Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

ACAPT's priorities include academic leadership and advocacy, with a goal to increase the diversity of students and faculty in academic PT. Below are ways ACAPT is striving for excellence in diversity, equity and inclusion:

• ACAPT's Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Consortium (DEI)
• ACAPT's DEI consortium: A Listening Session: How racism and social injustice reverberates in the Black Physical Therapy Education Community - July 2020
• ACAPT's Statement on Racism & Systemic Inequality in PT Education - June 2020
• In 2016, ACAPT's Diversity Task Force produced a final report to define “under-represented minorities” in physical therapist education and affirm a rationale for promoting a diverse student population and workforce in physical therapy.

Related PT & higher education resources

• How interprofessional collaborative practice can help dismantle systemic racism - July 2020
• American Association of Colleges & Universities (AACU) 2021 conference includes a track on: Equity & Student Success
• Faculty and programmatic influences on the percentage of graduates of color from professional DPT programs in the USA - June 2020
• Anti-racism resources - from UCSF Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science
• 10 Signs of Institutionalized Racism
  
• “You Don’t Look Like a Professor”
• Inclusive Excellence, Now and Forever: How predominately white institutions of higher education can keep their promise to students of color
• Lynda D. Woodruff Lecture on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Physical Therapy - July 2020 from the Physical Therapy Learning Institute

APTA resources:

• APTA's Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
• Message from Sharon Dunn on Racism & Systematic Inequality in America - May 2020
• Health disparities brought to the forefront as COVID-19 spreads: What the PT profession can do - April 2020
• Fostering Allyship in DEI, Part 1 and Part 2 - June 2020

Other resources

• Talking about race - from the National Museum of African American History & Culture
• Watch this powerful video that beautifully summarizes the importance of D, E, and I.
• American Academy of Physical Therapists
• National Association of Black Physical Therapists, Inc.