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    We provide a forum for collegial conversation and community building, offering opportunities for interprofessional collaborations and contributions from related health professions that are applicable to physical therapy clinical education.

  • Open Access

    JCEPT’s content is freely available without charge to everyone — clinicians, practicioners, scientists, patients, the lay public — without the prohibitive onus of subscription fees

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    Original research, clinic-related teaching methods, narrative and systematic reviews, critically appraised topics, and clinical or education case reports

  • Equity Initiatives

    We promote the creation of opportunities for historically underrepresented populations to have equitable access to professional growth opportunities and resource. Fee waivers for qualifying Clinicians, physical therapy students, residents, and/or fellows remove barriers to publishing for those without research funding.

Announcements

Volume 7: Student and CI Perspectives on the Updated CPI 3.0

Apr 24, 2026

At the midterm and conclusion of a student physical therapist’s clinical education experience, the student and clinical instructor must complete an assessment to measure the student’s skill development. In May 2023, the Clinical Performance Instrument 3.0 launched with an all new look and criteria. What do students, clinical education teams, and CIs think about this revamp? Hansen, et al. conducted an exploratory descriptive study to find out. Link here: Physical therapist student and clinical instructor perceptions of the Clinical Performance Instrument 3.0 (CPI 3.0): an exploratory descriptive study

JCEPT indexed in PubMedCentral!

Dec 18, 2025

JCEPT archives are now available from the U.S. National Institutes of Health's National Library of Medicine (NIH/NLM) via PubMedCentral (PMC) at the link below.  

Thank you to all the contributing authors, reviewers, editors, and staff that are committed to developing and disseminating scholarship relevant to physical therapy clinical education. You helped make this a reality. 

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/search/?term=%22J%20Clin%20Educ%20Phys%20Ther%22%5Bjour%5D

Current Issue

Vol. 8 (2026)

Published: Mar 17, 2026

Original Research Articles

Beyond technical proficiency: exploring physical therapy educator perspective on the value of the affective domain in clinical education
Mar 17, 2026

Camilla W. Christopher, Brian J. Maloney
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Site coordinator and director of clinical education collaborative insights: assessing the value of site-specific clinical instructor professional development
May 2, 2026

Alicia Rabena-Amen, Fatema Ghani
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