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APTA On the Run: Overuse Injuries in Runners

Review the evidence behind common overuse injuries in runners and learn practical strategies for clinical assessment and management. Topics include gait mechanics, injury mechanisms, and modifiable risk factors.

CEU: 0.6 (6 contact hours)

Applied Ethics for Physical Therapy Educators and Clinicians

This course focuses on applying professionalism and ethics to real-world challenges across education and clinical practice, with role-specific tracks for faculty, clinical educators, and clinicians addressing moral distress, professional behavior, and ethical decision making.  

You may purchase this course individually or click here to explore available course packages. 

CEU: 0.4 (4 contact hours)

Clinical Practice Guideline (CPG) Development: Planning and Resource Essentials

This course covers the foundational planning steps for developing a clinical practice guideline, including defining scope, assembling the guideline team, creating a project plan, and understanding publication considerations.

CEU: 0.1 (1 contact hour)

Ethical Practice in Orthopaedics, Acute Care, Pediatrics, and Neurologic Practice

This course allows learners to choose a setting-specific track in orthopaedics and sports medicine, acute care, pediatrics, or neurologic rehabilitation to explore real-world ethical challenges. 

You may purchase this course individually or click here to explore available course packages. 

CEU: 0.4 (4 contact hours)

APTA Future of Rehab Therapy Summit

This on-demand summit features two days of sessions on leadership, innovation, and emerging technologies in rehab therapy, including insights on AI, entrepreneurship, career development, and bringing new ideas from concept to implementation.

CEU: None

Where "Best Practice" Begins. Is it a CPG?

This course introduces foundational concepts in clinical practice guideline development, including readiness assessment, use of synthesized evidence products, guideline adaptation, and the full CPG lifecycle from development through implementation.

CEU: 0.1 (1 contact hour)

Review of Articles from PTJ’s Special Issues: Advances in Rehabilitation Technology and Health Disparities in Rehabilitation

This course offers an in-depth exploration of cutting-edge research published in the Physical Therapy Journal (PTJ) through its special issues on Advances in Rehabilitation Technology and Health Disparities in Rehabilitation. Participants will engage in comprehensive reviews and discussions of selected articles, led by renowned experts in the field.

CEU: 0.2 (2 contact hours)

State Board Investigations: How to Protect Your Career

Understand how your State Physical Therapy Board protects the public and what to do if you receive a notice to appear. This webinar covers common license complaints, the disciplinary process, and your rights as a physical therapist.

CEUs: 0.1 (1 contact hour)

Continuing Competence for Physical Therapists

This course provides an up-to-date overview of competency standards in physical therapy, featuring insights from The Federation of State Boards of Physical Therapy and the Core Competencies of a Physical Therapist Resident. 

 CEUs: 0.1 (1 contact hour)

Persistent Pain Certificate

This six-course series covers trauma-informed care, pain science, patient evaluation and pain profiling, psychologically informed strategies, and evidence-based interventions across diverse populations, with courses available individually or as a complete six-course package.

CEU: 3.0 (30 contact hours)

Primary Care Certificate

This six-course series covers the role of physical therapy in primary care, care integration models, direct access and policy considerations, injury prevention, health and wellness promotion, and clinical decision making for common primary care conditions, with courses available individually or as a complete six-course package.

CEUs: 2.5 CEU (25 contact hours) Course 6 is approved for Direct Access CEU in Pennsylvania

Digital Health Certificate

This seven-course series provides comprehensive training in digital health tools, resources, and literacy to support patient care and clinical operations, with courses available individually or as a complete certificate package.

CEU: 1.4 (14 contact hours)

Professionalism and Ethics

This updated Professionalism and Ethics lineup offers multiple enrollment options, including a free Fundamental Series (Courses 1 and 2), specialized Courses 3 and 4 available individually, and bundled packages such as the Advanced Series or the full 4-part series. Learners can choose between foundational, advanced, or comprehensive package options based on their role, practice setting, and learning needs.

CEU: Up to 2.0 (20 contact hours) available

Managing Stress and Burnout in Physical Therapy

This four-course series equips PTs and PTAs with practical, evidence-based strategies to enhance both personal well-being and client care. Covering mindfulness, self-compassion, leadership, and workplace resilience, it supports long-term career satisfaction and improved therapeutic outcomes. 

CEU: 0.6 (6 contact hours)

APTA Regulatory, Legislative, and Payment Update Series (2025)

This series includes five on-demand webinars covering major federal regulatory, legislative, and payment policy updates affecting physical therapy in 2025, including Medicare, post-acute care, and commercial payer policies.

CEUs: 0.7 (7 contact hours)