Teaching Leadership and Advocacy in DPT Curricula - A Necessary Skill to Transform Society
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Conclusions/Relevance to the conference theme: Through the Looking Glass: Transforming Physical Therapy Education
This session is very relevant to the conference theme. We believe that students need to look through the broader lens of health policy and understand how viewing their practice through that "looking glass" can enhance their ability to become effective patient advocates and leaders. If we are to truly transform Physical Therapy Education, we need to "walk the talk" as faculty, administrators, and clinicians. We must lead by example and place advocacy and leadership skills development alongside clinical skills development...as these skills are essential to impart to the next generation of DPTs if we hope to reach our vision of transforming society.
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Course Objectives
To identify several models of how advocacy and leadership are taught in DPT curricula
To discuss collaborative efforts between educators, clinicians, and component leaders to engage DPT students in advocacy
To illustrate how experiential learning strategies impact student engagement in advocacy work
To discuss how students develop leadership skills as they perform advocacy work that carries over into their career as a DPT.
Instructional Methods
Aim of this session is to describe successful methods utilized by educators, administrators and clinicians to promote and engage DPT students in advocacy work at the local, state and federal levels. Two DPT program educators from different states and 1 administrator/clinician who also has experience as an APTA Federal Affairs Liaison from a third state will present methods they have employed to teach and mentor students in advocacy. We will describe the individual processes we have undertaken in our curricula and in partnership with our state chapter or Federal Affairs Liaison to teach health policy and advocacy content. We will also describe the experiential learning opportunities provided to our students including mentoring with experienced advocates, and to practice advocacy skills during state and federal legislative days as well as with everyday patient encounters. We will discuss various factors that enable and reinforce success and highlight potential administrative barriers to consider when developing these skills in DPT students. Instructional Methods: lecture, panel discussion, case studies, and polling for question/answer.
Tentative Outline/Schedule
0 -30 minutes: Models of teaching advocacy and leadership in Medical, Allied Health and DPT Curricula
31-60 minutes: Collaboration between educators, clinicians, administrators, and component leaders to facilitate advocacy and leadership development among DPT Students
61-75 minutes: Various experiential learning strategies utilized to engage students in advocacy and leadership
76-90 minutes: Q & A