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The Future of PTA Education and Physical Therapy Practice: PTA Education Summit

The APTA Academy of Education is conducting a Summit on the future of PTA Education. The summit will address current challenges in PTA Education, with the goal of formulating prioritized recommendations for future work that will prepare PTAs to better meet the demands of contemporary physical therapy thus strengthening the PT/PTA team.

If you or someone in your program or organization can provide informed input to this critical dialog, we urge participation. Detailed information on participant expectations and qualifications for this multiphase Summit can be found at our Summit website. Broad and diverse representation will lead to Summit outcomes that can influence PTA scope of work and, potentially, the elements of physical therapist practice that PTAs support.

Please consider participation after visiting the Summit website - as well as forwarding this information to your colleagues whose experience and viewpoints can inform and influence these efforts. Thank you in advance for your consideration and any assistance you can provide.  

Pamela K. Levangie
President
APTA Academy of Education
PTAE SIG To Host First
PTA Education Summit Townhall

The APTA Academy of Education is conducting a PTA Education Summit on the future of PTA education and recently launched a web page that explains the Summit's purposes, goals, and elements/timelines. 
The PTAE SIG is hosting a Townhall on September 2, 2021, 7-8 pm (ET) as an opportunity for our members to share thoughts and ask questions of the PTA Education Summit Task Force. The PTAE SIG leadership team is excited to provide this forum to our members. We ask all participants to review the PTA Education Summit webpage to learn about the structure and purposes of the Summit PRIOR to attending the Townhall. We want this opportunity to be valuable for everyone, our members and the PTA Education Summit Task Force. The Academy and the PTAE SIG want to hear everyone’s voice in this process.

Pre-registration is required to participate in this Townhall. To register please click on this link:
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

If you have any questions about this or anything related to the PTAE SIG, please email chair-ptaesig@aptaeducation.org

Gratefully yours,
PTAE SIG Leadership Team
Events
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ELC 2021 Pre-Conferences


How to Begin Your Journey (Mini-GAMER)
Thursday, October 21, 2021 : 8:00 AM- 5:00 PM EST

Pre-Conference: Education Research: How to Begin Your Journey (Mini-GAMER) The Education Leadership Partnership of the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) is working collaboratively (APTA, ACAPT, and Education Academy) to put recommendations into action that support the development of the next generation of education researchers. An urgent need is to provide guidance to novice researchers in developing competence in the essential building blocks and tools for successful research. Education research needs to move beyond the show and tell or descriptive phase of one (one program, one classroom, one clinic) to research that is grounded in meaningful questions linked with appropriate research designs and conceptual framing that can inform and advance education research in physical therapy. This one -day, pre-conference workshop will provide opportunities for participants to build on their education research question of interest and engage in a participatory workshop with research mentors that leads to a plan of action for each participant.


ACAPT Leadership Summit
Thursday, October 21, 2021: 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM EST

On October 21, ACAPT will be holding an ELC pre-conference ACAPT Leadership Summit around the topic of change leadership.

We all know that organizations need to rapidly & continually adapt & change. While change management is important, change leadership is critical to an organization’s success and sustainability. You're invited to attend this ACAPT Leadership Summit to learn more.
Attendees will have the opportunity to engage with peers and mentors to identify potential collaborators and troubleshoot common barriers. This networking event will have stations set up with experts who can discuss:


Target Audience: Open to anyone who is interested in academic or clinical education research, with a special invitation to DCE/clinician partners.

Location: Hyatt Regency, Atlanta, GA

Time & date: Friday, Oct 22, 8:00 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. EST

**No extra cost to attend if registered for ELC.**
Explore, reflect & strategize how to recognize privilege & bias in academic physical therapy as the first step toward controlling its influence within professional training & practice.
Watch this popular recording from Dr. Dolly Swisher and sponsored by the ACAPT Consortium of Humanities, Ethics & Professionalism
(CHEP - acapt.org/chep).
News
PTAE SIG Teaching and Networking Community Recruitment

The leadership of the PTAE SIG is excited to announce the kick off of the next cohort of our Teaching & Networking Communities initiative.


The PTAE SIG Teaching & Networking Communities are peer-led groups of PTA Program faculty designed to provide opportunities to discuss, collaborate and stimulate innovation in teaching and administration within PTA Education. Opportunities will be provided for each community to self-identify topics for discussion and cultivate lasting relationships with others within PTA Education. The groups will be purposefully small to allow for rich interaction between members.
 
The fall community cycle will begin the week of August 30th, meeting every other week, for a total of eight sessions (excluding the week of Thanksgiving). The community topics are clinical education, program administration and teaching methodologies. This opportunity is only available to members of the APTA Academy of Education. 

Please verify your membership on your APTA profile prior to signing up. 

Please utilize the following link to see specific dates and times:
Due to the limited number of participant slots, please do not sign up unless you can commit to the set meeting times. 

SIGN UP BY AUGUST 26th!
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