MENTORING FOR AMERICAN PHYSICAL THERAPY
ASSOCIATION (APTA)INVOLVEMENT HOD 06-96-27-08 (Program
01)
It is the position of the American Physical Therapy Association
that:
The American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) strongly encourages
all of its members to be involved in the activities of the Association.
Each member, to the extent that they are able, should foster the
involvement of other members in the Association. Those in leadership
roles in the Association should mentor their fellow members to become
actively involved at the district, state or national level.
The APTA also encourages physical therapists who hold leadership
positions in their respective professional settings to create
opportunities to support involvement in the Association.
MENTORING OF PROFESSIONALISM IN ACADEMIC AND
CLINICAL EDUCATION HOD 06-03-29-27 (Program 65, Professional Development
Dept.)
It is the position of the American Physical Therapy Association
that:
It is the responsibility of all academic and clinical faculty,
clinical instructors, and professional mentors to actively promote to
physical therapist students the importance of professionalism as a
critical component of a doctoring profession. Professionalism requires
ongoing membership and active participation in the American Physical
Therapy Association (APTA) and support of its policies, positions,
guidelines, standards, and Code of Ethics. Academic and clinical
faculty, clinical instructors, and mentors of physical therapist
assistant students shall promote behaviors that are consistent with
APTA's policies, positions, guidelines, standards, and the Standards of
Ethical Conduct for the Physical Therapist Assistant, and that support
the importance of ongoing membership and active participation in the
APTA.
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