meet your needs.

Practical Teaching and Learning Strategies

for Clinical Reasoning: Building Your Toolbox

All health professions educators are involved in the facilitating learners' development of clinical reasoning abilities. Clinicians are particularly challenged as they are engaged in delivering quality patient care along with facilitating and assessing the reasoning abilities of their learners. Clinical reasoning is not a simple skill but rather a complex, multidimensional concept that encompasses both cognitive and relational (non-cognitive) abilities. Understanding “what is going on with the patient” requires an expanded view of clinical reasoning including the weaving together of the analytic and nonanalytic reasoning processes that are grounded in the learning sciences. An evidence-based blueprint was developed as a practical teaching resource to guide the teaching, learning, and assessment of clinical reasoning in professional and post-professional education. An essential element of this process was a knowledge translation framework (KT) that brought together a community of educators (academic and clinical) who analyzed barriers, facilitators and implementation strategies.The blueprint provides a framework to assess the learner and implement intentional teaching strategies to progress, challenge, and/or remediate learners. This course provides participants practical application of the blueprint in all learning environments (classroom and clinic) that will progress the development of learner clinical reasoning abilities for physical therapist and physical therapist assistant education.

Hybrid Teaching:

Formative Skill Assessment by Video in PTA Education

February 1st from 7:00-8:00 PM ET

Utilizing technology in physical therapy education can seem overwhelming. Despite students’ eagerness to utilize technology in coursework, educators are often left wondering how to effectively incorporate technology in their curriculum. The speaker will share current evidence regarding the value of utilizing technology in the classroom then demonstrate applications of video formative assessment in their PTA education. Since implementation, faculty have observed improvement in student comprehension, information retention, and confidence in skills. Attendees will have the opportunity to discuss opportunities to apply video formative assessment in their current curriculum, traditional or hybrid.

Sign up using the form below to receive informational updates about the 19th Annual Physical Therapist Education Leadership Conference

Your DPT or PTA program's top leadership - including program directors, directors of clinical educators (DCEs) & associate/assistant program directors - can take your DPT or PTA program to the next level with unique team training focusing on continuous improvement in pursuit of excellence!

Working across didactic & clinical education with academic DPT and PTA experts, you'll benefit from this hybrid, high-impact, hands-on training that is centered on:

• Personal & shared leadership
• Collegial culture creation
• Effective curriculum stewardship
• Streamlined academic administration
• Program directors & others who are newer to their roles – or who want to revamp their approach

Learn more & register now for this 2024 training. Limited registrations are available, so be sure to secure your spot today.

This new, affordable ACAPT team training is a perfect complement to FHEL & other leadership development like ACAPT's Leadership Compass.

Professional Development Needs Assessment Survey

2023 APTA Honors & Awards

Welcome to the New APTA Academy of Education Website

Get to know President Chalee Engelhard PT, EdD

A Tribute to Outgoing President Dr. Pamela Levangie, PT, DSc, DPT, FAPTA

Congratulations to the Academy of Education’s Newly Elected Leaders

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