American Physical Therapy Association of Delaware
// by Stacie Larkin
APTA membership at the end of March stood at 87,783—an overall increase of 3.31% (2,810 members) from March 2013.
Shout out to the Delaware Chapter! Forty-one chapters and sections increased membership, and DPTA was one of the top 3 chapters with an increase of 14.95% (58 members) in membership.
Let’s keep the momentum going! Membership Matters Week may have ended, … Read full post
// by Stacie Larkin
A groundbreaking plan to jumpstart physical therapist research in health services and health policy is about to take a big step toward becoming a reality. The Foundation for Physical Therapy has announced that is has released its request for applications for a $2.5 million grant to create a “Center of Excellence” (COE) that would serve as a one-of-a-kind center focused … Read full post
// by Stacie Larkin
In an effort to go green, DPTA has decided to implement an electronic format of the newsletter. The newsletter will still be distributed 3 times year, however, instead of receiving it in the mail, all DPTA members will receive the newsletter via email. We’ll also post copies of the latest newsletter on the website.
The spring newsletter is scheduled to … Read full post
// by Stacie Larkin
APTA members from across the country met with their legislators on Capitol Hill this week to discuss issues impacting the physical therapy profession as part of the APTA Federal Advocacy Forum, a 3-day event that focuses on the importance of educating legislators on the role, value, and interests of physical therapists (PTs) and physical therapist assistants (PTAs).
The Forum featured … Read full post
// by Stacie Larkin
APTA has created a week long initiative called Membership Matters, which occurs April 14-20 and aims to spread the word about the importance of APTA membership. Let’s face it, it’s impossible to overstate the importance of membership to APTA. Quite simply, as an individual membership organization APTA wouldn’t exist without our members. Period.
The APTA Membership Matters webpage offers … Read full post
// by Stacie Larkin
DPTA’s very own Chief Delegate Cathy Haines Ciolek, PT, DPT, GC has been selected by APTA’s Board of Directors to receive the Lucy Blair Service Award!
The purpose of this award is to acknowledge and honor physical therapist members of the Association whose contributions to the Association as a whole, at both the Association level and the component level, like … Read full post
// by Stacie Larkin
The Delaware Physical Therapy Association (DPTA), a state chapter of the American Physical Therapy Association, recently pledged $12,500 toward the Foundation for Physical Therapy’s Center of Excellence for Health Services/Health Policy Research initiative.