Course Description

This course is for those credentialed clinical instructors who have successfully completed the CCIP Level 1 course and wish to further develop their clinical teaching skills and learn how to construct a clinical curriculum  Successfully complete the Level 1 CCIP credential (for other healthcare professionals, have earned Level 1 CEUs).

Requirements for Taking the Level 2 Course *:

• Mentor, supervise, and instruct at least one student since completing the Level 1 CCIP credential.
• Complete an online registration for the course.
• Upload a copy of or provide a link to current license.
• Approval of registration, after review, by the course trainer.
• Complete course prerequisites, including a series of three online professional development modules and a review of four journal articles from APTA’s PTJ

*Other health care providers who offer clinical education in a supervisory role to students, including physical therapists and physical therapist assistants, and health care providers from other professions can use this program to enhance their clinical instruction education. Only Physical Therapists and Assistants who have successfully completed all program sessions are permitted to sit for the Assessment Center and become credentialed by APTA .

Course Objectives

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

1. Discuss the benefits and key components of a clinical curriculum
2. Advance clinical teaching concepts learned in CCIP Level 1, as applied to the novice-mastery clinical practice continuum.
3. Integrate professionalism in a clinical curriculum that promotes the guiding principles to achieve the Vision for the Physical Therapy Profession and the core values.
4. Diagnose and foster a student’s clinical reasoning.
5. Outline a clinical curriculum to provide key learning experiences critical to patient and client management in the student’s practice upon graduation and licensure.

The assessment component of this program enables physical therapists and physical therapist assistants to apply program information in case-based patient and student applications. Participants will become Level 2 Credentialed Clinical Instructors upon successful completion of the program’s assessment component. As a reminder, it is essential that physical therapists and physical therapist assistants participating in the program attend all sessions and assessment components to be eligible for level 2 credentialing. The Assessment Center is integrated into the program schedule.

Day 1 – Friday April 24, 2026

Day 2 – Saturday April 25, 2026

How To Register

Registration can only be done through the APTA website. Please follow these instructions to do so:

1. Go to the CCIP Registration page on the APTA website: CCIP Level 2 Registration
2. Click on the orange box that says, “Register for a CCIP Course”
3. Scroll down to where it says, “Level 2 Credentialed Clinical Instructor Course Application” and click “continue”
4. Follow the onscreen instructions. You will need to select or course by selecting “NJ” as the state.
5. The application will require that you respond to several questions. You will also need to upload your PT/PTA license.
6. Please give yourself about 15 minutes to complete this registration process.

If you have difficulty registering for this course, please contact the APTA directly at ccip@apta.org or (703)706-8531

Registration Fees

• APTA Member: $110.00
• All others: $225.00

Fee includes course materials, continental breakfast, and snacks daily. Please bring your own bagged lunch with you each day.

Continuing Education Credits

This program is pre- approved for 17 CEs by the New Jersey State Board of Physical Therapy Examiners. Please check with your own state’s board to find out if the APTA’s CCIP Level 2 course, is pre-approved in your state as well.

For More Information about the course: Please contact Nancy Mingelgreen at mingelna@shp.rutgers.edu. However, If you have difficulty registering for this course, please contact the APTA directly at ccip@apta.org or (703)706-8531. 

This program is being co-sponsored by The Doctoral Program in Physical Therapy at Rutgers University and the New York New Jersey Physical Therapy Clinical Education Consortium.

Dr. Dennise Krencicki, PT, DPT, MA is an Assistant Professor and Co- Director of Clinical Education in the DPT Program at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. She teaches in the area of professional issues, ethics, and foundational courses.

Dr. Krencicki became a credentialed clinical instructor in 1998, was certified as a trainer in 2002, and was recertified in 2005. She was in the first group to be certified as a credentialed CI and trainer for the advanced course in 2008 and was recertified in 2011. She has her BS in PT from Boston University, MA in applied physiology from Columbia University, and her post-professional DPT from UMDNJ.

She has been active in APTA, including serving terms as NJ Chapter President, Chief Delegate, Chair of the Chapter Ethics Committee and Active Delegate for approximately 20 years. She also served as a Physical Therapist Member of the New Jersey State Board of Physical Therapy Examiners, holding positions of Secretary and Vice Chairperson.

