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On-Site Reviewer Training (OR): Elements Specific to PTA Education Programs

On-Site Reviewer Training (OR): Elements Specific to PTA Education Programs. CAPTE 2015. Objectives. Identify CAPTE expectations for select elements Identify what needs to be included in the Visit Report. 3C: Faculty Workload DISTRIBUTION CHART.

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On-Site Reviewer Training (OR): Elements Specific to PTA Education Programs

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  1. On-Site Reviewer Training (OR): Elements Specific to PTA Education Programs CAPTE 2015

  2. Objectives • Identify CAPTE expectations for select elements • Identify what needs to be included in the Visit Report

  3. 3C: Faculty Workload DISTRIBUTION CHART Note: PTA Program Directors are now required to have a reduction in teaching load for administrative functions.

  4. 4A &G: Core Faculty and Program Director Qualifications • Core faculty who are PTs/PTAs teaching clinical PT/PTA content • Must be licensed or regulated in any United States jurisdiction as a PT or PTA • 9 academic credits of coursework in educational foundations. • Proviso: CAPTE will begin enforcing the expectation for post professional course work in 2018. • This will be monitored in the Annual Accreditation Report.

  5. 6K & 6L: PROGRAM LENGTH & DEGREE 6K: Program length must be at least: • 5 semesters OR • 52 academic weeks OR • 104 calendar weeks 6L: Program confers an Associates degree

  6. 7A & C: General Education and Scope of PTA • PTA curriculum must have a complement of academic general education coursework • Required: written communication and biological, physical, behavioral and social sciences which prepare students for coursework in the technical program sequence. • General education courses are not the same as applied general education coursework • Examples of applied general education might include: Pharmacology for the PTA or Applied Physics for the PTA • Technical education component must include content and learning experiences that prepares the student to work as an entry-level physical therapist assistant under the direction and supervision of the physical therapist

  7. 7B: Example of Required Chart

  8. 7D Visit Report Examples for the Same Element

  9. Questions? • Please send all questions to the Accreditation email in order to route you to the right person. • Use the link below to send CAPTE an email so your completion of this training can be recorded. • accreditation@apta.org

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