APTA Montana Primary Care Conference: Full Schedule

You will be able to validate your attendance (Check-In to sessions) using your personal schedule.

2:00pm MDT

Key Note Speaker - Dan Mills - Work Comp Direct to Employer

Friday October 9, 2026 2:00pm - 3:00pm MDT

Improving your relationship with employers and taking advantage of the new legislative opportunities

Speakers

Dan Mills

PT/owner, Performance Rehab Clinics

Cultivated direct to employer relationships and offerings for 25 years. As the “dirty jobs PT,” have performed on-site Job Site Analysis for over 1500 different companies.

Friday October 9, 2026 2:00pm - 3:00pm MDT

Keynote/Roundtables

4:15pm MDT

Primary Care Under the Big Sky: Community Conversation

Friday October 9, 2026 4:15pm - 5:15pm MDT

Join us for an interactive think tank exploring what primary care physical therapy can and should look like in Montana. Through guided discussion, participants will identify opportunities, challenges, and priorities that will set the stage for more focused conversations during the evening's facilitated dinner table discussions.

Speakers

Emily Herndon, PT, DPT, CLT

President, APTA Montana

Emily Herndon, PT, DPT, CLT is the President and Owner of Plains Physical Therapy, a full-spectrum outpatient clinic she has led in rural Plains, Montana since 2008. A Doctor of Physical Therapy and Certified Lymphedema Therapist, she practices across orthopaedic, neurological, lymphedema... Read More →

Friday October 9, 2026 4:15pm - 5:15pm MDT

Keynote/Roundtables

5:15pm MDT

DInner and Talk: Primary Care Under the Big Sky TABLE TOPICS Continued

Friday October 9, 2026 5:15pm - 7:15pm MDT

Continue the conversation over dinner as participants join facilitated table discussions focused on the future of primary care physical therapy in Montana. Share ideas, explore opportunities and challenges, and collaborate with colleagues to help shape a vision for primary care under the Big Sky.

Friday October 9, 2026 5:15pm - 7:15pm MDT

Keynote/Roundtables

8:00am MDT

Updating Ethics for the Role & Responsibilities of Primary Care PT

Sunday October 11, 2026 8:00am - 9:00am MDT

As we step into a new professional role, we also take on new responsibilities and develop different relationships with patients, families, employers, and the health care system. Join us for breakfast and an interactive discussion where we will examine the ethics of our changing profession together. Thought-provoking questions from the field of health care ethics will guide our conversation as we share perspectives and deepen our reflection on the professional work we do.

Speakers

Debra Gorman-Badar, PT, PhD(Bioethics)

Debra Gorman-Badar, PT, PhD is a health care ethics consultant. She practiced 37 years as a clinician, first in hosptials f/b 27 years as a private practice owner/clinican.
Debra’s professional goal as a health care ethicist is to promote, facilitate, and support ethics discourse and competency in healthcare, especially the physical therapy profession. She holds an MA in Philosophy with a Teaching Ethics Emphasis from the University of Montana and... Read More →

Sunday October 11, 2026 8:00am - 9:00am MDT

Keynote/Roundtables

11:15am MDT

From Conference to Clinic: Key Takeaways & Next Steps

Sunday October 11, 2026 11:15am - 11:30am MDT

Keynote/Roundtables

APTA Montana Primary Care Conference

2:00pm MDT

Dan Mills

4:15pm MDT

Emily Herndon, PT, DPT, CLT

5:15pm MDT

8:00am MDT

Debra Gorman-Badar, PT, PhD(Bioethics)

11:15am MDT

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