Elaine Becker , PT, DPT, MA, is a Full Clinical Professor and Director of Clinical Education in the Physical Therapy Program at New York University.

She is an ABPTS Pediatric Clinical Specialist and an APTA National Credentialed Trainer for both the CCIP Level 1 and CCIP Level 2 courses. She was on the ACAPT Integrated Clinical Experience (ICE) Task Force. She has lectured extensively in pediatrics and clinical education both nationally and internationally.

Registration is Required

There is a nominal charge of $20 for this event.

Once registered, cancellations and “no shows” will forfeit their registration fees. All proceeds from this program support the Ellen C. Ross Memorial Scholarship Fund.

How To Register Part 1:

Registration can only be accepted through our secure online website. Payment may be made with MasterCard, Discover,
or Visa credit cards. American Express is not accepted. Payment can also be made using an electronic check.

To register, visit: https://apps.shp.rutgers.edu/projects/onlinepayment/PT/PT_form.cfm

How to Register Part 2 & Confirmation:

Once you have completed Part 1 of registration, you will receive a receipt of payment, and a confirmation letter. The confirmation letter will contain a link so that you can register on Zoom for this event. Registration on Zoom is necessary in order to obtain the Zoom link for the course session, and to document your attendance at the course.

Continuing Education Credits

The Ellen Ross Memorial Lecture has been approved by the NJSBPTE for 2.5 CEs.
Board Course Number 2601-164

Rutgers University’s Doctoral Program in Physical Therapy is recognized by the NY State Education Department’s State Board of Physical Therapy, and by the Pennsylvania State Board of Physical Therapy, as an Approved Provider of Physical Therapy and Physical Therapist Assistant Continuing Education.

For additional Information, please email Nancy Mingelgreen: mingelna@shp.rutgers.edu.

We welcome contributions to the Ellen C. Ross Memorial Scholarship Fund.

If you would like to contribute, please mail your contribution to:
The Ellen C. Ross Memorial Scholarship Fund
c/o Nancy Mingelgreen
Rutgers DPT Program
65 Bergen Street – SSB -720
Newark, NJ 07101

Heather Salon, PT, DPT, NCS is a clinical specialist on the outpatient physical therapy service at Massachusetts General Hospital.

She is a mentor and faculty member of the MGH Neurologic Physical Therapy Residency
program and provides clinical care to patients
with neurological and vestibular disorders including close collaboration with the FND Clinic at MGH. She also provides coverage of specialty multi-disciplinary care clinics for Huntington’s Disease.

Currently she is pursuing a Doctor of Education degree at Northeastern University with proposed research in the development of mentors in physical therapy residency programs. She is an adjunct faculty member at Northeastern University and the MGH Institute for Health Professions. She lectures in her faculty role, as well as being an invited speaker on various topics, including Functional Neurological Disorders. She is recognized as a Neurologic Clinical Specialist by the American Board of Physical Therapy Specialties.

Julie Hershberg, PT, DPT, NCS is board certified as a clinical specialist in neurologic rehabilitation practicing in outpatient private practice.

She is the founder and owner of re+Active PT & Wellness in Los Angeles, CA where she has led post-stroke and movement disorders clinical research, started the Schmidt Movement Disorders Fellowship and continues to lead an integrated team of PT, OT, psychology and wellness professionals at two locations. She is an associate professor at the University of Southern California Division of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy and regularly teaches and mentors online on topics such as functional neurologic disorders, movement disorders, stroke, clinical decision making and preventing burnout.

She was named the 2019 Neurologic Clinician of the Year from the Academy of Neurologic Physical Therapy. And in 2021 received the APTA Florence P. and Henry O. Kendall Practice Award.

Julie Maggio, PT, DPT, NCS is a clinical specialist for the outpatient physical therapy service at Massachusetts General Hospital as well as an affiliated researcher with the MGH Functional Neurology Research Group.

She works exclusively with patients who have neurologic dysfunction and has extensive experience treating patients with Functional Neurological Disorders.

Her research is focused on outpatient care of patients with FND and she actively lectures on physical therapy treatment for FND. Julie is a founding member of the FND society and is recognized as a Certified Neurologic Clinical Specialist by the American Board of Physical Therapy Specialties.