Northern Plains Clinical Education Consortium

Academic Coordinators of Clinical Education/Directors of Clinical Education & CCCE/CIs:

         As Promotion, Representative-at-Large for the APTA Education Section, I would like to personally invite you to become a member of the APTA Education Section and specifically the Clinical Education Special Interest Group (CESIG). 

 The Education Section currently consists of 4 highly active Special Interest Groups: Academic Administrators, Academic Faculty, Clinical Education, and PTA Educators. Each special interest group maintains focused goals to serve these special interests and membership within the Education Section.  Membership in a SIG is of no additional cost, with APTA Education Section membership.

 The Education Section and four SIGs are enjoying increasing membership levels and lively networking, as well as top-notch scholarly activities; with focused educational programming at conferences and through the Journal of PT Education. Not to mention Honors and Awards for Education Section members.  Once you renew your Section membership, you may also become a SIG member by registering online via the section website.  Education Section members may serve in section leadership roles, service committees and influence the direction of PT and PTA Education through section activities and initiatives.  This is a great time to renew/re-join or join for the first time as the APTA Education Section is embarking on a new Strategic Plan for 2010.  

 We value the contributions you may provide to membership and hope you will continue to enjoy the many benefits for the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning through the Education Section.  The discounted registration for any Education Section conference is worth the cost of membership alone! Take full advantage to improve your role as educator, clinical educator, researcher and scholar.

Please contact APTA Member Services today by phone via 1 800 999 2782 ext. 3124 or Via email at membership@apta.org  for Education Section membership; if you are already an Education Section member; for CESIG membership you may self-enroll via http://www.aptaeducation.org/

EVERY PHYSICAL THERAPIST & ASSISTANT IS AN EDUCATOR

Especially the highly valued ACCE/DCE’s for PT & PTA Education Programs.  We would like to invite you to consider joining the APTA Education Section & the Clinical Education Special Interest Group      Why Join?

The Clinical Education Special Interest Group (CESIG) serves as a resource and forum for individuals who have a professional concern for the coordination, implementation, and evaluation of clinical education for physical therapists and physical therapist assistants. The CESIG has created significant and lasting relationships between members of academic programs and clinical facilities in addressing needs of clinical education from both of these perspectives.  Membership in the CE SIG is a no-cost benefit to your Education Section membership fee!

Here are a few quotes from your CE counterparts regarding the value of Education Section membership:

“The Clinical Education Section SIG has offered me the opportunity to network with other clinicians and academicians interested in promoting and improving clinical education. I have had the ability to be a mentee and to mentor others.” 

Mary Dockter, PT, PhD, ACCE University of Mary, North Dakota

“I cannot imagine working with student interns in any capacity without having the Clinical Education Special Interest Group available to me!  The annual meetings of this group are critical to keeping me informed of the myriad of issues related to practice and clinical education.  Like most SIG’s, our greatest resources are our members who share like interests.  In the first meeting that I attended, I met many individuals whom, to this day, are my ‘go to’ colleagues when I need assistance or advice.  It just doesn’t get any better than this and … we are a really fun group!”

Corrie Odom, PT, DPT, MS, ATC, ACCE  Duke University, North Carolina

The CLINICAL EDUCATION SIG Goals:

To provide a vehicle for increasing and improving communication among clinical educators; specifically, to:

• Increase the participation of clinical educators in the Education Section

• Provide continuing education in areas pertinent to clinical evaluation and teaching

• Foster problem solving in clinical education using the scientific method

• Promote cooperative efforts among educational programs and clinical sites in scheduling, evaluation, and continuing education

• Develop guidelines for the continuing development and evaluation of academic and clinical faculty involved in clinical education

To serve as a resource body involved in acquiring, cataloguing, and disseminating information relating to clinical education in physical therapy

A few more reasons to join:

Advocacy

Influence educational leaders through a dedicated section for educational policies, curricular practices and educational goals – share the voice and insights of clinical education!

Educational Conferences, Meetings & Networking

• Programming expressly for Clinical Education at CSM, APTA National and Educational Leadership Conferences – members may propose programming and present your scholarship!

• Annual Education Section Business and Networking Meetings and Special Interest Group meetings at CSM, APTA National Conference with ample opportunities for networking, exchanging ideas, Clinical Education problem-solving, and planning

• Active Education Section List-Serve for posing questions, sharing answers, discussing contemporary education issues and networking with colleagues

• Award-winning Education Section website

ScholarshipAward winning Journal of Physical Therapy Education Recent Scholarly Manuscripts specifically addressing contemporary issues for Clinical Education for improvement in clinical education:

• A Description of Comments Written by Clinical Instructors on the Clinical Performance Instrument

• The Exemplary Clinical Instructor: A Qualitative Case

• The Relationship Between Humor and Physical Therapist Students’ Anxiety

• The Role of Emotions in Ethical Decision-Making: Implications for PT Education

• The Doctorate of Physical Therapy: Clinical and Academic Physical Therapists’ Perception of Appropriate 

           Curricular Changes

• Integrating Objectives for Clinical Education, Research, and Service Learning Into Community Health

           Promotion Projects

• AgrAbility: Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) students learning to advocate for farmers and ranchers with          disabilities.

• Self-reported characteristics of physical therapy clinical instructors: a comparison to the APTA Guidelines and Self-Assessments for Clinical Education

• The optimal length of clinical internship experiences for entry-level physical therapist students as perceived by center coordinators of clinical education: a pilot study.

• Clinical instructors' descriptions of physical therapist student professional behaviors.

• Perceived impact on physical therapist students of an international pro bono clinical education experience in a developing country.

• Instructional strategies utilized by PT clinical instructors: an exploratory study.

• Clinical performance expectations: a preliminary study comparing physical therapist students, clinical instructors, and academic faculty.

• Use of the physical therapist Clinical Performance Instrument as a grading tool as reported by academic coordinators of clinical education

• Forensics: a community clinical education pilot project.

• Perceived impact on physical therapist students of an international pro bono clinical education experience in a developing country

• Special Topic Issues: Service-Learning, Scholarship of Teaching & Learning

Dedicated Special Interest Group Newsletter – Clinical Instructors, Clinical Coordinators of Clinical Education, and ACCE/DCE’s exchange ideas, share announcements, upcoming conferences info and SIG news

Awards - Education Section members are eligible for several section awards, including:

• The Stanford Award – Recognizes the author(s) of a manuscript containing the Most  Influential Educational Ideas published in JOPTE

• The Feitelberg Journal Founder’s Award – acknowledges Excellence in Publication by a first-time author

See Ed Section website for further info on these awards/honors:

•   Adopt-A-Doc Scholarships

• Award for Leadership in Education

• Pauline Cerasoli Lectureship

• Distinguished Educator Award

• Linda Crane Memorial Lecture Award (co-sponsored by Sections: Cardiovascular and Pulmonary, Education, & Pediatrics)

Service Opportunities

• Clinical Education Special Interest Group (SIG) Leadership Positions:            Co-Chair CCCE & DCE/ACCE,  Membership Secretary, Recording Secretary, & SIG Nominating Committee

• APTA Education Section Booth Volunteers – interact with colleagues and potential new members at the new Education Section booth, sharing member benefits, networking and promoting the section activities