Episodes

Oct. 18, 2022

Long COVID Course Preview

Presenters for an APTA online course on Long COVID talk about why you should tune in or download.
Oct. 7, 2022

Storm Clouds on the Horizon: Academic Growth in Physical Therapist Education

Strategies to dispel the storm clouds of unbalanced supply and demand.
Sept. 21, 2022

APTA Practice Update: APTA Lecture Series, New CPGs, Digital Health, and Self-Care

Stay on top of developments in PT practice: APTA staff experts on new learning opportunities, the latest clinical practice guidelines available, and exactly what’s meant by the term “digital health.” Also, the importance of taking care of yourself.
Sept. 14, 2022

APTA President’s Podcast: Address to the 2022 APTA House of Delegates

Hear what APTA President Roger Herr, PT, MPA, has to say about where the profession is, and what it will take to pursue our full potential.
Aug. 30, 2022

The Best-Laid 10-Year Plan – Defining Moment

A former newscaster trades the thrill of chasing down a story for the higher satisfaction of improving patients’ lives.
Aug. 8, 2022

Competency-Based Education for Physical Therapists

Physical therapy can’t wait another 50 years to implement competency-based education.
July 27, 2022

Mobility Levels With Rehabilitation Delivered During and After ECMO

Physical therapists working with people with long COVID should measure and validate the patient’s experience.
July 22, 2022

No Vacation from Advocacy: Fee Schedule, Home Health, and Two Wins for the Profession

APTA staff experts provide insight on what’s happening, and what’s to come.
July 15, 2022

A Shared Experience: Members Discuss Their Professional Experience in Advocacy

Chase Kuhn, PT, DPT, and Nate Thomas, PT, DPT, didn’t know each other a few months ago, but once introduced they realized they have a few things in common. Both PTs from the midwest, both having been selected as the APTA Harker Intern within APTA’s Government Affairs department, and serving as APTA Student Assembly Board President. There’s also at least one difference: Nate Thomas is running for a seat in the Missouri State House of Representatives. Listen as these members discuss these profess...
June 28, 2022

What More Could I Wish For? – Defining Moment

A home visit to a patient with an intriguing background leads a PT back to the profession.
June 16, 2022

I Can Make Someone’s Day – Defining Moment

A PT student understands that helping a patient is more than furnishing billable service units.
June 1, 2022

The Fundamentals of Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) and The Relative Value Scale Update Committee (RUC)

Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) codes play an important role in describing services and procedures performed by health care providers and ultimately in the payment for those services. This podcast reveals the role that APTA member volunteers play as advisors in the CPT and The Relative Value Scale Update Committee (RUC) process.
May 26, 2022

Chronic Fatigue and Postexertional Malaise in People Living With Long COVID

Physical therapists working with people with long COVID should measure and validate the patient’s experience.
May 4, 2022

APTA’s advocacy efforts have a wider reach than you might think

Explore lesser-known APTA advocacy with President Roger Herr.
April 29, 2022

Multiparticipant Therapy in Skilled Nursing Facilities

PTJ walks you through the complexities around multiparticipant therapy provision in SNFs.
April 27, 2022

Physical Therapist Management of Parkinson Disease: Guideline

A volunteer guideline development group of the American Physical Therapy Association has developed a clinical practice guideline on Parkinson disease.
March 29, 2022

The Vocational Interest Test Got It Right – Defining Moment

Actions both small and heroic as a “yellow jacket” in an NYU summer program prompted a career in physical therapy. By: Gary Krasilovsky, PT, PhD
March 25, 2022

Physical Therapists and Clinical Decision Making Across the Lifespan

This updated Integrated Framework for making clinical decisions responds to changes in evidence, policy, and practice.
March 24, 2022

Parkinson CPG Knowledge Translation

In this discussion, a panel of physical therapists on the front lines of shaping clinical practice share their plans for creating knowledge translation tools for the Parkinson CPG and their goals for implementation into practice, and more.
March 16, 2022

Improving Physical Therapy Care for People With Intermittent Claudication

This learning health system can serve as a blueprint for physical therapists to make optimal use of routinely collected clinical data for improving care for patients with a variety of conditions.
March 4, 2022

The Perfect Profession for Me – Defining Moment

A light came on not only in a dark hospital basement but in a future PT’s head that this was her ideal career. By Linda Pillow, PT
March 3, 2022

Taking the Plunge – Defining Moment

A PT recalls overcoming her own obstacles to become a board-certified orthopaedic clinical specialist and help others reach their goals. By Natalie Snyder, PT, DPT
Feb. 14, 2022

The Perfect Profession for Me

A light came on not only in a dark hospital basement but in a future PT’s head that this was her ideal career.
Feb. 4, 2022

Life Hacks for Personal and Professional Well-Being

Janet R Bezner, PT, DPT, PhD, FAPTA, discusses simple, actionable items related to your personal and professional well-being as a physical therapist or physical therapist assistant.