Delivered by Edelle (Edee) Field-Fote, PT, PhD, FAPTA during APTA’s Combined Sections Meeting, Feb. 22, 2023, the lecture delves into how to leverage specialized knowledge and skills to propel the evolution of physical therapist practice toward greater precision. 

Edee is director of spinal cord injury research and the Hulse Spinal Injury Laboratory in Atlanta, and a professor at both the Division of Physical Therapy at the Emory University School of Medicine and the School of Biological Sciences at the Georgia Institute of Technology.

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History - Mary McMillan, 1919 - Reed College
The following video is a visual exploration of Reed College from 1919, where Dr. Mary McMillan ran the nation’s first Restorative Aide Program for returning veterans, a program that would eventually evolve into the physical and occupational therapy professions.