Eligibility Requirements
All reports relating to clinical practice authored and published in Physical Therapy during the current year are eligible. Primary authors of reports who were students at the time of publication are eligible, provided that the studies were not undertaken for any obligatory academic or degree requirements. All types of journal reports related to clinical practice are eligible, including case reports, clinical perspectives, technical reports, updates, and research reports which have meaningful impact on clinical practice. Special series reports and invited literature reviews are also eligible.
First authors of eligible papers must have been an APTA member at the time of the manuscript's publication and at the time of nomination. First authors need not have been an APTA member at the time of data collection and manuscript preparation.
Candidates for this award will designate on the nomination form that their articles be considered for the Jack Walker Award rather than for the Chattanooga Research Award. Candidates can be eligible for only one award for a given article.
Criteria for Selection
The article should:
- Make an important contribution to the understanding of clinical practice and patient care, or illuminates issues related to patient care and advances the clinical science underlying physical therapy practice and can be judged primarily on the basis of its impact on clinical practice;
- Provide information that can assist others in delivering physical therapy services; and
- Contain clear descriptions of clinical procedures or approaches that can be understood by others, and contains supportive rationales for, and experiences with, the procedure or approaches used.
Note: If a paper has multiple authors, each author who is eligible for the award will be considered a cowinner of the award.
What Recipients Receive
A plaque and a monetary award of $1,000 with be presented to the author(s) by a representative of the Chattanooga Corporation or APTA's Board of Directors at the association's annual conference and an official announcement of the award will appear in an association publication. (Note: In the case of multiple eligible authors, the monetary award will be divided equally.)
Submission Requirements
During the online process you will need to upload the journal awards eligibility form.
Submit a Nomination
The call for nominations will begin August 2013. Please check back for updates.