This course is directly related to physical therapy and the governance of the American Physical Therapy Association by the House of Delegates. The House of Delegates is the APTA policymaking body that meets annually, making decisions on issues that may have far-reaching implications for the Association and profession. The House also elects national leaders including the APTA Board of Directors and Nominating Committee. 1CCU 

At the conclusion of the course, participants will be able to:

Speaker(s)
Lois Stickley, PT, PhD is a tenured associate professor at Texas State University and has taught in physical therapist programs for over 27 years. She taught for 19 years at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center in both the professional and post-professional DPT programs and was the program director for the post-professional program. She currently teaches courses in professional issues and in clinical decision making. Her areas of scholarly work include professional development and leadership, self-efficacy, and teaching and learning. Lois has served as a Delegate to the APTA House of Delegates for 10 years and most recently as Chief Delegate from Texas for the past 5 years. She served as the Texas Assembly Speaker (2015-2018) and on the Texas Physical Therapy Associations’ Board of Directors (1995-1997, 2012-2018) and Executive Committee (2015-2018).

Schedule
6:00-7:00 District Meeting

7:00-8:00  Introduction and CCU Presentation/Q and A

Additional Locations
Live Online and in-person at Northeast Texas Community College. In-person course is in the Community Room located in the Humanities building of NTCC.  The outside doors face the parking lot. 

TPTA Members: Free
Non-TPTA Members: $25
Registration fee goes toward East Texas District Scholarship fund.