APTA National - Scientific and Practice Affairs Committee 2025

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APTA National - Scientific and Practice Affairs Committee 2025

Signup Deadline: 08-16-2024
Starts: 01-01-2025
Ends: 12-31-2027
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Description:

Note for applicants:

  • APTA's Scientific and Practice Affairs Committee is seeking four members to serve a three-year term. 
  •  Applications will be de-identified by name.
  • CV/resumes should not exceed five pages. Anything beyond five pages will not be reviewed. 
  •  Applicants are encouraged to thoroughly complete all sections of the application.


Charge  

The Scientific and Practice Affairs Committee provides strategic advice, recommendations, and counsel to the APTA Board of Directors regarding: 1) how APTA can be responsive to and advocate for members’ needs related to the delivery of quality care; 2) current and emerging practice issues impacting the provision of physical therapist-provided patient and client management, including, but not limited to, professional scope of practice, unwarranted variation in practice, implementation of innovative practice models, and timely patient access to physical therapist services; and 3) how to advance the profession through a contemporary research agenda, and effective knowledge translation, dissemination, and implementation. 

The Board's determined charge for SPAC is to: 

  • Identify and recommend practice and research priorities to the Board. 

  • Recommend and maintain a research agenda for the profession to the Board. 

  • Identify and provide advice to the Board regarding innovative practice models and strategies to successfully implement such models. 

  • Advise and counsel the APTA Board of Directors on proposed and existing Association policies, positions, and binding ethical documents, as requested.  

  • Coordinate and collaborate with other APTA appointed groups and stakeholders, when doing so can further the work of the committee. 

  • Submit an annual report to the Board of Directors.  

All APTA appointed groups will conduct their work with the American Physical Therapy Association’s Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in mind and the context of 1) APTA's Mission, Vision, Strategic Plan and House of Delegates and Board of Directors adopted positions and policies; and 2) the potential for their work to have implications related to physical therapist assistants, women, diversity, and risk management. 

 

Qualifications for Appointees  

Candidates must be: 

  • An APTA member in good standing.  

Meetings 

This committee holds one annual funded in-person meeting and meets virtually on a monthly basis, as needed. Virtual meetings will be held on the second Tuesday of each month in the evening. 

Size of Appointed Group  

One APTA Board chair, selected by the APTA president; 13 members (one of which is a member of the APTA Board of Directors as selected by the APTA President); and the APTA President as ex- officio (APTA bylaws: Article VI, Section 4, A).  

Terms of Appointees 

Committee members will serve three-year terms; no appointed committee member will serve longer than one term per group. 

Volunteers Needed:

4 (4 open slots)

Experience Required:

No experience

Contact:

Amelia Fernandez
APTA