What is the purpose of a Doctor of Physical Therapy education?
At a time when conversations about higher education increasingly center on tuition, student debt, workforce outcomes and return on investment, our guests, Drs. Merrill Landers and Scott Davis ask academic physical therapy to consider an equally important question: What are we educating physical therapists to become?
In “Beyond the ROI: Reclaiming the Purpose of DPT Education,” we take a deeper look at how the profession defines the value, purpose and expectations of doctoral physical therapy education.
The episode does not dismiss the financial realities facing students and programs. Affordability matters. Educational debt matters. Workforce sustainability matters. Students and families deserve transparency about the cost of education and the opportunities available after graduation.
But are those measures enough to define the value of professional education?
And as you listen, consider one question:
If someone observed your DPT program for a single day, what would they conclude your program values most?
Join the conversation and share your perspective with the ACAPT community.
FlexCast is ACAPT's podcast exploring the people, ideas and issues moving academic physical therapy forward.