Commissioners Complete Terms and New Commissioners Appointed by APTA Board of Directors
Eight members of CAPTE completed their terms: Karen Paschal, PT, DPT, MS and Tom Mohr, PT, PhD completed terms on the Central Panel. Barbara Cocanour, PhD; Stephen Macdonald, PhD; Averell Overby, PT, DrPH; and Jeff Rothman, PT, PhD completed terms on the PT Panel. And, Bernard King, PTA and Sandra Wise, PhD completed terms on the PTA Panel. We owe them a huge debt of gratitude for their time, expertise, dedication and diligence.
New members of CAPTE began their terms on July 1, 2011. Joining the Central Panel are Claire Peel, PT, PhD, FAPTA and Charlene Portee, PT, PhD. Joining the PT Panel are Leah Dvorak, PhD; Lee Nelson, PT, DPT, MS; Robert Post, PT, PhD; and Charlotte Royeen, PhD. Joining the PTA Panel are Teresa Dean, PTA, and Barbara V Williams, MS, MEd, PhD. See a list of all CAPTE members.
CHEA Board of Directors Determines CAPTE Eligible to Seek Continued Recognition
At its meeting on May 2-3, 2011, the CHEA Board of Directors reviewed the recommendation of the CHEA Committee on Recognition regarding the eligibility application submitted by the Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education (CAPTE). The board of directors determined that CAPTE is eligible to undertake a recognition review. CAPTE will complete a self-evaluation providing evidence that it meets the CHEA recognition standards. CHEA requires an observation visit to a decision-making meeting of the accrediting organization to observe decision-making activities as these relate to CHEA eligibility and recognition standards. The CHEA Committee on Recognition will review the self-evaluation, the report of the observation visit and any third-party comment and make a recommendation to the CHEA Board of Directors. The CHEA Board of Directors will make the final determination of recognition status.
Actions taken at the April 2011 Meeting
- Nine new PTA programs accredited and Candidacy granted to four developing PTA programs. See a list of all CAPTE Actions (.pdf).
- First CAPTE Distinguished Service Award presented to Virginia Chybowski, RD, MS who has participated in over 60 on-site visits to PTA programs.
- Substantive Rule Changes. In addition to making numerous editorial changes, CAPTE adopted changes to its Rules of Practice and Procedure (.pdf) in the following areas. (Changes are highlighted in the Rules for ease of identification and review.)
- Candidacy (Part 7):
- Added opportunity for development of programs by institutional consortia
- Created opportunity for a waiting list for programs seeking review on a full cycle
- Added expectation that programs include local and regional data in their assessment of need for the program
- Added expectation that programs provide evidence that program faculty have participated in the development of the curriculum
- Added requirement for back up (CD) copy of information submitted via the Portal
- Changed the effective date of initial accreditation decisions to be the last date of the visit
- Substantive Changes (Part 9)
- Re-conceptualized expansion programs as program offerings to additional cohorts of students
- Clarified when an established program is eligible to seek to add new cohorts; defined the parameters of an additional offering; and defined when an additional offering must be separately accredited
- Re-designed the process for approval of substantive changes to be less cumbersome
- Reconsideration
- Added the possibility of expedited reconsideration via conference call
- Set annual fees for 2014 at $3,500
- Established annual fees for additional cohorts at 80% of the annual fee, effective with the 2013 fees