Course Description:

Course Description:
The physical therapy profession stands on the brink of profound transformation. We have an unprecedented opportunity to shape a world in which physical therapists serve as primary care practitioners on a global scale. By leveraging artificial intelligence, advancing advocacy initiatives, and fostering interdisciplinary collaboration, we can elevate human potential and redefine our role in healthcare. This presentation will challenge physical therapists to step up to embrace their true vocation by strategically navigating the rapidly evolving healthcare landscape—integrating more evidence-based practice, generating new research to inform care, utilizing AI to streamline documentation, increase referrals, reduce healthcare costs, combat overmedicalization, significantly improve quality of life for patient/clients and healthcare practitioners and empower patients to become their own best advocates. Achieving this vision will require grit, compassion, and unwavering commitment -the very qualities that define our profession. Now is the time to innovate with courage, serve globally with purpose and lead with vision.