About PT Think Tank

The NPA Think Tank Blog History

NPA Think Tank Old DesignNPA Think Tank, founded by Eric Robertson in 2006 was a blog dedicated to critical observations of health, science, and the profession of physical therapy. Eric originally began this blog as a curious experiment to learn about blogging, but it quickly developed into a passion. NPA Think Tank gained an audience by exploring the world around us from the eye of physical therapists. Eric’s interest in evidence-based practice, leveraging technology in health care, and good all around fun is reflected in these pages.

PT Think Tank is, simply, the next step.

PT Think Tank is:

Eric Robertson, PT, DPT

Eric RobertsonEric is an Assistant Professor at the Texas State University in San Marcos, TX.  He is board certified orthopaedic physical therapy and is currently completing fellowship training in manual orthopaedic physical therapy from Evidence in Motion, LLC. Eric is a frequent national speaker on leveraging internet technology in health care and evidence-based practice. Eric is a writer on several popular physical therapy blogs and is a regular contributor to Physical Therapy Journal’s Bottom Line feature. Eric serves as public relations chair for both the Orthopaedic Section of the APTA, and the American Academy of Orthopaedic Manual Physical Therapists. Eric enjoys fast mountain bike decents, the outdoors, and has a penchant for being interested in way too many things at once!

Tim Noteboom, PT, PhD

Tim is an Associate Professor and Director of the Post-Professional Program in the School of Physical Therapy at Regis University. He has been on faculty since 1995 teaching primarily courses in orthopaedics, evidence-based practice,and clinical decision making. In 2002 he became the Chair of the Transition Doctor of Physical Therapy program, which is an online program with ~ 250 current students from over 35 states. In addition, he has been an active researcher publishing in a variety of peer-reviewed medical and physical therapy journals, focusing most recently on the diagnosis and management of whiplash-associated disorders. He has also presenting at state & national meetings, along with being a manuscript reviewer for 5 medical journals. As an active member of the American Physical Therapy Association he has participated on a variety of task forces and committees at the state and national level.

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