Intro to Health Care Systems - Chapter 1

APA

• organization (formerly called the American Women’s Physical Therapeutic Association) responsible for maintaining high standards and educational programs for physiotherapists

• precursor to the APTA

American Physiotherapy Association

What does APA stand for?

American Women’s Physical Therapeutic Association

• first national organization representing “physical therapeutics”

• established in 1921 to maintain high standards and provide a mechanism to share information

autonomous practice

the provision of services by PTs using independent professional judgment within their scope of practice

client

the term for an individual who seeks the services of a PT to maintain health, or a business that hires a PT for consultation

core values

• eight values that guide the behaviors of PTs and PTAs: accountability, altruism, collaboration, compassion and caring, duty, excellence, integrity, and social responsibility 

• inclusion added in 2023

evidence-based practice

• practice based on proof

• intervention based on research that demonstrates the reliability and validity of the procedure

Guide to Physical Therapist Practice 3.0

• extensive description of the roles and scope of practice of a PT

• describes tests and measures and interventions for musculoskeletal, neuromuscular, cardiovascular/pulmonary, and integumentary conditions

Guiding Principles to Achieve the Vision

• eight factors that describe how the profession of physical therapy, and society, will look when the APTA’s vision is achieved

• Principles: identity, quality, collaboration, value, innovation, consumer centricity, access/equity, and advocacy

Mission Statement

Building a community that advances the profession of physical therapy to improve the health of society

National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis

• foundation established in 1938 in response to repeated polio epidemics, to provide research, education, and patient services

• provided substantial support for the profession and practice of physical therapy

“the Foundation”

The National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis is also known as…

patient

individuals who have conditions that require the services of a PT to improve their function

physiatrist

title given to physicians who specialize in physical medicine

PT

professional who works to evaluate, treat, and/or prevent physical disability, movement dysfunction, and pain resulting from injury, disability, disease, or other health-related conditions

physical therapist

What does PT stand for?

PTA

health care provider who assists the PT in the provision of physical therapy and has graduated from an accredited PTA associate degree program

physical therapist services

• nomenclature when referring to the provision of physical therapy

• includes services provided by a PTA

physical therapy

assessment, evaluation, treatment, and prevention of physical disability, movement dysfunctions, and pain resulting from injury, disease, disability, or other health-related conditions

physical therapy aide or technician

support worker who performs designated tasks that do not require the clinical decision-making of the PT or the clinical problem-solving of the PTA

physical therapy service

terminology used when referring to a facility or a department in which physical therapist services are provided

physiotherapist

synonym for physical therapist, commonly used outside the United States

physiotherapy

• synonym for physical therapy, commonly used outside the United States

• used by the first national organization, the American Women’s Physical Therapeutic Association

reconstruction aide

• aide (exclusively a woman) responsible for providing physical reconstruction to persons injured in war

• forerunners of the profession and practice of physical therapy in the United States

Vision 2020

• a statement (and sentence in abridged version) adopted by the APTA House of Delegates in 2000 that established expectations for the practice of physical therapy in the year 2020

• addressed 6 components: autonomous practice, direct access, practitioner of choice, doctor of physical therapy, evidenced-based practice, and professionalism

Vision Statement for Physical Therapy 2020

synonym for Vision 2020

Vision Statement for the Physical Therapy Profession

• a statement adopted by the APTA in 2013 that replaced Vision 2020

• “Transforming society by optimizing movement to improve the human experience”

“the Guide”

The Guide to Physical Therapist Practice 3.0 is also known as…

physical therapist assistant

What does PTA stand for?

physicians’ assistants

What are physiotherapists commonly known as?

Mary McMillan

The first president of the American Women’s Physical Therapeutic Association is…

American Physical Therapist Association

What does APTA stand for?