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Clinical Education SIG

The Clinical Education SIG shall serve as a resource and forum for individuals who have professional concerns for the coordination, implementation, and evaluation of clinical education for physical therapists and physical therapist assistants. Both academic and clinical faculty are welcome!

Introducing the revised Reference Manual for Site Coordinators of Clinical Education!

We are excited to share the updated Reference Manual for SCCEs. We hope this will assist you on your journey as an SCCE! 

Thank you to Karen Bock and Dawn Anderson for spearheading this initiative and to those who served on the committees!  

  • To provide a vehicle for increasing and improving communication among clinical educators.
  • To increase the participation of clinical educators in the APTA Academy of Education.
  • To provide continuing education in areas pertinent to clinical evaluation and teaching.
  • To foster problem solving in clinical education using the scientific method.
  • To promote cooperative efforts among educational programs and clinical sites in scheduling, evaluation, and continuing education.
  • To develop guidelines for the continuing development and evaluation of academic and clinical faculty involved in clinical education.
  • To serve as a resource body involved in acquiring, cataloguing, and disseminating information relating to clinical education in physical therapy.
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                 April 16, 2025 - CE SIG Board Meeting Minutes

                March 21, 2025-CESIG Board Meeting Minutes

                February 21, 2025- CESIG Board Meeting Minutes

                CSM 2025- CSM Presentation

                 January 17, 2025- CESIG Board Meeting Minutes

Prior Years
View Clinical Education SIG Meeting Minutes - Prior years
To view the SIG Standing Rules, please click here. 

Link to Academy of Education Events and Webinars (includes past webinars)

Academy of Education Course Catalog in the APTA Learning Center

Evidence Based Practice Special Interest Group and Clinical Education Special Interest Group co-sponsored webinar recording 5/13/24

Academy of Education and ACAPT Physical Therapy Clinical Education Glossary

APTA Clinical Instructor Training and Credentialing

Voluntary Uniform Mailing Date (updated 2017)

Clinical Education Placement Process Taskforce Final Report (2020)

Placement Process Task Force Recommendation #2 (2024) Timeline for Recommendation of Notification of Unused Slots

Spring 2024 Placement Process Taskforce Recommendations and Voting Process Discussion Thread Document. Please click here to view the document.

CE SIG Common Request:

Clinical Site Information Form (CSIF) On-Line

Clinical Education Consortia
Model ACCE/DCE Position Description


ACCE/DCE Performance Assessments


Clinical Education Resources: ACCE, SCCE, CI


Reference Manual For Site Coordinators of Clinical Education


Collaborative Clinical Education: Success in the 2:1 Model

Medicare Supervision Guidelines for Students
The Physical Therapist and Physical Therapist Assistant Clinical Performance Instruments are performance assessments designed to evaluate student performance during their clinical experiences. The CPI is completed by the Clinical Instructor at midterm and at the end of the clinical experience. Students also complete a self-evaluation using the same tool. During the student's clinical experience, the CI provides opportunities that allow the student to practice specific skills and behaviors that correspond with the student's current level of academic preparation (American Physical Therapy Association, 2018).
The PT CPI was developed in 1997 and revised in 2006. The PTA CPI was developed in 1998 and revised in 2009. Both instruments underwent content and format changes and were adapted from paper-and-pencil administration to online administration. In 2020, APTA partnered with HumRRO (a research company) to streamline the CPI content and rating scales and, as a result, continued to build support for the validity and reliability of the CPI. The psychometric review of the CPIs and the revisions were completed in November 2022, and APTA then partnered with CompetencyAI to create a new CPI 3.0 web platform. The new CPI 3.0 web platform was released on May 15, 2023.  

Anyone using the CPI, must first pass the required free training available through the APTA Learning Center. Successful completion of this training and assessment program (passing 100%) is required for all users to access the PT and PTA CPI 3.0.

Access PT/PTA CPI via APTA Learning Center
LEADERSHIP
Clinical Co-Chair: Julie Gruden, PT

Academic Co-Chair: Elsa Drevyn, PT, DPT
Membership Secretary: Open
Recording Secretary: KeithAnn Halle, PT, DPT, CBIS
SIG Nominating Committee Chair: Julie Lombardi, PT, DPT, CBIS, NCS
SIG Nominating Committee Member: Amanda Piccoli, PT

SIG Nominating Committee Member: Jane Fagan PT, DPT, OCS

CESIG Leadership
CESIG Leadership