• Moving forward: The student experience & "sophisticated insights" to true progress - November 2020
• Changing the Black landscape of the PT profession - October 2020
• Director of clinical education (DCE),  site coordinator of clinical education (SCCE) & clinical instructor (CI) reflections on the Black DPT student clinical education experience - October 2020
• How racism and social injustice reverberates in the Black Physical Therapy Education Community - July 2020

• Statement on Racism & Systemic Inequality in PT Education - June 2020
• Under-represented minority (URM) definition - ACAPT members approved in Oct 2013
• ACAPT's Diversity Task Force final report - 2016
• ACAPT endorsement of the environmental physiotherapy (EPT) agenda, which has an impact on diversity - October 2020

Published articles

• Culturally Responsive Pedagogy in Physical Therapy Education - July 2024
  
  
• Experiences of underrepresented racial minorities in the entry-level physical therapy education application process: A conceptual framework (2023)
  
  
• Holistic review in Doctor of Physical Therapy admissions can lead to enhanced diversity in admitted students (2021)
  
  
• Admissions holistic review of socioeconomic factors fosters diversity in a Doctor of Physical Therapy program (2021)
  
  
• Purposeful recruitment strategies to increase diversity in physical therapist education - September 2018
  
  
• Defining underrepresented minorities (URM) and promoting holistic review admission strategies in physical therapist education (2017)

Other resources

• Understanding holistic review in higher education admissions from the College Board

• Holistic admissions resources from the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN)
  
  
• Holistic review resources from the American Association of Medical Colleges (AAMC)
  
  
• Also see prerequisite courses approved by ACAPT members in 2012.  These common core prerequisites were created to provide more flexibility and to encourage more access to DPT schools for underrepresented minority (URM) students.
  
  
• ACAPT encourages institutions to acknowledge applicant efforts and mastery of course content by not penalizing applicants in the admissions process who have repeated courses and accepting an applicant’s highest grade achieved for a given course.

Diversity, equity & inclusion competencies across the learning continuum - free July 2022 report from AAMC

Northeastern’s DEI healthcare core competencies

PT Proud Handbook for Physical Therapy "Introduction to LGBTQ+ Competency" 

• A good introductory program is the University of South Florida’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in the Workplace Certificate. While the content of the initial session is free of charge, a fee ($99) is required to earn the Credly certificate and badge, which is awarded after participants pass all seven quizzes.
  
  
• For those who are further along in their journey and want to learn about leading a DEI program at the organizational level, you may consider the Diversity and Inclusion Certificate from eCornell.
  
  
• edX MOOC offers a free 10-hour training: Teaching & Learning in the Diverse Classroom
   
• Leading for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in Higher Education from the University of Michigan is a virtual 5-week course that’s free with no certificate and $49 to receive the certificate.

Watch ACAPT's recording: Recognizing privilege & bias from Sept 2021

Mitigating implicit bias in health care - from the Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race & Ethnicity at The Ohio State University

Exploring a culture of fairness, respect & anti-racism in health professions education - from the National Academies’ Global Forum on Innovation in Health Professions Education June 2022

Educating health professions educators to address the "isms"

USC's Division-Wide Comprehensive Anti-Racism Plan

5 Foundation DEI points - from National Academies of Sciences, Engineering & Medicine

A PT reflects on opening a clinic in an underserved neighborhood - June 2021

Anti-racism resources - from UCSF Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science

World Confederation for Physical Therapy (WCPT) policy statement: Diversity & inclusion

Allied Health Workforce Diversity Act of 2021 - legislation pending (HR 3320) allowing HHS to provide grants to accredited education programs to increase diversity in physical therapy

Published academic articles

• Implementation of a comprehensive anti-racism plan in an academic physical therapy department: An administrative case report
• Addressing race, culture & structural inequality in medical education: A guide for revising teaching cases - April 2019
• Beyond a statement of support: Changing the culture of equity, diversity, and inclusion in PT - Sept 2021
• How interprofessional collaborative practice can help dismantle systemic racism - July 2020
• Faculty and programmatic influences on the percentage of graduates of color from professional DPT programs in the USA - June 2020
• Racism and health: Evidence & needed research - January 2019
• Structural racism and health inequities in the USA: Evidence & interventions - April 2017

Other articles

• Everyday tips for equity-minded scholars
• 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

• American Academy of Physical Therapists (AAPT)
• National Association of Black Physical Therapists, Inc. (NABPT)

• 2022 Woodruff lecture: Overcoming DEI fatigue by Lisa VanHoose, PT, PhD, MPH
  
  
• 2021 Lynda D. Woodruff Lecture by Charlene Portee, PT, PhD
  
  
• 2020 Lynda D. Woodruff Lecture: Who do we want to be? Responsible stewardship of our profession - by Gregory Hicks, PT, PhD, FAPTA.

• 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
• Diversity in the Profession: It's up to us - Nov 2017

• Are Colleges Getting Disability Accommodations All Wrong? - The Chronicle of Higher Education, September 2024
• Equitable Grading Practices in Physical Therapist Education A Case Report- July 2024
• Higher Education: Education Could Improve Information on Accommodations for Students with Disabilities - from U.S. Government Accountability Office, April 2024
• Still climbing the hill: Intersectional reflections on Brown & beyond - from American Educational Research Association (AERA) October 2021
• 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.
• The Chronicle of Higher Education's Race on Campus
• American Public Health Association's Racism & Health & Health Equity
• Virtual anti-Asian racism events from Eventbrite