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Revolutionizing PT Education: The Case for Competency-Based & Entrustment Models
Seth interviews Carl DeRosa about the shift to competency-based education (CBE) and entrustment in physical therapy.
Highlights:
- Designing backwards: from competencies to curriculum
- How integration dismantles siloed courses
- Faculty adoption & team-teaching complexities
- The profession's position versus medicine, pharmacy & vet
- University of Arizona’s agile 3‑year medical school model
- Entry‑level “workforce readiness,” especially in the AI era
- The pitfalls of overvaluing NPTE pass rates
- Capstones focused on professional identity, not low-value research
- Building master adaptive learners using EPAs
- Advice for faculty and programs beginning their CBE journey