The Duke Doctor of Physical Therapy division has a 75-year history of educating many of the nation’s best clinicians, leaders, and researchers in the profession of physical therapy. This long history of success is no accident: we believe that it is a product of decades of careful planning, engagement of faculty, and hands-on assimilation of top-level students into the profession.
The 2017-2022 strategic plan reflects our passionate efforts in our continued contribution to the 75-year legacy of Duke DPT. This plan is a road map on how we plan to meet our own high expectations and will serve as an external symbol as to how we aspire to be among the best doctor of physical therapy programs in the United States.
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Executive Sponsor(s): Tiffany Hilton, PT, PhD and Kyle Covington, DPT, PhD
Implementation of a Modern and Innovative Curriculum
Provide Formal Opportunities for Students to Develop Self-selected Areas of Professional Focus
Fostering Optimal, Novel, Clinical Education Partnerships and Opportunities
Collaborating in Meaningful, Clinically-Focused, Interprofessional Education
Developing Teachers in Our Faculty Residency Training Program
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Executive Sponsor(s): Chad Cook, PT, PhD and Steven George, PT, PhD
Optimizing University Partnerships to Improve Research Symbiosis
Developing Duke into a Training Site for Research
Fostering Innovative Research Models to Optimize Success
Improving Visibility of Scholarship at Duke DPT
Recruit High Level Researchers
Increasing External Levels of Funding
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Executive Sponsor(s): Carol Figuers, PT, EdD 
Creating Educational Conduit Programs to Engage Traditionally Underserved Students within the Profession of Physical Therapy
Making Duke a Destination Site for Faculty and Researchers
Improving a Common Messaging within our Curriculum
Refining the Curriculum to an Appropriate Level of Cultural Competency-based Material
Enhancing and Supporting Inclusivity Among Faculty, Staff and Students
Executive Sponsor(s): Katie Myers, PT, DPT and Kyle Covington, DPT, PhD 
Developing Students' Leadership Skills Through Programmatic Opportunities for Clinical Practice, Research, and Professional Service
Engaging Students in Local and National Advocacy Opportunities within the Profession
Creating Unique Service Learning Opportunities Through Collaborations both within and External to the DPT Division
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The program has determined that its curriculum meets the state educational requirements for licensure or certification in all states, the District of Colombia, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands secondary to its accreditation by the Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education, based on the following: CAPTE accreditation of a physical therapist or physical therapist assistant program satisfies state educational requirements in all states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Thus, students graduating from CAPTE-accredited physical therapist and physical therapist assistant education programs are eligible to take the National Physical Therapy Examination and apply for licensure in all states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. For more information regarding state qualifications and licensure requirements, refer to the Federation of State Boards of Physical Therapy website at www.fsbpt.org. The Doctor of Physical Therapy Program at Duke University is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education (CAPTE), 3030 Potomac Avenue, Suite 100, Alexandria, Virginia 22305-3085; 703-706-3245; accreditation@apta.org; http://www.capteonline.org. If needing to contact the program/institution directly, please call 919-681-4380 or email dptadmis@duke.edu.