By Laura Lee (Dolly) Swisher PT PhD, Catherine G. Page PhD PT
ISBN-10: 1416003142
ISBN-13: 9781416003144
Because the function of the actual therapist widens to incorporate extra basic care and diagnostic tasks, there's a larger desire for a unmarried, updated source that explores expert roles and advancements during this altering box. This new booklet is the definitive reference in this vital topic.
This concise booklet presents info on each important sector vital to professionalism: documentation, legislation and ethics, and management - all within the context of the 5 roles of the actual therapist as outlined through the APTA's consultant to actual Therapist perform, second variation. Readers will locate info at the heritage of professionalism in actual treatment, the 5 roles of the actual therapist (Patient/Client supervisor, advisor, serious Inquirer, Educator, and Administrator), the position of the actual therapist in modern overall healthiness care method, management and improvement. Case reports, "how to lists" and "tips from the sphere" motivate severe pondering and supply options for varied matters. The e-book additionally deals tips about getting ready a portfolio, identifying management type, and getting ready a certified improvement plan in response to the APTA's 5 roles.
- Develops and defines ideas and ideas of professionalism to lead actual therapists in instances of change
- Follows the APTA's consultant and comprises prices and data from this record throughout
- Offers a entire background of actual treatment, with specific details on origins of the profession
- Offers entire assurance of felony and moral matters, exhibiting how those concerns impact the full perform of actual therapy
- Discusses billing and compensation practices, with particular info on tips to record and invoice as a side of practice
- Defines and explains the function of the advisor, either as an independent health care professional or as a member of a health and wellbeing care team
- Features real-life case stories and dialogue questions on the finish of every bankruptcy to motivate useful program of techniques and try out readers' knowledge
- Provides end-of-chapter "tips" to assist readers strengthen top practices
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5. Do you expect the evolution of physical therapy as a profession in other countries to follow the same developmental pattern as that of the APTA? Why or why not? 6. List the most important lessons PTs should learn from the past. References 1. Merton RK. Social research and the practicing professions. Cambridge, Mass: Abt Books; 1982. 2. Terlouw TJA. How can we treat collective amnesia? Physiotherapy 2000;86:257-261. 3. Teager DPG. The Molly Levy Eponymous Lecture: The changing profession: An international perspective.
As a result of these early efforts, the APTA’s current membership exceeds 60,000, and the organization is a powerful force in addressing the contemporary issues of the profession (see Chapter 3). Box 2-1 presents a comparison of the preamble to the AWPTA’s constitution, written in 1921, with the annual goals of the APTA established in 2004. The comparison shows how far the profession has come. 34 PART I Historical Perspective and Professional Practice Issues Box 2-1 GOALS OF PHYSICAL THERAPY PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS: THEN AND NOW American Women’s Physical Therapeutic Association (1921) AWPTA Constitution: Article II Objects, Section 1 The purpose of this association shall be to establish and maintain a professional and scientific standard for those engaged in the profession of physical therapeutics; to increase efficiency among its members by encouraging them in advanced study; to disseminate information by the distribution of medical literature and articles of professional interest; to assist in securing positions for its members; to make available efficiently trained women to the medical profession; and to sustain social fellowship and intercourse upon grounds of mutual interest.
The APTA created the Mary McMillan Lecture Award in her honor after her death in 1959. The award honors members of the APTA who have made a distinguished contribution to the profession in more than one of the areas of administration, education, patient care, and research. Candidates are judged on the depth, scope, duration, and quality of their contributions and their wide-reaching effects on the image of the profession. Recipients share their achievements and ideas with members in an address presented at the APTA’s annual conference, which is then published in the November issue of Physical Therapy each year (Table 2-5).
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