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Moral spaces provide a safe harbor in perilous waters.

In this podcast, APTA Ethics and Judicial Committee member Becca Edgeworth Ditwiler, PT, DPT, interviews Ruth Purtilo, PT, PhD, FAPTA, and Gail Jensen, PT, PhD, FAPTA, about the importance of building moral communities to guide decision-making in today's challenging health care environment.

Read Purtilo's McMillan Lecture about ethics in a shifting landscape.

Read more about common and emerging ethical issues facing PTs, PTAs, and students in APTA Magazine's Ethics in Practice series, written by EJC members.

You may also be interested in... APTA's Professionalism and Ethics in Physical Therapy: 4-Part Course Series

Our Speakers

Rebecca Edgeworth Ditwiler, PT, DPT, board-certified orthopaedic clinical specialist, is a member of the APTA Ethics and Judicial Committee. She is an associate professor and practicing PT for the University of South Florida's School of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Sciences at the USF Health Morsani College of Medicine in Tampa.

Ruth Purtilo, PT, PhD, FAPTA, is a professor emeritus in interprofessional studies at Mass General, where she directed the ethics initiative. She has held multiple visiting professors professorships and holds five honorary degrees for her work in ethics. She has authored six textbooks and over 100 articles, and her numerous awards and recognitions include being named a Catherine Worthingham Fellow of APTA and delivering the APTA Mary McMillan Lecture, the association's highest honor.

Gail Jensen, PT, PhD, FAPTA, chairs the APTA Ethics and Judicial Committee. She is vice provost for learning and assessment, dean emeritus, and professor of physical therapy at Creighton University. She also holds appointments in the Department of Medical Humanities at Creighton and in medical education at the Uniformed Services University Health Sciences in Maryland. She has authored 14 books and over 90 peer-reviewed publications, and APTA named her a Catherine Worthingham Fellow of APTA as well as honored her with the Mary McMillan Lecture Award, the association's highest honor, among many other recognitions.


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