ACAPT's diversity, equity & inclusion (DEI) initiatives & statements

• NEW National Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Commission - reps elected in Jan 2021
• For 2021, ACAPT commits $24,000 to support diversity in APTA's Fellowship in Education Leadership
  
  
• Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Consortium (DEI). Individual members of ACAPT member institutions can join DEI for free.
• Statement on Racism & Systemic Inequality in PT Education - June 2020
• Under-represented minority (URM) definition - ACAPT members approved in Oct 2013
• 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.
• ACAPT endorsement of the environmental physiotherapy (EPT) agenda, which has an impact on diversity - October 2020

ACAPT's DEI listening sessions

• 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

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
• Purposeful recruitment strategies to increase diversity in physical therapist education - September 2018 from Journal of PT Education
• Everyday tips for equity-minded scholars
• 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.
• The Chronicle of Higher Education
• The Conversation
• American Education Research Association
• American Public Health Association