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Revolutionizing PT Education: The Case for Competency-Based & Entrustment Models

July 10, 2025

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