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ACAPT Introduces New Series Focused on Collaboration, Innovation, and Shared Progress

Jun 1, 2026

The American Council of Academic Physical Therapy is launching a new Brown Bag Series to increase visibility, collaboration, and connection across the organization.

The virtual lunch-and-learn series will provide institutes, commissions, committees, and task forces with an opportunity to share their work, highlight accomplishments, discuss challenges, and engage directly with members in a conversational setting.

Open to all ACAPT members, sessions will feature updates and discussions tied to:

  • Institute for Teaching and Learning initiatives and task forces
  • Institute for Scholarly Inquiry projects and emerging priorities
  • Federal advocacy and policy updates through ACAPT’s partnership with Lobbyit
  • Clinical education projects, updates, and feedback
  • Institutional Profile Survey (IPS) insights and data conversations utilizing Qualtrics
  • National conversations connected to the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and their relevance to physical therapy education

The series is intended to provide members with a clearer understanding of the work happening across ACAPT while encouraging engagement, feedback, and cross-collaboration between groups.

“ACAPT has a tremendous amount of meaningful work happening across the organization,” Celia Chomón Zamora, Ph.D., CAE, ACAPT's Executive Director, shared. “This series creates an opportunity to bring members into those conversations in a more accessible, transparent, and collaborative way.”

Below is the schedule and registration link.

Institute for Teaching & Learning - June 16, 2026, at 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EST. Register here

Clinical Education Commission - TBD

Understanding Advocacy & Its Impact on Physical Therapy Education with Lobbyit - July 6, 2026, at 3:00 pm EST. Register here

Institute for Scholarly Inquiry - July 15, 2026, at 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EST. Register here

Exploring Academic Physical Therapy Data with the IPS Dashboard - July 22, 2026, at 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EST. Register here

National Academies Global Health Forum - July 30, 2026, at 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EST. Register here

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