Section News Index

• News: All New! SIG Newsletter Spring 2008
• News: Section Business Meeting Minutes
• News: Thanks to CSM 2008 Volunteers!
• News: Call for Abstracts for 2008 Education Leadership Conference
• News: AA SIG Meeting Minutes Posted
• News: Education Section's position statement regarding the ranking of physical therapist education programs

Section Events

• Event: Education Leadership Conference: AASIG Oct 3-5, 2008 Phoenix, AZ
• Event: ELC National Clinical Education Conference Oct 3-5, 2008 Phoenix, AZ
• Event: Faculty Development Workshop June 26-29, 2008 Downers Grove, IL

posted May-04-2008

What’s New for 2008? Through the collaborative efforts of the APTA Education Section, Special Interest Group (SIG) Leadership, Promotion Representative-at-Large, and Executive Officer, we are delighted to share the launch of the SIG E-Newsletter. The SIG E-News is designed to readily share the activities, events, announcement and special interest stories of our four active SIGs. SIG E-News serves to promote the Education Section SIG functions and keep-in-touch in between our formal educational conferences and networking. If you have items to share, please provide to your respective SIG Chairs for future E-Newsletters. Remember, as Education Section members, SIG membership is of no charge to you and you may sign-up at any time.

For More Information: Download SIG Newsletter

posted Mar-22-2008

The Education Section's Business Meeting Minutes from CSM 2008 are now posted for downloading in the Member Resources Area. Click the link below.

For More Information: Members Resources

posted Mar-11-2008

The Section would like to recognize the following members for volunteering their time at the Education Section booth at CSM 2008:

• Alecia Thiele
• Dawn Hall
• Carolyn Mason
• Byron Russell
• Wanda Nitsch
• Karen Hayes
• Kathy Hall
• Betty Crocker
• Dennis Fell
• David Lake
• Heidi Dunfee
• Peggy Gleeson
• Natalie Housel
• Chris Conroy
• Mark Wiegand
• Nancy Peatman
• David Brueilly

THANK YOU!!

posted Feb-21-2008

The Clinical Education Special Interest Group invites you to submit and abstracts for platform presentations at the Educational Leadership Conference scheduled for October 3-5, 2008. Abstract should be limited to 350 words or less. Please include the title of presentation, names of the authors and authors’ affiliation on all abstract submissions. The deadline for abstract submission is midnight CST on April 6, 2008.

All submissions will undergo peer-review. An e-mil notification of acceptance will be sent no later than August 22, 2008.

Abstracts should be e-mail as a word document to Michele Mulhall at elcplatforms@comcast.net. If you experience difficulty with electronic submission, or if you do not receive a confirmation e-mail within 48 hours of submission, please contact Michele Mulhall at 610/640-3913, or Peggy Gleeson at 713/794-2079.

For More Information: email

posted Feb-18-2008

AA SIG Febuary Meeting Minutes Posted

For More Information: AASIG Minutes

posted Nov-19-2007

Applicants should be aware that all physical therapist professional education programs in the US are subject to accreditation “standards that assure quality and continuous improvement in the entry-level preparation of physical therapists, and reflect the evolving nature of education, research, and practice.”  While the Education Section of APTA recognizes that there are proprietary organizations that rank physical therapist education programs, the profession encourages prospective students to provide their own comparisons through careful examination of information on program and APTA websites, and visits to the campuses to talk with enrolled students and program faculty. 

For More Information: Katie Harvey