DPT CAPTE Accreditation - Coronavirus

[TravelGoalsAndArterioles]

With the virus sending most (all?) programs online, does anyone know or foresee changes in required contact lab hours, given that contact hours are currently banned? Or is the running assumption that all programs will graduate behind?

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[wiseOldPT]

I believe CAPTE has already decreased the number of weeks in clinicals. The last guidelines I saw from them didn't mention changing lab hours and maintained those must happen. I think most schools were planning on front loading what can be done online and then having skills labs bootcamps. That's likely to shift as this drags on. I think CAPTE might relax some things, but delays may happen.