APTA Combined Sections Meeting has wrapped up, and registrations are closed. But for the thousands who did sign up, access to recorded sessions continues through March 31.

And with more than 300 on-demand sessions and 1,200 virtual poster session recordings available, there's a lot of content to binge on.

So where to start? Or if you've been tuning into APTA CSM since it began in February, what to put next on your watch list? We've offered a few quick takes on available sessions in an article published in mid-February, and then another published just last week.

Here's another roundup to give you some viewing inspiration.

Creating an Acute Care PT Pipeline
How can the physical therapy profession build a pipeline of acute care PTs and PTAs? According to APTA Acute Care Lecture Award presenter Patricia Ohtake, PT, PhD, it boils down to exposure — to "robust" acute care educational content, positive role models, and high-quality educators — and "engaging our collective wisdom" as acute care educators. During her presentation, Ohtake suggests strategies to achieve high-quality educational content, such as offering advanced acute care elective courses and incorporating APTA Acute Care's core competencies for PTs and PTAs into the curriculum. But it doesn't end with content: Ohtake also discusses the importance of tailoring learning experiences to student preferences, and one very basic consideration — the ability to teach.

An Evolution of Knowledge in Clinical Care
This year's Linda Crane Lecture, from APTA Cardiovascular and Pulmonary, takes a look at the importance of the PT's role in critical care — and because of that importance, the need for PTs to be knowledgeable of this setting. In "Mastering the Science and Art of Physical Therapy in Critical Care," lecturer Christiane Strambi Perme, PT, uses her own evolution as a critical care PT to trace the arc of a therapist who went from simply doing what she was directed to do by physicians and nurses to a clinician who is now publishing research that helps both PTs and other professions understand what the profession brings to the care team. Strambi Perme also discusses gaps in clinical care education for PTs and offers suggestions for improvement.

Rethinking DPT Admission Requirements to Promote DEI
What can PT education programs do to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion? More holistic admissions processes could be a start, according to participants in this panel discussion from Health Policy and Administration: The Catalyst. In this session, Lara Canham, PT, DPT, of the University of Chicago; Fatmata Kabia, MPA, EdD, Rutgers Blackwood campus; Patricia Navarro McGee, PT, DPT, Washington University in St. Louis; and moderator Lisa VanHoose, PT, PhD, MPH, University of Louisiana Monroe, discuss what their programs have done to remove barriers to increased diversity in the PT student population. Among the ideas discussed: lowering GPA minimum standards, not requiring the GRE, and applying equal weight to an applicant's academic and nonacademic achievements. Panelists also touch on targeted recruitment and alternative assessments that target judgment.  

Move It or Lose It: Exercise to Prevent Lower Extremity Amputation
Given the prevalence of diabetes and its link to foot ulcers that can in turn lead to amputations, it's crucial that PTs and PTAs understand wound management and diabetes, according to Emily Brittingham Kerbuski, PT, DPT; and Rose Pignataro, PT, DPT. In their session titled "Move It or Lose It: Exercise and the Prevention of Nontraumatic Lower Extremity Amputations," from APTA Clinical & Electro Wound Management, the presenters lead viewers through screening for peripheral arterial disease risk factors such as diabetes, and what PTs can do to lower that risk. Exercise plays a major role, of course, but Kerbuski and Pignataro go beyond simple recommendations and discuss how to adapt plans to best fit the patient's level of motivation, and how to spot potential barriers to success.

The Whys and Hows of Neonatal Physical Therapy
Implementing best practices in the provision of PT interventions in the neonatal care unit isn't just a matter of following guidelines: PTs also need to understand the critical role parents can play. In "Practical Approaches To Implementing Neonatal PT: Best Practice," from APTA Pediatrics, presenters Stacy Chapman Dusing, PT, PhD, FAPTA; Sonia Khurana, PT, PhD; Dana Baker McCarty, PT, DPT; and Shaaron Brown, PT, DPT, move from the importance of providing PT care in the neonatal unit to the variety of roles in which PTs serve — which can include being particularly attentive to nurturing the engagement of parents.

Integrating PTs Into the Oncologic Team: A Story of Creativity and Commitment
Despite abundant evidence of its effectiveness, physical therapy-based rehabilitation for cancer patients is still a relatively rare part of cancer care. The University of Utah's Huntsman Cancer Institute is working to change all that. The institute's efforts are featured as part of "No Referral Needed: Integrating Physical Therapists Into Oncologic Clinical Teams," from APTA Oncology. The presentation takes a deep dive into Huntsman's Clinically Integrated Physical Therapy program, known as CI-PT, to show how barriers to adoption can be overcome, and buy-in strengthened. Presenters include Paul LaStayo, PT, PhD, one of the program's founders; and Christopher Barnes, PT, DPT, who manages the program. Barnes and LaStayo are joined by Erin Sweetser, PT, DPT, a PT working in the program, and Thomas Varghese, MD, Huntsman's executive medical director. Rounding out the perspectives is Christopher Noren, director of therapy services for several facilities including Huntsman, who looks at the program through an administrative lens.

Water You Waiting For?
Using plenty of videos and photos to illustrate different interventions, four therapists — Albert Recio, PT, MD; Rachel Mertins, PT, DPT; Heidi Nash, OT, MOT; and Christy Lynn Sachs, a certified therapeutic recreation specialist — outline the benefits of aquatic therapy in “Aquatic-Based Therapies for Patients With Spinal Cord Injury: Successful Innovations in Aquatic Rehabilitation” for APTA Aquatics. The presentation also showcases elements and protocols of the Kennedy Krieger Institute's International Center for Spinal Cord Injury in Baltimore, Maryland, where all four therapists work. Topics include the properties that make water a good environment for rehab, strategies for helping patients with SCI and complex comorbidities participate in aquatic therapy, policies and procedures for programs, and benefits of aquatic therapy for balance, gait, and locomotor training.

Make a Presentation at APTA CSM 2022
The call for presenters at next year's APTA CSM is on: Visit the APTA CSM submission webpage to find out how you could participate as a presenter during the conference, set for Feb. 2-5 in San Antonio, Texas. Deadline for proposals for education sessions is April 5; platform and poster proposals are due by July 19.