Having a seat at the table, Part I: Elevating the role of DPT programs within the academic institution
When:
The first in a two-part series of leadership webinars, the ACAPT Leadership Academy (ALA) begins the series by highlighting an educational leader's journey in promoting the value of a DPT program within their department, school, college, and university. The webinar offers examples and paths for DPT faculty and leaders to
- engage with people and enterprises within the academy
- promote the presence of DPT programs and DPT faculty within academic institutions.
- advance as an individual DPT faculty member and how to elevate the whole DPT program.
ACAPT is also offering this webinar to help DPT programs meet the ACAPT member-approved motion about the structure of DPT programs within the parent university by 2030.
Who should attend
- PT academic faculty
- PT program directors
- PTA academic faculty
- PTA program directors
Objectives
Upon completion of the session, participants will be able to:
- Illustrate visibility, presence, and the importance of representation of work units to others within the academy.
- Justify the use of resources to support colleagues and teams to be recognized and successful among professional colleagues regionally, nationally, and internationally.
- Design environments to exemplify leadership involvement at multiple levels within the unit of the academy.
- Create a collaborative effort to advance physical therapy education with the institutional development office.
- Optimize interdisciplinary collaboration while respecting professional autonomies.
How to Register
Speaker
Karen Abraham, PT, PhD, Shenandoah University
Dr. Abraham is currently serving as the Acting Provost at Shenandoah University in Winchester, Virginia. She joined the faculty within the Division of Physical Therapy at Shenandoah in 2001 and served as the Division Director and most recently as
Dean of the School of Health Professions. Dr. Abraham is a graduate of the APTA's Education Leadership Institute Fellowship program and is a board member of the Physical Therapy Learning Institute. Dr. Abraham's clinical expertise is in
pelvic health physical therapy having served on the Women's Health Specialty Council of the American Board of Physical Therapy Specialties. She is an Associate Editor for the Journal of Women's and Pelvic Health Physical Therapy and sits on
the Clinical Practice Guideline Steering Committee of the Academy of Pelvic Health.
Related ACAPT resources
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of ACAPT at no extra cost. Individual members do not pay dues to ACAPT.
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