A professional studying at a table in a university setting — academic physical therapy as a lifelong practice

Innovation in PT academics, built to last.

Association Platform & Member Tools

Case study — ACAPT

ACAPT

Eleven years as the technology foundation — websites and application build-outs that members actually use, with dashboards the staff can run.

A partnership, not a project

Client
American Council of Academic Physical Therapy
Partnership
11+ years · ongoing
Project type
Website design & development
Member applications
Admin dashboards
Ongoing support
Technology
WordPress
Custom applications
PHP
MySQL
Javascript

Overview

A digital home for academic physical therapy — the public site plus a suite of member-restricted tools that turn association ideas into applications people open every week.

ACAPT exists to advance excellence in academic physical therapy. Their digital work has to serve program directors, faculty, and students — and a small operations team that inherited the IT stack as the organization grew.

Over more than a decade we have been the technology partner: websites, member tools, and the unglamorous work that keeps domains and certificates alive. Each application ships with an admin dashboard so staff can manage content and submissions themselves.

ACAPT homepage — billboard, news, and a path into member programs

The public site is the academic front door — news, events, and a path into the tools members come back for.

ACAPT

The Challenge

An association with a growing list of member programs and no appetite for a different vendor on every tool. Maps, libraries, awards, matching, and publishing had to feel like one system — and still be something staff could administer.

A faculty member at a computer lab workstation — the people who run academic PT programs
A diverse group of academic physical therapy professionals in formal attire
An instructor presenting to a classroom, laptop open on the desk
ACAPT Leadership Compass — developing, relating, and influencing across twelve academic competencies

The Leadership Compass is a member tool in its own right — developing, relating, and influencing across the academy, without a ticket queue to keep it current.

ACAPT

The Solution

A family of member tools on a shared technical foundation: interactive location maps, a Clinical Reasoning document library, an Honor Society awards portal, mentor and mentee matching, an eBook platform, and an admin dashboard on every application.

Each tool is tailored to how the community actually uses it — then handed to staff with a dashboard for content, submissions, and day-to-day operations.

ACAPT Blueprint for Excellence eBook — cover, member login, purchase, and locked chapter list

The eBook platform is one of those member tools: Blueprint for Excellence, with login, purchase, and chapter access the staff can run.

Myriad Media has been instrumental in laying the technology foundation for ACAPT throughout the now 11 years of our operations. From website development to application build-outs, they have been the go-to technology partner and a major supporter of ACAPT in fulfilling its mission of innovation in PT academics.

Robin Williams, COO — ACAPT