Resources for Accredited PTA Programs & Faculty
CAPTE Accreditation Portal
Username and password from the Department of Accreditation are required;
if you need assistance with Portal access, please contact staff in the
Department of Accreditation.
The Portal also provides access to view the program's listing in the
Directory of Accredited Programs.
CAPTE
List
of Commissioners
Mission
& Scope
Next Meeting: April 23-28, 2010
Position
Papers: These provide clarification about how CAPTE applies certain
evaluative criteria or describes the Commission's position on topics of
interest within the education and accreditation communities.
Recent
CAPTE Actions
List of Upcoming Visits (.pdf)
Provide
Testimony
Self-study Workshops
Held 3 times a year, these workshops are designed to prepare faculty and
program administrators to develop a self-study report and host an
on-site visit. For dates and registration information, click here.
Accreditation Documents for PTA Programs
Evaluative Criteria for PTA programs (.pdf)
Self-study Report (SSR) Documents
Description of PTA SSR Materials (Word)
Self-study Report Format - PTA (Word): Includes
Instructions, Definitions, Evaluative Criteria and Evidence Listings
Self-study Report Forms Packet - PTA (Word):
Includes the CV and scholarship forms
On-site Visits (OSV)
PTA OSV Forms: Programs provide teams with electronic and hard copies of
certain forms at the start of an on-site visit. Click here for Items To Be Provided To On-site Team (PTA).
A sample OSV Schedule is located in the Additional Information About the Accreditation Process
for Candidates and Established Programs section of the Accreditation
Handbook.
Substantive Change
Application for Approval of Substantive Change (AASC): please contact staff to obtain
required forms. Rules are in the Part 9 of the Accreditation Handbook
Annual Accreditation Report (AAR)
2009
Annual Accreditation Report (AAR)
Resources
Accreditation
Handbook: Includes CAPTE Rules of Practice and Procedures, the
Evaluative Criteria, Position Papers and information about accreditation
fees.
Accreditation
Updates: CAPTE newsletter published twice a year; provides
information on the latest rule changes and CAPTE actions.
PTA Education Fact Sheets: Demographic information
collected on an annual basis about PT education programs.
Number of Accredited Programs
A Normative Model of PTA Education, Version 2007
Outcomes Assessment in
Physical Therapy Education - NEW!
Related Links
AASIG: Academic Administrators Special Interest
Group
APTA Education
Section
APTA
Education Consultant Network
APTA
Academic/Clinical Education Affairs
Clinical
Education
FSBPT: Federation of
State Boards of Physical Therapy
Status Definitions
CAPTE
Status Definitions
[Last updated: 11/04/09 | Contact: accreditation@apta.org]
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