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Knowledge to Advance Healthcare

Educational research and scholarship

Individual members of ACAPT member institutions can join ACAPT consortia for free.

Also see: Collaboration across healthcare partners

ACAPT’s Research-Intensive Programs in Physical Therapy (RIPPT) Consortium is specifically designed for PT education programs that also offer a PhD degree.

Search a list of PhD programs

In 2020, RIPPT held a meeting discussing how PT programs are conducting research given the challenges of COVID-19.

RIPPT also adopted updated guidelines.

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Deborah Givens, PT, DPT, PhD
Research-Intensive Programs in Physical Therapy (RIPPT) Consortium Chair

Professor and Director
Division of Physical Therapy 
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC

ACAPT’s Clinical Reasoning Curricula & Assessment Consortium (CRCAC) was busy in 2020 creating:

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"Clinical reasoning spans all areas of practice and education, making it a wonderful vehicle of research and conversation for breaking down silos."

Chris Sebelski, PT, DPT, PhD, OCS
Clinical Reasoning Curricula & Assessment Consortium (CRCAC) Chair

Associate Professor of Physical Therapy & Athletic Training at Saint Louis University

More education research projects

In 2020, ACAPT:

  • Co-hosted a Grantsmanship & Mentorship in Education Research (mini-GAMER) workshop at ELC.
  • Created a new resource page with education research resources.
  • Formed a Education Research Committee and developed a new web page with education research resources.
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PT Education Research Network

In 2020, we added mentors or mentees in the PT Education Research Mentorship Program - a joint program of APTA, the APTA Academy of Education and ACAPT, called the Educational Leadership Partnership.

We also recommend joining the Physical Therapy Education Network's listerv.  To post a discussion to the listserv, send an email to this address:  pt-education-research-network@freelists.org