Upcoming ANPT Online Education Center Webinars:

Advancing Equity Awareness Webinar Series

Live webinars took place on Thursday, July 23 and Thursday, July 30, 2026
8:00 pm ET/7:00 CT/6:00 MT/5:00 PT

    Advancing Equity Awareness Webinar Series Part 1: 

    Equity Matters! Understanding Bias and Promoting Awareness in Physical Therapy Practice

    Treatment biases and structural inequities within physical therapy practice can significantly influence access to care, clinical decision-making, and patient outcomes across varied populations and practice settings. Implicit and explicit biases related to disability, race, ethnicity, age, gender identity, language, culture, and socioeconomic status, along with systemic barriers such as uneven access to rehabilitation services, communication gaps, and inconsistent application of evidence-based frameworks, contribute to persistent disparities in health outcomes.

    Part 1 of this webinar will examine current evidence on healthcare inequities, provider and patient perspectives, and the ways bias shapes clinical reasoning and therapeutic relationships. Participants will engage in critical self-reflection and review evidence and application of shared decision-making and chronic care models to support equitable, respectful, and responsive physical therapy practice in clinical environments.

    Speaker: Hina Garg, PT, MS, PhD, NCS

    Recorded webinar will be available on the ANPT Online Education Center Soon!

    Advancing Equity Awareness Webinar Series Part 2: 

    Instruction Matters! Improving Learning Outcomes Through Evidence-Informed, Equitable Teaching Practice

    Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) programs are enrolling increasingly diverse cohorts of capable, motivated learners who bring valuable lived experience, linguistic assets, and varied ways of knowing. Yet persistent disparities in academic performance, retention, and first-time National Physical Therapy Examination (NPTE) pass rates suggest that current instructional models do not fully leverage this student potential.1–4 These outcome gaps are frequently attributed to learner characteristics or academic preparation; however, growing evidence from physical therapy education and the broader learning sciences indicates that instructional design and faculty teaching practices play an important role in equitable learning outcomes.5–8

    Part 2 of this webinar is designed for neurologic physical therapy academic and clinical faculty and focuses on strengthening faculty effectiveness with diverse learners through evidence-informed, equitable teaching practices. Grounded in learning science, the session examines how intentional course design, including structured pre-class preparation, active learning, and collaborative peer instruction supports cognitive engagement and learning. Participants will review evidence demonstrating how these instructional design decisions are associated with improved learning outcomes and reduced achievement disparities.

    Speaker: Rose M. Vallejo, PT, DPT, NCS

    Recorded webinar will be available on the ANPT Online Education Center Soon!

    COMING SOON!

    Participate on your own schedule:
    • Shortly after the live webinars are completed, (est. early August) log into the ANPT Online Education Center.
    • Here you will find the Hot Topics Webinar sessions.
    • Register for the sessions and complete payment.
    • You will then gain access the content, receive CEU’s and any provided handouts.
    • Once a course is added to your account, you can reference it anytime you login!

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    Previous Webinars:

    Hosted on the ANPT Education Center

    • Using Motivational Interviewing to Enhance Patient Outcomes: Part 1 & Part 2
    • Dysautonomia in Clinical Practice: Part 1 Evaluation & Part 2 Treatment
    • Clinical Prediction Rules – What to Know and How to Utilize in SCI Rehabilitation.
    • Movement System 1: Diagnoses in Neurologic Physical Therapy
    • Movement System 2: Task Analysis in Neurologic Physical Therapy
    • Movement System 3: Balance Diagnoses in Neurologic Physical Therapy
    • Integrating Current Evidence into Vestibular Rehabilitation Educational Programs
    • Rhythm and the Motor System: Gait Training in Persons Post Stroke
    • Rhythm and the Motor System: Gait Training in Persons with Parkinson Disease
    • PT Management of Peripheral Nervous System Conditions
    • Fear Avoidance Behaviors in Concussion Management: Using the Pain Science Framework to Improve Outcomes
    • Applying the OPTIMAL: We believe you can do this!
    • Functional Movement Disorders Part 1 and Part 2
    • Mobile PT for Neurologic Patients
    • Moving Beyond the Motor System