Eric Robertson is back, live from Graham Sessions, and he’s not pulling punches. In this bold and brutally honest conversation, Eric challenges the PT residency model, calls out systemic disconnects in education, and shares a roadmap for fixing it all — with brains, leverage, and a little bit of woo.

???? Want to build better clinicians after graduation?

???? Ready to leverage collective power like dentists and IPAs?

???? Wondering why education and business still operate in silos?

This episode is loaded with smart ideas and spicy solutions for the future of the profession.

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00:00 – Intro: Jimmy + Eric back on the mic

01:00 – What Graham Sessions gets right about idea sharing

02:30 – Collective bargaining, leverage & mega-groups in PT

04:40 – Lessons from dentistry and managed care

06:10 – Why autonomy isn’t the same as isolation

08:00 – Education & business are not separate universes

09:30 – The big disconnect between DPT programs and real-world readiness

12:00 – Can PT education learn from art school?

13:30 – Redesigning residencies with clinic-defined values

15:00 – Reimagining post-grad training at scale (not just residencies)

17:00 – The pending Grad PLUS loan crisis

18:20 – Why separating education from business is a mistake

20:00 – StrengthsFinder, spreadsheets, and leaning into your superpowers

22:00 – PARTING SHOT: “I want to wreck the accreditation model for residency.”