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Outstanding PT Student and PTA Student Awards

This award identifies a student member with exceptional overall accomplishments and contributions to APTA and the physical therapy profession.

Not at Home With This Decision

Oct 1, 2017/Column

A PTA has questions about a patient's best interest and a PT's motivation.

All Things Traveling PTs With WanderlustsPTs Cofounders – # XChangeSA

Nov 29, 2018/Podcast

We chat with the cofounders of WanderlustPTs to talk about being a traveling PT and PTA.

Defining Moment: They’re Number One

Dec 1, 2017/Podcast

Daryl Menke, PT, DPT, describes how a PT and an inaugural PTA class experience personal and professional growth.

Student Advocacy Challenge 2026

The Student Advocacy Challenge is a contest for PT and PTA students and programs to participate in advocacy activities as a first step in career-long advocacy engagement. Programs compete against each other by conducting advocacy activities throughout the year.

Career Advancement

APTA is here to support you as you take your PT or PTA career to the next level.

Licensure

Licensure is managed by individual state regulatory boards and is required to practice as a PT or work as a PTA in the United States.

PTAs: Start Your Journey to Advanced Proficiency

Nov 2, 2021/News

Now open for enrollment: a special APTA program that enriches PTA knowledge in a specific area of care — and recognizes achievement.

PTAs Shaping What’s Next: Board Eligibility and the Future of Leadership

Dec 16, 2025/Podcast

Listening Time — 26:53 Listen on Apple Listen on Castbox Listen on Spotify For the first time in APTA history, physical therapist assistants are eligible to serve on the APTA Board of Directors beginning with the 2026 cycle. In this episode, host Kelley Kubota, PT, DPT, MS, sits down with Evan Bier,

Innovative Program for PT, PTA Academic Leaders Has a New Home

Dec 21, 2022/News

The Fellowship in Higher Education Leadership created by APTA is now a program of the APTA Academy of Education.