Case Study: College of Saint Mary DPT drives diversity in physical therapy education with Kira Talent

How College of Saint Mary DPT is driving meaningful diversity in physical therapy education

College of Saint Mary DPT, a hybrid physical therapy program focused on accessible and diverse health care education, needed a better way to reach applicants, reduce bias, and ease the burden of traditional in-person interviews. The program wanted an admissions process that aligned with its health equity mission while helping reviewers assess soft skills more fairly and efficiently.

Kira Talent provided the interview and assessment platform, integrated with Liaison’s PTCAS, so applicants could complete video-based interviews remotely and faculty could review responses on demand. With Kira Talent, reviewers can assess applicants in under 10 minutes, compare scores with the inter-rater reliability dashboard, and manage workloads more easily; the program also reports that 30% of students are from underrepresented populations and that the process is more transparent, fair, and seamless for both applicants and staff.

College of Saint Mary DPT

Kimberly Varnado

Director of the Doctor of Physical Therapy Program