APTA Podcasts

Hear what APTA President Roger Herr, PT, MPA, has to say about where the profession is, and what it will take to pursue our full potential.

A former newscaster trades the thrill of chasing down a story for the higher satisfaction of improving patients’ lives. 

Physical therapy can’t wait another 50 years to implement competency-based education. 

Physical therapists working with people with long COVID should measure and validate the patient’s experience.

APTA staff experts provide insight on what’s happening, and what’s to come.

Chase Kuhn, PT, DPT, and Nate Thomas, PT, DPT, didn’t know each other a few months ago, but once introduced they realized they have a few things in common. Both PTs from the midwest, both having been selected as the APTA Harker Intern within APTA’s Government Affairs department, and serving as APTA Student Assembly Board President. There’s also at least one difference: Nate Thomas is running for a seat in the Missouri State House of Representatives.

Listen as these members discuss these professional experiences, Nate’s evolution as a candidate, and how others can get engaged in ways big and small. For those who want to get involved, visit APTA Engage, APTA’s volunteer portal.

A home visit to a patient with an intriguing background leads a PT back to the profession.

A PT student understands that helping a patient is more than furnishing billable service units.

Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) codes play an important role in describing services and procedures performed by health care providers and ultimately in the payment for those services. This podcast reveals the role that APTA member volunteers play as advisors in the CPT and The Relative Value Scale Update Committee (RUC) process.

Physical therapists working with people with long COVID should measure and validate the patient’s experience.