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APTA Outcome Measure Selection in Acute and Post-Acute Rehabilitation

Explore how outcome measures can be used to assess physical function, support clinical decision-making, and evaluate patient progress across acute and post-acute rehabilitation settings. Examine practical strategies for selecting and implementing outcome measures, with a focus on measurement properties, clinical utility, and standardized assessment of physical function.

CEU: 0.2 (2 contact hours)

APTA Evaluation and Treatment of the Injured Runner

This course is designed to enhance clinicians' abilities to evaluate, treat, and manage running-related injuries from initial evaluation to full sport participation. Specific focus will be placed on the differential diagnosis of common running-related injuries, practical principles of exercise prescription, and programming return-to-run progressions tailored to a patient's specific injury and running goals.

CEU: 0.5 (5 contact hours)

APTA Career Transitions in Physical Therapy: Understanding Your Professional Role Identity

Explore how professional role identity can be a powerful tool for navigating career transitions in physical therapy. This course will help participants identify potential role conflicts, assess how their strengths and professional identity align with the demands of new roles, and develop an intentional plan for future career transitions.

CEU: 0.15 (1.5 contact hours)

APTA Pediatric ACL Rehabilitation and Return-to-Sport Decision Making

This course explores the epidemiology, risk factors, treatment considerations, rehabilitation, and return to sport decision making for pediatric ACL injuries. Topics included in this course are risk factors, treatment decision-making, rehabilitation, and reinjury prevention..

CEU: 0.2 (2 contact hours)

APTA From Burnout to Flourishing: Improving Job-Person Fit for Greater Well-Being

This course explores the causes and dimensions of burnout, including common workplace factors that contribute to poor job-person fit. Participants will learn practical strategies to address burnout, improve well-being, and foster greater engagement and flourishing at work.

CEU: 0.1 (1 contact hour)

APTA Reflective Practice to Strengthen Clinical Decision‑Making

This course prepares clinicians to use reflection as a practical tool for improving clinical decision‑making, not as an added task or abstract exercise. Learners will explore evidence‑based reflection strategies and apply them directly to everyday clinical reasoning, uncertainty, and complex patient care across experience levels.

CEU: 0.3 (3 contact hours)

APTA Introduction to the International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health (ICF)

This foundational course introduces the International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health (ICF) Model, exploring its purpose and structure. Learners will apply the model to clinical reasoning, goal writing, interventions, and documentation in everyday practice.

CEU: 0.3 (3 contact hours)

APTA Introduction to Federal Advocacy

This course provides a practical introduction to physical therapy advocacy and the federal policymaking process. Participants will learn how a bill becomes a law, explore the fundamentals of legislative and regulatory advocacy, and understand how to engage in the notice of comment and rulemaking process.

CEU: 0.1 (1 contact hour)

APTA Presents: AI in Physical Therapy

Explore the foundations and future of artificial intelligence in this introductory course designed for physical therapy professionals. Learn key AI concepts, compare model types, understand transformer architecture, evaluate generative tools in real-world contexts, and explore prompt design and key prompting strategies.

CEU: 0.2 (2 contact hours)

APTA’s Annual All-Member Meeting

Now available on-demand, watch APTA’s Annual All-Member Meeting to hear directly from association leadership about the state of the profession and the work of your association. Whether you are a long-time member or new to APTA, this meeting is your front-row seat to the future of physical therapy and your role in shaping it. 

CEU: None

APTA Knowledge Translation: A Clinical User Guide

This on-demand course helps physical therapists, PTAs, and clinical leaders turn evidence into consistent clinical practice using practical knowledge translation strategies. Short, flexible modules make it easy to start, stop, and apply what you learn to improve care delivery in any clinical setting.

CEU: 0.25(2.5 contact hours)

APTA Rotator Cuff Tendinopathy Certificate

This certificate explores the diagnosis and management of rotator cuff tendinopathy, drawing on current evidence and clinical practice guidelines. Participants will examine the biological, neuromuscular, and neurological factors that contribute, evidence-based rehabilitation strategies, and emerging technologies for assessing tendon health, healing, and functional loading.

CEU: 0.6 (6 contact hours)

PT/PTA License Renewal + First-Year Foundations Bundle

This comprehensive on-demand bundle supports license renewal requirements while building practical skills for early-career clinical practice. It includes Pennsylvania Direct Access hours, ethics and professional responsibility training, and additional courses on billing, digital health, AI in practice, primary care, and core clinical conditions commonly seen in outpatient care. 

CEU: Over 3.0 (30 contact hours)

APTA 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)

APTA 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

APTA 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)

APTA Professionalism and Ethics Series

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