PT Moves Me Student Recruitment Campaign

APTA is recruiting the next generation of physical therapists and physical therapist assistants — and we need your help. DPT and PTA education programs, components, educators, advisors, and influencers are helping us spread the word about the physical therapy profession, the DPT and PTA application process, available career opportunities, and much more. One of the first initiatives under the PT Moves Me Student Recruitment Campaign is the PT Moves Me Ambassador Program.

I Want My Students To Learn More About Physical Therapy!

If you are not a PT Moves Me Ambassador but are interested in having a presentation about physical therapy at your school, please email studentrecruitment@apta.org. Note: The PTMovesMe Speaker Request process is currently undergoing revisions and will return in Fall 2022. In the interim, we are accepting requests via emai at studentrecruitment@apta.org.

About the PT Moves Me Ambassador Program

Advisors, educators, or influencers play a major role in guiding prospective students to the profession of physical therapy. APTA launched the Physical Therapy Moves Me student recruitment campaign and ambassador program to make it easier to reach the next generation of physical therapist and physical therapist assistants.

Want to be an ambassador?

To be a PT Moves Me Ambassador you must currently be associated with a DPT program, PTA program, or your APTA state chapter.

To find out if your chapter or education program has PT Moves Me Ambassador representation, reach out to your chapter or program leadership, or contact APTA’s Student Recruitment Team.

Already an ambassador?

Access the PT Moves Me Hub Community site

How does it work?

Education programs, APTA components, and businesses (coming soon) can nominate one or two ambassadors who will recruit the next generation of PTs and PTAs.

The PT Moves Me Ambassador Program is designed to:

Raise awareness of the profession of physical therapy.
Recruit the next generation of physical therapists and physical therapist assistants.
Increase diversity within the applicant pool, and ultimately the profession.

As a PT Moves Me ambassador, you'll have access to APTA-designed resources, information, and connections to help you inform prospective students, advisors, and influencers about the profession of physical therapy, and the application and matriculation process.

For more information on how to become an ambassador contact APTA's Student Recruitment Team.

PT Moves Me Resources

These student recruitment resources are tailored towards current college students and potentially high school seniors.

If there you are not able to find resources that you need, or if you have suggestions for resources that should be added, please email studentrecruitment@apta.org.

These student recruitment resources are tailored towards high school students and early college students.

If there you are not able to find resources that you need, or if you have suggestions for resources that should be added, please email studentrecruitment@apta.org.

These student recruitment resources are tailored towards middle school students.

If you are not able to find resources that you need, or if you have suggestions for resources that should be added, please email studentrecruitment@apta.org.

These resources are tailored for elementary school students.

Handouts are provided for guardians to inform them of what their child learned during the powerpoint presentation. These handouts review the high points of the presentation, questions to ask, and ways to connect with APTA.

If there you are not able to find resources that you need, or if you have suggestions for resources that should be added, please email studentrecruitment@apta.org.

Resources for HOSA Physical Therapy Competition

DISCLAIMER: The HOSA Core Skills videos were specifically created by the American Physical Therapy Association to correspond with the HOSA Physical Therapy Competition guidelines. These videos should only be used as a general guide and are not designed to be relied on as the sole resource for competition preparation. It is solely the responsibility of the HOSA Advisor and the member to ensure compliance with the specific rules of the HOSA competition guidelines. Use of these videos constitutes acknowledgement that APTA bears no liability or responsibility for any injury, professional judgment, interpretation, or other outcome resulting from the use of or reliance on the content of the videos.

All reference to, publication, or display of these videos must include a written version of the above paragraph as a citation.

If you have any questions, please contact your HOSA Advisor or studentrecruitment@apta.org.

View more information about HOSA competitive events and guidelines. The physical therapy competitive event guidelines will be found under the ‘Health Professions Events’ heading.

Skill I: Ambulating With a Transfer (Gait) Belt – With a Patient Fall